Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
To push waste segregation and processing at source, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has initiated prosecution against 962 bulk waste generators – housing societies and commercial establishments – and also dragged around 567 to court over non-compliance. The action may be far from satisfactory considering that nearly 2,200 bulk waste generators …
NEW DELHI: Refuting the insinuation that he was “doing nothing” to deal with the garbage menace in Delhi, lieutenant governor Anil Baijal on Monday placed a comprehensive report on action taken by him before the Supreme Court and said various steps were being taken to address the problem but it …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramesh Chand Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 16/07/2018 regarding hotels operating in the city of Kullu without following the environmental norms. The Counsel for the State of Himachal Pradesh submits that the reports submitted so far covered …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs State of Punjab dated 16/07/2018 regarding contamination of drinking water by heavy metals in Punjab especially in Districts of Amritsar and Ludhiana because of polluting industries. A Report of the Punjab Pollution Control Board …
The matter was then listed for the next hearing on July 27. New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to inspect a microwave waste treatment unit installed at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences here within two weeks. A bench, …
PUNE: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and the Federation of Chakan Industries (FCI) have will set up a waste treatment plant for disposal of non-hazardous industrial waste from Chakan, Talegaon and Talawade industrial areas. A preliminary survey of the three locations revealed that as much as nine tonnes of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of M/s E Tech Projects Pvt. Ltd. vs. C.G.E.C.B. & Others dated 08/05/2018 regarding closure of the Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility at Bhilai, State of Chhattisgarh. The Appelant (M/s E Tech Projects Pvt. Ltd.) contends before …
Government has secured €96 million (approximately 98bn) for putting in place the first ever Kigali Sanitation and Central Sewerage System, funds that will come from both the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The funding, which is in the form of a loan, was approved this …
NOIDA: A proposal by the Noida Authority that RWAs should bear 25% of the cost of solid waste management through compost machines was rejected by the latter who questioned why they should share the funds when they were already paying taxes. The proposal was made at a meeting between the …
GURGAON: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday vacated the stay on the construction of a treatment plant for construction & demolition (C&D;) waste in Basai. The court also directed MCG to ensure that construction work of the plant starts only after all requisite permissions were obtained from all departments concerned, …
NOIDA: Over 100 protesters gathered outside the district collectorate in Surajpur and at MLA Pankaj Singh's office in Noida on Monday in protest against the newly designated spot for waste plant in Sector 123. Residents from Sectors 117 to 122 and neighbouring villages handed over their petition to district magistrate's …
GURUGRAM: Leachate is reportedly flowing into the Aravalis again from the defunct waste treatment plant at Bandhwari, prompting green activists to demand a criminal case against the lax authorities that seem to have failed to check environmental hazards in the zone. Local villagers alleged that a portion of the boundary …
A day after lieutenant governor Anil Baijal chaired an emergency meeting to address the garbage crisis in the city, mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Preety Agarwal visited the Narela-Bawana waste-to-energy plant and said the process to increase the efficiency and capacity of the plant will now been rolled …
Humans are prone to waste- we create, after all. Yet we create in excess amount and often things that we don’t need, leading to a growth in discharge of that excess. On this note, Biomedical waste management in India is receiving greater attention, owing to stringent regulations made by the …
PANJIM: After almost two years, the path appears to be clear for setting up the State’s first Common Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage Facility (CHWTSDF) at Pissurlem industrial estate. The Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Expert Appraisal Committee at its recent meeting recommended granting environmental clearance (EC) to the …
Pune: It is a faulty survey system and methodology that makes Pune one of the top cleanest city in India on paper, experts have said. To drive home their point, they drew attention to the ground reality where the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has not been able to resolve the …
Mysuru was among the 434 cities and towns surveyed this year. The heritage and tourist city of Mysuru was dethroned from being the cleanest city in the country, a tag it bagged for two consecutive years, to be ranked the 5th cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan 2017, the results …
The state capital has fared poor with 269th rank in Swachh Bharat Ranking 2017, scoring only 43% marks in overall score of 2000. Despite being capital of UP it ranked 10th in the state, much below other cities like Varanasi, Aligarh, Jhansi, Kanpur and Saharanpur etc. Major setback for the …
Residents of Lộc Thủy Commune in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province are blocking garbage trucks from entering a local waste treatment plant, saying that it has severely polluted the neighbourhood. Residents alleged that they are plagued by flies, there’s garbage lying scattered on the roads, and the stench emanating from the …
Levels of electronic waste are rising sharply across Asia, as higher incomes mean hundreds of millions of people can afford smartphones and other gadgets, according to a UN study. The amount of e-waste in Asia has risen by 63% in five years, a report by United Nations University said, warning …
