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 …
Pulled up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the messy solid waste management in the capital, the fund-starved Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has zeroed in on the Rs 42 crore “waste to green energy” project at Bariyal out of the three proposals it has received from private players to …
GURGAON: The state government has expedited the process to restart the Bandhwari solid waste treatment plant, which has been lying defunct for almost two years and is now virtually a landfill with thousands of tonnes of garbage. The decision was taken at a meeting held on Monday, where additional chief …
National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone bench, has cleared Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC's) municipal solid waste (MSW) to electricity project, thereby paving the way for its execution. NMC had earlier appointed Hanjer, which failed to execute it properly. On directives of NGT, it then appointed Essel Infrastructure, whose rates were …
Based on the information received from State Pollution Control Boards/Committees, the estimated Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation in the country is 143499 MT/day and only 38771 MT/day of waste is processed/treated. Even after more than 14 years of notification of the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules 2000, the …
Groundwater pollution in Aravalis caused by tonnes of untreated waste lying near defunct Bandhwari waste treatment plant is leading to diseases like skin lesions, bloody diarrhoea and dermatitis among people from neighbouring villages. Meenu, a 7-year-old boy from Bandhwari village and Raju, a 23-year-old man from Dera village, have developed …
The panel, headed by Chandrababu Naidu, finalised its report on Swachh Bharat Mission If the government accepts the recommendations of Niti Aayog’s Chief Ministers’ panel, petrol and telecom services may become dearer. To fund the government’s ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), the committee has suggested levying cess on these commodities …
The National Green Tribunal today sought the government's response from on a plea seeking relocation of a waste treatment plant and landfill site from Aravalli hill area in Gurgaon, claiming it has led to water contamination in the area. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices …
While Industrial Waste Management Association (IWMA), Chennai, has made known its intention to secure environment clearance from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for establishment of Common Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage Disposal Facility (CHWTSDF) at the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board sources said it …
Gupta assured the residents that their demand would be considered and that he would discuss the issue with the district town planner and HUDA officials for an alternate site. Residents of Sector 2 and other adjoining sectors met local BJP MLA Gian Chand Gupta on Monday and highlighted the problems …
National Green Tribunal stays operation of Lingadheeranahalli waste processing plant. Whenever the issue of garbage piling on the streets and in residential areas comes up, the BBMP’s ready answer is that six new processing units are on the anvil. The first of these units — at Lingadheeranahalli in Banashankari VI …
GHAZIABAD: The first solid waste management plant in the city will become functional in October after missing its earlier deadline of July, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation officials said on Sunday. Officials said that work had slowed down in the last few months due to the incessant rain. The plant, which is …
KANPUR: Central Leather Research Institute's (CLRI) detailed project report (DPR) about zero liquid discharge technique for tannery waste treatment plant came in for critical scrutiny at a meeting in Lucknow on Tuesday at which secretary, urban development, was also present. CLRI had prepared this project for Jajmau tanneries and its …
The court also asked the chief secretary why criminal action should not be recommended against officials responsible for the situation to reach such a state. Taking a serious view of the non-functional or non-existent solid waste management (SWM) plants in various cities, the Allahabad High Court has directed the chief …
Richest corporation of the country still has pockets where open defecation is the only choice. Taxpayers in Mumbai have spent over Rs 13,000 crore towards cleanliness over the past decade. But the city has a lowly 140th rank to show for this massive spending. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had …
DEHRAUN: The municipal corporation is all set to kick-start its integrated waste processing and disposal facility at Sheeshambara as the state government has given an in-principle approval to the detailed project report sent by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) two months ago. The integrated waste processing and disposal facility will …
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-second Report on 'Effects of Pollution on Taj'. The Committee heard the various officers of Central Government and State Government of Uttar Pradesh on the subject in its meeting held on 10th January, 2015. …
Nagpur: Despite being a 1,500-bed hospital, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) does not have a valid authorization for disposal of its biomedical waste. Nor does the 200-bed Super Specialty Hospital (SSH), located on the same premises, have it. The two don't even have an effluent treatment plant. This led …
NAGPUR: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has faced severe criticism and also incurred huge financial losses due to failure of Hanjer Biotech Energies Private Ltd in operating and maintaining the solid waste treatment plant, which also led to environment pollution. Still, the civic body passed on various emoluments to the …
NAGPUR: For the last one year, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has faced the ire of National Green Tribunal (NGT) and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for its failure to treat all the garbage collected from the city. Now, its garbage treatment plant has been shut for the last one …
The Viet Nam Environment Protection Fund has announced loans at 3.6 per cent interest for environment protection projects, according to a media report. Thoi Bao Kinh Doanh (Business Newspaper) reported that the loans would be for up to 10 years and worth 70 per cent of the project cost. The …
