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Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Suprova Prasad Vs Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 18/01/2024. The court called the report filed by the District Magistrate, Hooghly to be vague. The report mentions that sewage generation is 162.83 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Priyank Karnatak Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 11/01/2024. In the Original Application, the grievance is about improper functioning of the sewage treatment plants at Badrinath and discharge of untreated water in river Alakananda, which ultimately forms part of river Ganga, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/01/2023. The matter related to the issue of rejuvenation of river Yamuna. In the proceedings dated October 17, 2023, the Tribunal had considered various reports and had found that the …
Due to coordinated action taken by the various concerned departments, water quality of river Yamuna has improved in the period of January 2023 to December 2023 in comparison to the corresponding months in the period of January 2022 to December 2022. It has been observed that the water quality of …
Interim report by the Environment Department, Haryana in EA No. 35 of 2023 in OA No 673 of 2018 'News item published in the Hindu authored by shri Jacob Koshy titled more river stretches are now critically polluted: CPCB'. The state of Haryana is regularly submitting the monthly progress report …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and Other environmental issues' dated 07/12/2023. The Original Application deals with the issue of solid and liquid waste management which is being monitored by the NGT in terms of the orders of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Chairman Legal Committee Esencia Residents Welfare Association Vs State of Haryana dated 08/12/2023. The original application was registered on the basis of a letter petition dated March 31, 2023 sent by Esencia Residents Welfare Association, Sector-67, Gurugram, Haryana. According to …
Report filed by the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, Uttar Pradesh regarding steps taken to control pollution of Hindon. The NGT, March 17, 2023 had directed for deployment of a field monitoring team to assess the real ground situation. As per the latest monitoring report of drains in October …
In many low- and middle-income countries, sewage sludge generated from wastewater treatment systems has potential environmental and health hazards. To tackle this challenge, there is a need for innovative options given the increasing concerns and policies restricting sewage sludge dumping in landfills and elsewhere, and a growing awareness about the …
Status report by way of affidavit on behalf of District Ganga Protection Committee, Nainital, Uttarakhand in compliance of order dated September 5, 2023. District Ganga Committee, Nainital has been executing its functions like protection and rejuvenation of river Gaula and Kosi, direction and monitoring of different solid liquid waste management …
Second progress/status report (May-September 2023) in compliance of National Green Tribunal order dated September 22, 2022. In compliance with the NGT order, the state of Punjab constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of Administrative Secretary, Department of Local Government vide office order, November 11, 2022 for regular review of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajesh Kumar Dokwal Vs Govt of NCT of Delhi dated 30/10/2023. The matter related to non-functioning of the sewage treatment plant (STP) at New Kondli, Mayur Vihar, Phase-3 which was emitting poisonous gases creating air pollution, causing serious health hazard …
Report on behalf of Government of NCT of Delhi with respect to the National Green Tribunal order, August 17, 2023. Due to the coordinated action taken by the various concerned departments on the eight action points of the "Action Plan for Rejuvenation of river Yamuna" the water quality of the …
Report by Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee in Original Application No 593 of 2017 (Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti Vs Union of India) dated 23/10/2023. The report said that Chandigarh is generating around 220 MLD sewage water and having the treatment capacity of 250.7 MLD - Chandigarh has more than 100 per cent …
Report by the State Pollution Control Board, Sikkim in response to the National Green Tribunal order. CETPs have not been established in the state of Sikkim. All industrial units have captive treatment facilities. The captive facilities in pharmaceutical formulation industries are equipped with Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS). The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Girja Shankar Rai & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 10/10/2023. The matter related to protection of Laxmi Tal at Jhansi from unauthorized encroachments and pollution and preventing entry of untreated sewage and sullage was raised. The …
Compliance report on behalf of the state of Arunachal Pradesh in OA No 178 of 2022 (News item published in the Hindi dated February 27, 2022 titled 'Tourism has brought economic prosperity to the Himalayan region, but the environmental cost has been catastrophic'). The NGT had asked for a report …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajesh Pareek Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 05/10/2023. The issue involved in the Original Application is in respect of discharge of untreated sewage in Yamuna at Mathura-Vrindavan. According to the applicant there are 36 drains in Mathura-Vrindavan discharging sewage …
Order of the National Green Tribunal In re: New item titled “Snow-like Chemical foam haunts” Appearing in Express News Service dated 08.09.2023 dated 26/09/2023. The application has been registered on the basis of the news item “Snow-like Chemical foam haunts” published in Express News Service dated September 8, 2023. As …
Conservation and restoration of water bodies in Rajasthan In each divisional level in the state of Rajasthan a committee has to be constituted under the chairmanship of Revenue Commissioner of the division to monitor the effective implementation of the water conservation schemes introduced by the government. The committee should also …
