Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel on Wednesday urged the central government to lift the moratorium on industrial clusters of Vapi, Ankleshwar and Vatva (Ahmedabad), which was imposed five year ago. "We request the Centre to resolve the issue of moratorium on these industrial clusters at the earliest," Patel said at …
KANPUR: A central team of experts along with two-member team of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Tuesday inspected the 36 mld tannery treatment plant (TTP) in Jajmau and collected data of discharge and production waste from tanneries. The seven-member joint team first inspected the 36 mld treatment plant and …
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha's biggest state-run healthcare facility does not have an effluent treatment plant (ETP), polluting the historic Taladanda Canal, a lifeline for many, flowing through the heart of Cuttack. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has served two show-cause notices on the facility, the SCB Medical College and Hospital, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rashid Ali Warsi. Vs. UPSIDC Ltd. & Ors. dated 16/10/2015. Inspection Report reveals that the CETP is not being maintained and run in the manner required. NGT therefore issues notice to UPSIIDC as to why they …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M. Kumaravel Vs The Collector, Kancheepuram District dated 10/10/2015 regarding environmental degradation caused due to open defecation by the fishermen community at Muttukadu Tsunami relief tenements located in S.F.No.97/3, Muttukadu Village, Kancheepuram District and to construct an …
Order of the Rajasthan High Court in the matter of Balotra Water Pollution Control & Research Foundation Trust (BWPCRT) Versus State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 08/10/2015 regarding pollution by textile processing units situated in the town of Balotra and the surrounding areas.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sukdeo Kolpe & Anr. Vs. M/s. Kopargaon Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. dated 15/09/2015 regarding pollution caused by a sugar factory as a result of discharge of untreated effluents, village Kolpewadi, Kopargaon Taluka , Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra. …
International orders fall from Rs 850 crore to Rs 300 crore The Jalandhar leather industry is in the doldrums. Annual international orders, which were worth Rs 850 crore two years ago, have come down to Rs 300 crore. All 56 units are running to 35 per cent of their capacity, …
NGT refused to allow Balotara Textile Hand Processers Associations to operate and asked RIICO and Rajasthan Pollution Control Board to respond. Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Digvijay Singh & Others Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 14/09/2015 regarding pollution caused …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Indian Institute of Sustainable Development Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/09/2015 regarding industries failing to install the primary treatment plants despite directions, Uttar Pradesh.
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has come down heavily on the Centre and the Delhi government for "demur and default" in implementing its orders on the revitalisation plan of Yamuna river. The tribunal had pronounced a detailed judgment on "Maily Se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalization Plan-2017" on January 13, which …
KOLHAPUR: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has decided to review the common effluent treatment plant in the Kagal-Hatkanangale Five Star MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) in the next week, as officials are busy with some legal appointments. The review meeting will decide the future of these plants and companies, …
KOLHAPUR: Six industrial units that faced closure notice in May for failing to start the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the five-star Kagal-Hatkanangale MIDC claimed that they have fulfilled the requirement and are no longer releasing untreated effluents in the tributary of the Doodhganga. The industrial units had faced …
In the wake of the poor show by the Delhi government on installation of common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in the Capital, and the blame game it chose to indulge in, thereby bringing on it a fine of Rs. 1 lakh slapped by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a team …
Irked by the blame game by various departments within the state, National Green Tribunal on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the Delhi government for not following its orders on implementation of Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalisation Project 2017. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 12/08/2015 regarding Yamuna river pollution. The Tribunal in its Order said that in relation to the 11 industrial clusters in Delhi which are not connected to any CETP and are directly …
Automobile service stations operating in the capital and discharging toxic pollutants like grease and oil into the Yamuna have come under the radar of the National Green Tribunal which has sought a status report on their functioning. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed Delhi State Industrial …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs CETP, Jajmau, Kanpur & Others dated 10/08/2015 regarding pollution of river Ganga in the District of Kanpur particularly the Jajmau area.
During this Ganesh festival, the district administration won't allow disposal of 'nirmalya' (a used 'pooja' material) into Panchganga river. Divisional commissioner S Chockalingam has asked the administration to conduct immediate meetings with all the stakeholders to make them aware of the decision and also appealed to the citizens not to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shatrudhan Rajpurohit & Others Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 07/08/2015 regarding industrial pollution at Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RICCO) industrial complex, Rajathan.
