Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The National Green Tribunal has asked the government to respond to a news channel's plea to protect coastal environment after it initiated a four-year campaign on large-scale environmental degradation along the vast Indian coastline. The Tribunal's direction came after it heard a plea by New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) saying …
BHUBANESWAR: At least 35 industries are yet to provide real time (online) data on pollution to the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), despite installing the required equipment. To curb emissions and effluent discharges from 'critically-polluting' industries in the state, the pollution board in 2012 made it mandatory for 127 …
Environment campaigners are planning to sue the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) chairman for violating the statutory directions of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) regarding online monitoring of pollution by the 17 categories of highly polluting industries including the Eloor–Edayar and Ambalamugal industrial cluster of Kochi. Incidentally, the …
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 …
BHOPAL : National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday instructed Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) and MP Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (MPAKVN), to submit report about environment conservation and its effects on world heritage site Bhimbetka after expansion of industrial sector in Mandideep. Petitioner Dr SC Pandey drew NGT’s attention …
Panaji: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has served final show-cause notices to a horde of industrial units in the state including pharmaceutical major Merck India Ltd, distiller United Breweries, steel and sponge iron plants like Sesa Goa Ltd, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Goa Power Station and sugar factory Sanjeevani Sahakari …
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 …
Rivers in western Uttar Pradesh like Kali, Krishna and Hindon have been polluted to dangerous levels because of the industrial waste released illegally into them by the industries. So grave is the pollution that they have also contaminated the groundwater of hundreds of villages located on the banks of these …
Special Operation Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad district police on Sunday evening arrested eight persons for dumping suspected industrial waste into open manholes near Moraiya village of Ahmedabad district and Narmada canal near Vishalpur village. A woman worker Neelam Parmar had died on Saturday while three others had to be rushed …
Bhagalpur: The Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Plant (KhSTPP) is likely to face operational difficulty if it fails to build a new lagoon in six to nine months for dumping waste ash slurry. The plant management is unable to construct an additional 'ash dyke lagoon' due to encroachment on its land …
Residents of Hoai Duc district's Duong Lieu Village complain they have had to live for years with pollution caused by thousands of cubic metres of untreated waste water discharged from the nearby food processing workshops. "Pollution has affected the ground water, leading to residents' drilled wells smelling horribly," said Nguyen …
Fresh instances of discolouration of the Periyar have been reported at a time when the Southern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is considering a petition on the river pollution. The Bench comprising P. Jyothimani and R. Nagendran will consider on Monday a case filed by Shibu Manuel, …
AHMEDABAD: In yet another incident of illegal dumping of toxic waste in manholes, a woman died while three others were affected on Saturday in Danilimda. Earlier a similar incident in February at Ramol had left a woman and her two minor daughters dead. Ramol police arrested five persons including the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shailesh Singh Vs. Bhushan Steel & Strips Ltd. & Ors. dated 04/09/2015 regarding industrial pollution and disposal of industrial waste, Uttar Pradesh.
Aurangabad: Taking serious cognizance of pollution caused by industrial effluent in Waluj MIDC the National Green Tribunal (NGT) criticised the Maharashtra pollution Control Board (MPCB) 'soft' actions. The tribunal said that the MPCB should take stringent actions but generally resorts to steps like forfeiting of the bank guarantee which will …
An Uttar Pradesh paper mill has told the National Green Tribunal that they have decided to immediately shut down their operations in the wake of the Central Pollution Control Board's direction to close their unit for causing pollution. Taking note of the submissions, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
A study recently conducted by the Institute of Soil Chemistry and Environmental Sciences at the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) in Faisalabad says close to 65 per cent of agricultural land in six important cities of the province has become uncultivable because of farmers using water contaminated with industrial waste …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rakesh Jain & Others Vs DPCC dated 28/08/2015 regarding pollution caused by steel pickling units, Delhi. During the course of the arguments, the counsel appearing for the DPCC has placed on record a flow chart of …
