Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
India is among the top five leading countries in solar power installed capacity. Of India’s ambitious target of 500-GW RE capacity by 2030, over 292 GW is likely to be generated using solar power. This increase in installed capacity, while promising, also opens doors to massive waste streams and increased …
Order of the Calcutta High Court in the matter of Apurba Biswas & Others Vs The State of West Bengal & Others dated 28/08/2023. The petitioners, through a public interest litigation alleged that a plot of land measuring 117 decimals in L.R. Plot No.323, R.S. Plot No.252 of Mouza Chithaliya, …
Reply by Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur in Original Application No 613 of 2022 in the matter of Ram Milan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 28/08/2023. The matter related to waste management in the city of Gorakhpur. For the remediation of legacy waste management of Ekla Bandha site, two trommel machines …
Joint Committee report in the matter of Chandra Prakash Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 25/08/2023. The committee visited the portable and compact transfer station for municipal solid waste, Shaheed Path South City, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The portable and compact transfer station for municipal solid waste, Shaheed Path …
Erode City Municipal Corporation report to the National Green Tribunal dated 22/08/2023. Implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 has been enforced in the Erode City Municipal Corporation. The target of 100 per cent processing and disposal of wet waste, dry waste and construction …
India is focused on recommitting the G20’s efforts to achieving the targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With less than a decade left to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an informed push, supported by an enabling policy environment, innovations, and implementation, is an urgent requirement. A circular …
Present status report filed by the Deputy Collector, Palakkad in the matter of K M Sanjeev Vijayan Vs The Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala & Others dated August 17, 2023. The matter related to the dumping yard of the Ottapalam municipality located in Panamanna ward not complying with environmental laws …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akshay Kumar Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/08/2023. The matter related to the establishment of a garbage processing unit at Poiwan, Aurangabad, Bihar by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation. The grievance of the applicants was that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anuj Sharma Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 09/08/2023. The grievance of the applicant is violation of siting criteria by the Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad in dumping municipal solid waste in violation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in …
The Goa state legislative assembly passed the Goa Waste Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023. The Bill seeks to amend the existing legislation, The Goa Waste Management Act, 2016, so as to effectively add two provisions – one, to enable Goa Waste Management Corporation to take up consultancy works in waste management …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Urvashi Shobhna Kachari Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/08/2023. Counsel for the applicant has drawn attention of the court towards order dated February 8, 2023 (O.A. No. 561/2022) on the issue of large scale, unregulated violations of environmental …
The solar photovoltaic industry is witnessing a remarkable expansion worldwide. India is ranked fourth globally in ground-mounted photovoltaic deployment. While this is impressive, the waste resulting from such end-of-life photovoltaic panels is expected to be enormous at 4.5 million tonnes by 2050, as per our estimates. In the absence of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashish Sharma Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 03/08/2023. The applicant has submitted that 14th Avenue, Gaur City-2, Greater Noida West, Uttar Pradesh is having a waste collection centre in the basement of I Tower situated in the centre of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prakash Yadav Vs State of Haryana dated 02/08/2023. The grievance in the present application is regarding illegal dumping of dry and wet household garbage lifted through door-to-door collection by Dharuhera Municipality at main gate of Rajiv Gandhi Sports Stadium located …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Chandra Prakash Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 01/08/2023. The applicant, Chandra Prakash, General Secretary of South City Jan Kalyan Samiti, Lucknow in his petition has complained that the Municipal Corporation, Lucknow has created a garbage dumping yard spread over …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Amravati Municipal Corporation Vs Ganesh Dadarao Anasane & Others dated 31/07/2023. The Supreme Court directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to verify whether Amravati Municipal Corporation has made "substantial compliance" with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Lalit Gulati & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/07/2023. The matter related to violation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and dumping of garbage in the road or open area at Udyog Vihar, Gurugram, Haryana. It was …
The Central Government has notified the E-Waste (Management) Second Amendment Rules, 2023. These rules aim to ensure secure, accountable, and sustainable management of e-waste, specifically focusing on refrigerants generated during the manufacture and end-of-life of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment. The rules were published in the Official Gazette on 25th July …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Singh Khaira & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 21/07/2023. Grievance in the application is dumping of solid waste, plastic bags, polyester clothes waste and other non-biodegradable material in Sidhwan Canal and a report was called from …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rita Sharma & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 21/07/2023. The matter related to dumping of waste in village Dughneri, district Hamirpur. The Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Himachal Pradesh informed the court that legacy waste tender agreement …
