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 Delhi High Court today sought response of the Centre on a PIL which has challenged the municipal solid waste rules to the extent they hold individuals and not local bodies liable for non-segregation of garbage at source. While passing the order, the court asked the petitioner society, Sach, as …
Aurangabad: Experts have stressed the need to spread public awareness about waste segregation at source despite Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) announcing door-to-door garbage collection of dry waste only twice a week. Experts emphasise that such segregation cannot be achieved unless citizens understand the benefits of the process. They have pressed …
The 2016 Rules supersede the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2000 and expand the ambit of application to every urban local body, including outgrowths in urban agglomerations, census towns, areas under Railways and airports. It has been over a year since the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 (SWMR) were notified on …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Waste Management, 07/02/2017. As per Annual Reports submitted by State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) /Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) till December 2016, the quantity of solid waste generation is estimated to be about 1.43 lakh tons per day in the year 2015-16. There has been …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madhumangal Shukla Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change & Others dated 23/08/2016 regarding Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. It has been pointed out that Municipal Solid Waste of Vrindavan was being dumped on different …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Angul district Collector to identify an alternative dumping site in 30 days’ time to sort out the garbage disposal problem in the Angul Municipality. The NGT bench comprising SP Wangdi and Prof PC Mishra has issued this direction on hearing a petition …
HC sets April 20 deadline to obtain CRZ clearance for the boundary wall, or face demolition After the Deonar dumping ground, it is the turn of its sister facility at Kanjurmarg to face the heat over an illegal compound wall. During a hearing on Wednesday, the Bombay High Court set …
Behind the glitz of new and tall buildings in the city is a trail of chunky construction debris with no accountability for its management or disposal -until now. The Centre has come out with new rules to handle construction and demolition waste. The norms include segregating construction debris into steel, …
Varanasi: The city is suffering insanitation woes as the municipal waste has not been transported to the dumping site in Ramna locality for last four days. The villagers of Ramna are protesting against dumping of garbage after heaps of garbage caught fire causing thick smoke in the area for many …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jitender Yadav Vs. State of Uttarakhand dated 16/03/2016 regarding indiscriminate dumping and throwing of municipal solid waste and burning of the same, Almora, Uttarakhand. Counsel appearing for the State of Uttarakhand and Municipality of Almora submit that they have submitted …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kantha Vibhag Yuva Koli Samaj Parivartan Trust & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 07/03/2016 regarding urban waste management, Surat, Gujarat. The main allegations against the the Respondents are dereliction in duty, non-performance of …
MPCB officials said that the responses received from the BMC to the notices were on the steps they were taking to eventually control the waste being dumped at Deonar. For at least two years before the Deonar dumping ground fire, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) had sent eight notices …
Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is gearing up to adhere to the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handing) Rules, 2000. The move follows after a recent directive by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on this front to all states. The civic body is looking to prepare a time bound …
Interim injunction restraining Vengaivasal village panchayat The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, has passed an interim order against dumping garbage by the Vengaivasal village panchayat close to a lake and in residential localities. Following an application from S.P. Surendranath Karthik and J. Jeya Sabare Eswaran of Madipakkam, the tribunal …
The tribunal had emphasised on adherence to conditions laid down by the authorization and compliance of the municipal solid waste rules of 2000. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesaday directed the district collectorate to submit the status of new landfill sites for disposal of garbage by the Pune Municipal …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of State Environment Protection Council Vs .Kannur Municipality & Others dated 14/10/2015 regarding setting up of a waste processing and disposal facility and other requisites for the management of solid wastes, as contemplated under the Municipal Solid Wastes …
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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of R.D. Anand Vs. Chandigarh Union Territory Administration & Others dated 06/10/2015 regarding municipal solid waste management in the city of Chandigarh. NGT directs the Advisor to the Administrator, Chandigarh to file sector wise complete status report with regard to collection, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sandip Badrinarayan Kayashtha Vs. Alandi Municipal & Ors. dated 01/10/2015 regarding pollution of River Indrayani at Alandi, Pune District, Maharashtra.
Taking note of reckless dumping of municipal waste in the temple town of Vrindavan, National Green Tribunal today slammed the civic authorities and directed removal of garbage within two weeks. "How are you dumping like this? There has to be a proper mechanism in place. We direct the Vrindavan Nagar …
