Prepare An Action Plan To Stop Pollution Of River Balad : NGT To HP SPCB [Read Order]

The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (HPSPCB), to prepare an action plan to ensure the deficiencies in the operation of the CETP Plant is remedied and there is no pollution of River Balad in Baddi industrial area, in district Solan. A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel gave the direction...

NGT Directs Private Developer To Deposit Environment Compensation For Construction On Open Area In a Housing Complex [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has directed a private developer to deposit a RS 68,51,250, as interim environmental compensation with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for construction on green/open area in a housing complex. A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel gave the direction while hearing a plea filed by Anil Upal and others, all residents of...

Pollution-Plea Filed In NGT Seeking Ban On Dumping Of Fly Ash In Water Bodies Of MP's Singrauli [Read Petition]

"The industries are not taking any precautionary measures to stop the pollution and are merely working for their greed & profit, which is affecting the life of common man and upcoming generation. The health, life and limb of children and the residents of nearby villages are at stake. The newly born, young children are also affected with unknown and serious ailments /illness,...

Take Immediate Remedial Measures To Remove Unauthorized Constructions Along High Tension Line In Bengaluru : NGT To BBMP [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and BESCOM to take remedial measures in accordance with law by using such force as may be necessary at the earliest, to remove unauthorised building/Houses/Shops/Sheds at Thanisandra main road, along the High Tension Line, in Bangalore. A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel...

NGT Directs HP PCB To File Report On Whether Failure To Handle Waste At Village Dughneri Is Causing Air And Water Pollution [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has called for a factual and action taken report from Deputy Commissioner, Hamirpur, Municipal Council, Hamirpur and Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board, about the grievance raised that on account of failure to handle waste which is being burnt, causing air pollution, resulting in diseases and loss of livestock and contributing to forest fires and...

Prevent Muck From Reaching River In Uttarakhand:NGT To NTPC and TDCL [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal had directed National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and Tehri Development Corporation Limited to take necessary steps in the matter forthwith, for preventing muck reaching the river system, at village Tapovan, District Chamoli, State of Uttarakhand. A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel gave the direction while hearing a petition filed...

SC Issues Slew Of Directions To Curb Air Pollution In Delhi [Read Order]

On Monday, the Supreme Court passed a slew of directions to address the protracted problem of air pollution in Delhi. The bench of Justice Arun Misha and Justice Deepak Gupta has passed several directions, dealing right from the problem of stubble burning to vehicular emissions and construction dust. In this regard, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Governments...

"Requiem For a Falling Tree and a Failing Human"; Bombay HC Dismisses Petition u/A. 227 Due To 'Trouble' Caused By Tree

Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu sitting in the High Court of Bombay at Goa last month penned a thought provoking three-page oral order that he himself summarised as, "Requiem for a Falling Tree and a Falling Human." Justice Naidu was hearing a writ petition filed by representatives of one Vithal Sambri (now deceased) in whose residential compound a tree grew and it happened...

Involve NEERI And IIT Delhi In Your Study To Check Environmental Concerns Posed By Pyrolysis Industry : NGT To CPCB [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to involve, NEERI and IIT Delhi, while carrying out a study whether existing batch plants would be able to meet environmental concerns or Advance Batch Automated Plants, are required to address the environmental concerns, caused due to absence of proper management of End-of-Life, Tyres/Waste Tyres...

SC Constitutes Expert Panel To Suggest Alternatives To Felling Of Trees For Widening Of National Highway

The Supreme Court constituted on Thursday a committee of environment experts to suggest an alternative to felling of over 350 trees for construction of railway over bridges (ROB) and widening of National Highway-112 from Barasat to Petrapole on the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal."This case presents the usual dilemma between environmental degradation & development. Obviously...

NGT Directs Discontinuation Of Groundwater Extraction By Two Carpet Manufacturing Units In Rewari [Read Order]

The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed ground water being extracted without NOC and without any safeguards, by two carpet manufacturing units, in Rewari, Haryana, be discontinued, till NOC is given. Bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel while hearing a petition filed by one Bhim Singh, passed the direction after going through the report filed by...

NGT Asks Reliance Jio To Pay Rs 10 Lakh Compensation For Illegal Tree Felling While Laying Optical Fibre Cables[Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has asked Reliance Jio to pay a compensation of fine of Rupees 10 lakhs for illegal cutting of trees in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh for laying underground Optic Fibre lines The issue was regarding the illegal felling of 125 Avenue trees in Kurnool District for laying Optical Fibre Cable from Nannur to Veldurthy villages. The District...