Wind Up If You Cannot Achieve Purpose For Which It Has Been Set Up : NGT To Rajasthan Pollution Control Board

The National Green Tribunal has told the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board to wind up its operations if it is not able to augment manpower to achieve the purpose for which it has been set up. A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel while hearing a petition highlighting illegal extraction of groundwater by water mafia for commercial purpose, was told that...

Going Beyond Disaster Preparedness To Disaster Resilience- Role Of Disaster Management Act, 2005

As the 2019 floods in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra revealed, extreme weather events is the 'new 'normal' and causes damage to both life and material assets. The mentioned states are especially vulnerable because they are situated in the Western Ghats, which is considered as an extremely ecologically fragile region. With the protection status of the Ghats in limbo due to vested interests, the damage caused to these areas, especially in Kerala and Karnataka, are all the more pronounced.In...

Install Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations Giving Real Time Data In One Year : NGT To State/UT's [Read Order]

In view of increase in Non Attainment Cities--(From 95 in 2017 to 122 presetly), cities where the Ambient Air Quality, is beyond prescribed norms. The National Green Tribunal has directed the states/Union Territories, to install within one year, assessed Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AAQMS), which would be connected to a National Portal, connected to server of Central...

SC Asks NTPC To File Reply In Plea Seeking Ban On Dumping Of Fly Ash In Water Bodies Of MP's Singrauli [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court last week asked the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited to file its reply in a plea seeking ban on dumping of industrial waste in water bodies of MP's Singrauli and UP's Sonebhadra districts. The bench of Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Surya Kant had issued notices on the plea to the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Water Resources,...

Delhi Pollution : Why Governments Should Not Be Asked To Compensate Persons Affected By Bad Air Quality, Asks SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on November 25 asked the Governments of NCT of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to explain within six weeks as to why they should not be made liable to pay compensation to persons affected by bad air quality.A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta observed that it was the bounden duty of the States to provide basic civic amenities, clean air...

Ensure Remedial Action Continues Against Stone Crushing Unit Causing Air/Noise Pollution In MP : NGT [Read Order]

The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Madhya Pradesh State Pollution Control Board to continue remedial actions to ensure that a stone crushing unit next to a government school does not cause air pollution and noise pollution. Acting on a complaint filed by Rajkumar Kol, Sarpanch, GramPanchayat Bhanpura, the tribunal had called for a report from the authorities....

'Brick Kiln Unit Causes Air Pollution' : NGT Directs Kerala SPCB To File Report [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Kerala State Pollution Control Board to file a report after seeing functioning of the brick kiln units and impact of its work on the air quality and the inhabitants nearby in Sree Moolanagaran Parchayat, Kochi. ...

State Cannot Alienate Water Bodies For Industrial Activities Under The Guise Of Providing Alternatives: SC [Read Judgment]

"Allowing such invaluable community resources to be taken over by a few is grossly illegal."

NGT Directs UP Govt. To Pay Rs 10 Crore As Environment Compensation: Read Order To Know Why

The National Green Tribunal has directed State of Uttar Pradesh to pay Rs 10 crore as Environment Compensation, for causing damage to the environment by permitting discharge of untreated sewage, containing toxic Chromium, into 'River Ganga'.. A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said "It was not considered that the sewage/effluents had highly toxic Chromium content. Its...

Comply With Recommendations of Joint Committee : NGT Directs Telengana PCB [Read Order]

Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Telangana State Pollution Control Board to comply with the recommendations and observations made by a Joint Committee, in respect of few units, which are found to be discharging untreated effluents, adversely affecting the water quality and availability of ground water and drinking water to the inhabitants of...

[Pollution] Violators Of Law Cannot Be Allowed To Have Free Run : NGT [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal, while directing State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees to take meaningful action against Polluters in Industrial areas, said "Violators of law cannot be allowed to have a free run at the core of environment and public health. Inaction by the statutory authorities is at the cost of Rule of Law, which is the mandate of the Constitution and...

How Is Centre Accrediting, Monitoring Labs Which Analyse Air, Water Quality, Asks NGT [Read Order]

As Delhi and other states, near and far, struggle with polluted air and water, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre to produce information about accredited laboratories and analysts recognized to furnish report with regard to analysis of air, water and other samples and the monitoring mechanism in place to keep a check on their functioning. A bench headed by NGT...