NGT Directs CPCB To Prepare New Environment Plan For The Country [Read Order]

The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed Central Pollution Control Board to prepare model/models for States and Union Territories to compile information with reference to specific thematic areas, through which District Environment Plans can be prepared, collating the same State Environment Plan and eventually country's, Environment plan can be prepared. The bench led...

NGT Directs UP State Authorities To Stop Illegal Disposal Of E-Waste On Banks Of Ramganga River

The NGT Principal Bench has directed the UP State authorities to stop the illegal and unscientific disposal of e-waste on the banks of Ramganga River, a tributary of the Ganges, in Moradabad, UP. The Bench headed by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that any dismantling or recycling of e-waste must take place as per the Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and...

NGT Directs Delhi Govt. To Formulate Guidelines To Regulate Functioning Of Hotels And Banquet Halls

NGT has directed the AAP-led Delhi Govt. to formulate a set of guidelines for the functioning of hotels and banquets halls as per environment norms in the city, to check the challenge posed by unregulated social gatherings resulting in damage to Delhi's environment and public health. "There can be no dispute that violation of environment norms having adverse impact...

NGT Directs Karnataka State Authorities To Check Pollution In Papnash Lake

NGT Principal Bench at New Delhi has directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to monitor the actions to be taken by state authorities of Karnataka, to conserve the Papnash Lake in Bidar District, Karnataka. The Principal Bench was considering the issue of pollution of the Papnash Lake, on a plea filed by activist Ambresh Kencha, on behalf of the NGO...

NGT Pulls Up State Authorities For Inaction On Polluting Industries In Western UP

The NGT Principal Bench has directed the UP Government (through Chief Secretary) to look into the issue of pollution in Kali Nadi, Krishni and Hindon Rivers on a plea that it has resulted in the death of 71 people from cancer, and caused over 47 people to be bed ridden. The plea was filed by NGO Doaba Paryavaran Samiti, praying for...

NGT Directed DPCC To Inquire The Operation Of Unauthorized Wooden Bed Factory In The Residential Area [Read Order]

The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to look into operation of unauthorized wooden bed factory in the residential area of Village Mohammadpur, R.K. Puram, causing sound and air pollution by use of thinner and other chemicals for polishing the furniture. On an application filed by one Vijender Singh who claimed that the...

Appoint NEERI For Scientific Study of Lakes In Bengaluru Within 10 Days : Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High court has set a deadline of 10 days, for the state government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to appoint National Environmental Engineering Institute (NEERI), which has agreed to carry out an in-depth scientific study of lakes in the city and also recommend steps to revive the existing lakes and find disappeared ones. A division bench of Chief Justice...

Pollution: GT Directs UPPCB To Recover Compensation From Cement Industries In Sikandrabad [Read Order]

Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) in two months time assesses and recovering the environmental compensation on Polluter Pays principle from the polluting units, cement factories in question at Sikandrabad, district for creating lot of air pollution by burning rubber, cloth, plastic and wood for making steam in...

NGT Directs CPCB To Issue Guidelines On Management Of Waste Tyres And Restrict Its Import

The Principal Bench of NGT has directed CPCB to issue guidelines for proper management of waste tyres in Pyrolisis industry in the country, as well as restrict its import. NGT Principal Bench was hearing a plea filed by Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE). The Tribunal in the matter, was considering the issue related to the absence of proper management of...

Draft Notification to Categorize Zones As Per Noise pollution Rules Ready: Karnataka Govt. Tells HC

19 years after Noise pollution rules came into force state government comes out with draft notification to categorize zones as per the Rules Karnataka High Court was on Thursday informed by the State government that it has issued a draft notification categorizing areas under various zones as per the Noise pollution rules. As per the act areas can be segregated under Industrial,...

Resource Efficiency-A Need Of The Hour

When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten and the last stream poisoned, we will realize that we cannot eat money. It is interesting in this light to look at the observations made on the Earth Overshoot Day which has been taken as a reference point to understand the extent of natural resources we humans can exploit in a given year. The Earth Overshoot Day for 2019 was on 29th July which is a month before what it was the last year. In the context of such observations, the Central...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea For Construction Of Assistive Pathways For Specially Abled Persons [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has issued notice in a PIL seeking the court's assistance in directing the State authorities to construct footpaths with assistive pathways for the blind and specially-abled individuals, and to ensure proper upkeep of the footpaths in the NCT of Delhi. The plea was filed by law aspirants Prateek Sharma and Diksha Singh from Delhi University, and calls for...