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...

NGT Issues Directions To DJB To Install Rain Water Harvesting Sytems, Check Illegal Extraction Of Ground Water

The NGT has issued directions to Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Central Pollution Control Board (CBCB) and Ministry of Jal Shakti for installation of Rainwater Harvesting Systems (RWH) in view of the depleting levels and contamination of potable ground water. Proceedings were initiated suo moto by the Tribunal, based on a news item dated 19th June 2015 in the Hindustan Times highlighting...

Plea In NGT Challenges The Implementation Of 'Odd Even' Scheme In Delhi [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed in the National Green Tribunal challenging the implementation of the 'odd even scheme' under the 7 point 'Parali Pradushan Action Plan' of the AAP led Delhi Govt. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in a tweet dated 13th September had stated that the pollution in Delhi was down by 25%, and Delhi is the only city where the pollution is going down. In a following tweet, he...

NGT Directs Jharkhand Govt. To Take Action Against Operation Of Illegal Mines And Stone Crushers

The NGT has directed the state authorities of Jharkhand to take action against the damage being caused to the hills of Raj Mahal (Sahebganj Dist.), Jharkhand by illegal mining and operation of stone crushers. The NGT, Eastern Zone Bench (EZ) initiated proceedings in the matter, based on a letter sent by one Ramchandra Chaurasia....

Government Must Ensure Portable Drinking Water To People Affected From Contaminated Ground Water : NGT [Read Order]

The principal bench of National Green Tribunal has urged Central Government to take lead in ensuring potable drinking water to people who are affected due to ground water being contaminated in different states. As per estimates over 1 crore people in different states are affected due to the presence of high level of Arsenic in ground water. It has asked the Central government to rework...

Even If Consent To Operate Is Not Required, Action Must Be Taken When Pollution Is Caused : NGT [Read Order]

Observing that "Even if consent to operate is not required, action can be and must be taken when pollution is caused or siting criteria is violated," the Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, to stop polluting activities and recover compensation on 'polluter pays' principle from, poultry farms being illegally operated in Shamli...

NGT Directs MP Govt. To Execute Measures For Conservation Of Son Gharial Sanctuary, Check Illegal Mining Activity

NGT has directed the state authorities of Madhya Pradesh to take effective steps for the conservation of the Son Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary in the Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh and submit the report in three weeks. A plea was filed by one Nityanand Mishra in 2014 for the protection of Gharial population from the unregulated sand mining in the in the area of 200 km stretch of...