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...

NGT Imposes Cost Of 5 Cr. On Mumbai Industrial Development Corporation For Polluting Water Body

The Principal Bench of NGT has imposed a cost of 5 crores on Mumbai Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) for causing pollution, by discharging industrial effluents, in the Taloja industrial area on the outskirts of Mumbai. The NGT was hearing a plea filed by Arvind Pundalik Mhatre, for action against the alleged discharge of untreated industrial effluents in a water...

NGT Directs CPCB To Implement Mechanism For Plastic Waste Management, Check Import Of Hazardous Waste [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench has directed the CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) to implement a proper mechanism for plastic waste management, on a plea filed by petitioner Amit Jain.The NGT was considering a remedial action against cheap waste paper and the import and export of waste for firing of brick kilns. As per Amit Jain, almost 900,000 tons of hazardous waste...

NGT Directs Agra Development Authority To Demolish Encroachment On Yamuna Flood Plains By March 2020

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi has directed the Agra Development Authority to clear the flood plain of river by ensuring removal of all encroachments by 31st March, 2020. The order came on a plea filed by petitioner Umashankar Patwa, seeking a direction to the authority concerned to conduct demolition of encroachment which has come...

NGT Pulls Up DPCC For Inaction On Encroachment By Rag Pickers

The NGT has pulled up the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for its inaction on the encroachment of certain public roads and government land by rag pickers, and their engagement in sorting domestic waste from nearby residential areas without any safety equipment. The complainant Rohit Yadav, President of RWA, Madipur Village, New Delhi, sent a letter petition to the...

NGT Hears Plea Seeking Protection Of The Endangered Great Indian Bustard

The NGT has directed the formation of a Joint Committee to mitigate measures for protecting the Great Indian Bustard (GIB). The Purpose of the committee is to prepare a time bound action plan to ensure the survival of the critically endangered specie, as per Schedule-I to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The Principal Bench was hearing a plea filed by the NGO Centre for...

NGT Directs CPCB To Submit Report On Action Plan For Enforcement Of E-Waste Management Rules

The National Green Tribunal has directed the CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) to place a review and 'action taken' report for ensuring enforcement of E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 ('EW Rules') by 31st January, 2020. The order was passed by the Principal Bench while considering a plea for remedial action against unscientific...

NGT Admits Plea Filed By HPCB Against Order Of Appellate Authority Refusing Prosecution Against Polluting Plastic Units [Read Order]

Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has admitted an appeal filed by the Haryana Pollution Control Board, against an order of the Appellate authority which quashed the sanction for prosecution initiated by an officer against polluting industries in Haryana, on the grounds that it would amount to double jeopardy. A bench led by Justice Adarsh K Goel, prima facie held merit in...

Move To Remove 2646 Trees From Aarey Forest: Bombay HC Directs MCGM And MMRCL To File Reply [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited to file their reply in a petition filed by Zoru Darius Bathena challenging Tree Authority's resolution to remove 2646 trees at Aarey Forest, Goregaon in Mumbai. Division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre heard the...

"Identify Points Of Illegal Extraction Of Ground Water And Seal Them Immediately": NGT Asks Rajasthan Govt.

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Ground Water Authority of Rajasthan (CGWA) to identify points of illegal extraction of ground water in Jodhpur and seal them immediately. The bench of Justice Raghuvendra S. Rathore and Dr. Satyawan Singh Garbyal was addressing a batch of 6 applications, filed against the concerned authorities of State of Rajasthan, seeking relief...