Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Srinagar admn to come up with traffic management plan in 2 days The Departments of Public Works, Traffic, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) and the Town Planning Organisation, Kashmir, have been directed to come out with a traffic management plan within two days by Public Works Minister …
The city has turned blue and white and beautified boulevards make it look green on the surface. But the picture is not so rosy underneath. Steady depletion of groundwater is not only turning the city subsidence-prone, it is also exposing Kolkata to earthquake risks and dealing a body blow to …
NAGPUR: At a time when concern is being raised over dwindling green cover in the city, around 31 trees, most of them scheduled ones, were indiscriminately chopped off on Wednesday without taking permission from the garden department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). The trees were axed at the residence of …
A recent directive from the Centre to ensure that construction and demolition waste is recycled hasn't shaken the civic body yet to crackdown on the massive dumping of this waste on river beds and nullahs. In a meeting with state environment and forest ministers in New Delhi recently, the central …
Green activists on Tuesday said they would approach the National Green Tribunal as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has continued to dump debris on the banks of Mutha river in violation of a Supreme Court order. On Monday, green activist Sanjay Bhosale, who was one of the petitioners of the …
An erstwhile green and peaceful Juhu locality has turned all dull and dusty, for over a month now. What's responsible for that is only a small trench on one of its prominent roads. Located bang opposite actor Amitabh Bachchan's bungalow Jalsa on the VL Mehta road, the six feet long …
An NGO has moved the chief judicial magistrate's court against senior officials of the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation and the UP Pollution Control Board for not constructing any sewage treatment plant and preventing the flow of drain water into the Hindon river. The NGO, Jal Biradari, has sought registration of a …
Though the district administration had promised to compensate for the loss of green cover that resulted due to the BRTS project, there has been no progress on the issue. The state government had announced to plant 30,000 saplings in different areas of the city through its various agencies. The city-based …
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to engage anganwadi workers to carry out a survey to identify households without latrines in the city. The BMC will take up construction of individual household latrine (IHL) under the Centre's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. After the survey, the BMC will create a database …
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court recently directed the state government to submit within three weeks its action plan on formation of biodiversity committees by local bodies and the time required for the purpose. The court issued these directions during the hearing of the public interest litigation (PIL) …
Gurgaon, a city in a perpetual building boom, is planning to build four construction waste recycling plants soon, one each in the four blocks of the district. “Keeping in mind the steps National Green Tribunal is taking to improve the quality of environment we are living in, the Municipal Corporation …
AGRA: The Kuberpur solid waste disposal plant, located within a 10-km radius of the Taj Mahal, may not be functioning at present but it continues to emit harmful gases as garbage heaped at the site is not being properly disposed of, posing a threat to the monument. There appears to …
In the backdrop of the simmering tension between the local residents of the Thakur Village in Kandivli east and owner of several factories in the area, the latter have written to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, alleging that many of the residential colonies are illegal. Meanwhile, the MPCB is yet …
NEW DELHI: The ongoing construction of the multi-level parking lot in Jangpura's A-block, which started in 2011, has become a headache for its residents. The contractor has piled up construction material on the main road, causing vehicles to crawl over mounds of cement and mud piled along the road, leaving …
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and private water operator Orange City Water Private Limited (OCW) have no idea where over 60% of the potable water supplied to the city goes. Consequently, they have been unable to increase the quantum of water billed over the last many years. According to NMC …
Varanasi: Sidelining the deadlock continuing between Varanasi Municipal Corporation and A2Z, the company assigned for handling solid waste management (SWM) in 2010, the district administration officials, on Saturday, visited the Karsada plant of solid waste dumping and disposal site to ensure its opening from Monday. The plant is expected to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Babulal Jajoo Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 10/04/2015 regarding pollution of river Chambal, Kota, Rajasthan. The Tribunal has directed the Chief Executive Officer of Kota Municipal Council to remain personally present with the full …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Mahendra Kumar Saxena Vs. Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 10/04/2015 regarding air and noise pollution caused by a hot mix plant in a residential area at Gwalior city.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Paryavaran Avam Manav Sanrakshan Samiti Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 09/04/2015 regarding construction near Narmada River with respect to No Construction Zone and the 300 meter Zone. The Tribunal has directed the Respondents …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Arvind V. Aswal Vs Arihant Realtors dated 08/04/2015 regarding construction of residential-cum commercial project under Slum Rehabilitation Authorities (SRA) scheme on plot CTS No.4/6(pt), 4/7(pt), 7,7/1 to 3, 9(pt), 9/1 to 4, 10(pt) (CTS No.4/7 (pt), …
