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 …
Trees of Bengaluru are an orphaned lot. With nominated tree officers failing to take charge, they are fast falling prey to indiscriminate axing. In fact, all felling activities over the last two months have been illegal. Some officials are allegedly allowing this, despite not having the powers to do so. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/02/2015 regarding unregulated open burning of plastic/rubber or such other articles anywhere in India. The Tribunal noted that in spite of an order by NGT "not only the Municipal Corporation has …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Vs. U.O.I & Ors. dated 24/02/2015 regarding burning of tyres and plastics at Gokalpur scrap market, Delhi. NGT directed the "the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to find out the possibility of recycling …
The city’s existing waste disposal site in Sector 38 poses a threat to surface and groundwater aquifers due to generation and percolation of leachate in the subsoil, according to a recent study. “The disposal site is over 30-year-old and has no provision of leachate and gas collecting systems. Hence, it …
Environmental experts and activists have blasted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s decision to classify mangrove cover, which were earlier marked as green zone, as natural areas in its new Development Plan (DP). The move will result in further exploitation of mangrove cover, which is already facing threat due to developmental works …
Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Delhi Waste Management Limited Vs Municipal Corporation Of Delhi dated 20/02/2015 regarding four advertisements displayed on two Waste Storage Depots - Dhalaos (structures constructed for collection of waste) situated opposite Okhla, New Delhi and near Sant Nagar, New Delhi. The …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last week submitted the city's new coastal zone management plan (CZMP) to the state environment department after an 18-month delay. Activists said the new plan, once it comes into effect, will make it difficult for the government to favour builders who had sought permission for …
The Delhi government has done away with mandatory consent from pollution control committee and `trade licence' from the municipal authority for projects that fall under the category of small and medium enterprises. The Arvind Kejriwal-led government said these steps were taken to increase `ease of doing business' in Delhi. However, …
Mumbai on Thursday figured among the ten cities in the world that will be taken up by the Bloomberg Philanthropies, a New York-based foundation, to adopt best of the Road Safety practices worldwide. The selection has been made from 20 strong applicant cities, mostly from low and middle-income countries, which …
Hyderabad: The Secunderabad Cantonment Board is all set to begin a new solid waste management system. During a board meeting on Monday, Sujatha Gupta, the SCB chief executive officer, said that residents would be given coloured recyclable bags for segregation of wastes at the household level. “Bins will also placed …
The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune is going to hear the Top quarry case on Monday. The case was filed by residents of Top village, 11km away from the city, who were opposing the dumping of garbage in the quarry located near the village …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Village Panchayat of Top VsThe State of Maharashtra dated 09/02/2015 regarding regarding installation of municipal solild waste (MSW) plant at village Top, District Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The order mentions that "The information given in tabular form by …
Days after the National Green Tribunal banned parking of cars on metalled roads, local traders on Thursday approached the tribunal seeking permission for singlelane parking till alternative parking site was provided. "Association of the traders having shops at Lajpat Nagar Central Market and its members are affected by the arbitrary …
Swine flu has resurfaced in Mumbai with a vengeance, claiming four lives in the last couple of weeks. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) health department on Thursday said of the 23 cases confirmed from city's public and private hospitals in the month of January, four died. Ten of these patients reside …
Residuary Andhra Pradesh seems to have stolen a march on its neighbour Telangana, at least when it comes to energy conservation. What else explains the fact that AP has an active state energy conservation mission (SECM), while Telangana is yet to wake up to its importance despite facing a severe …
Guwahati: In spite of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation's garbage-disposal initiatives, a study by a city NGO has revealed that the city generates 22,000 kilos of plastic waste every day. Environ, which conducted the study, said only 60% of the total plastic waste generated is recyclable. Environ's president Amarjyoti Kashyap said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Dr. Kashmira Kakati Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 04/02/2015 regarding spilling of oil into the water bodies existing in the Dehing Patkai Elephant reserve, Assam.
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has opened a cell to ensure hassle-free management of solid waste. Official sources said the cell would monitor solid waste collection at primary level, disposal at the designated dumping site and processing at the plant to be set up at Bhuasuni, on the outskirts of …
The state of solid waste management in most of the urban areas of developing countries is now a major social and environmental challenge with the explosion of Population and the pace urbanization. In India in particular, the combined influence of poverty, population growth and rapid urbanization has tended to worsen …
Environment minister Ramdas Kadam has told Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to submit the detailed project report (DPR) for rejuvenation of Nag River within two months. He promised to submit the DPR to central government himself. He warned the civic officials in a review meeting that if the deadline was not …
