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 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government to chalk out a rehabilitation plan to free encroachments from all water bodies in the state including the Siddique Hassan Khan Talab in the state capital. Issuing the directive while hearing a petition filed by Shyam Narayan Chouksey about encroachment …
Main building of the Golden Temple in Amritsar is adversely affected due to pollution caused by industries, vehicles, generators, 'tandoors' (clay ovens) of restaurants around the shrine and burning of crop stubble by farmers. This was stated by experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi in their interim …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shyam Narayan Chouksey Vs. Municipal Corporation, Bhopal & Ors. dated 13/11/2013 regarding construction and refilling of the Nawab Siddqui Hasan Khan Talab constituted in old city Bhopal. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/20-2013(CZ)(OA)_13Nov2013.pdf Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=4785
Raging issue sparks heated exchange at council meeting Consensus in the Kottayam municipal council on managing the waste generated in the town still remains elusive. The issue sparked a heated exchange between councillors of the ruling front during a council meet held here on Monday. Even as December 31, the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sajag Public Charitable Trust Vs. Municipal Corporation of Gwalior & Ors. dated 12/11/2013 regarding proper growth and survival of the trees planted in the urban areas. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/30-2013(CZ)(OA)_12Nov2013.pdf
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandeep Lahariya Vs State of M.P. Ors. dated 11/11/2013 regarding compliance of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 in letter and spirit and to stop use, sale and storage of plastic carry bags and packaging alleging that the …
WHAT THE PIL SAYS In the PIL,‘Mujeeb Andrabi versus State’, the petitioners had prayed that the High Court take a “strong note” of the constructions made illegally without permission from the Srinagar Municipal Corporation and in violation of the master plan in Srinagar city and pass directions to the authorities …
The number of dengue cases in Delhi has risen to 4,618 from 4,402 on October 28, a municipal health official said on Monday. The vector-borne disease has claimed six lives but no fatality has been reported in the past week. An additional 53 cases have been reported from the rest …
As part of its drive to make the town ‘anti plastic region’, the district administration has taken a series of programmes. Gokul Mohan Hazarika, Deputy Commissioner of Cachar, during a recent meeting with different NGOs and senior citizens proposed the formation of district level environment protection volunteer force with additional …
BHUBANESWAR: The housing and urban development (H&UD;) department has formed a task force to implement the use of plastic waste for road construction. The task force comprises officials of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and the works department. The job of …
Once bitten twice shy. The Phailin onslaught has promoted the jittery state government to reassess the planning and design of the proposed houses to be built under the centrally-sponsored Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) for the urban poor in Bhubaneswar. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Sanjib Kumar Mishra has asked the …
The number of dengue cases in the capital has been rising at a slower rate so far this month as compared to October, municipal health officials said. According to official reports from the civic agencies, the death of a 28-year-old man who had been admitted to Rockland Hospital has been …
BHOPAL: The designated garbage dumping site of the civic body at Bhanpur, which has been operational for the last 33 years, does not have clearance from pollution monitoring agency MPPCB. Taking a stern view, the central zonal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Bhopal Municipal Corporation …
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) drive to bring all clinics in the city under its common biomedical waste disposal system has flopped. Only 2,500 of the 7,000 clinics have joined the facility since the drive began in May. Over 4,000 clinics in the city that have not joined the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhash C. Pandey Vs Municipal Corporation Bhopal & Others dated 28/10/2013 on pollution of Shahpura Lake, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh . Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/34-2013(CZ)(OA)_28Oct2013.pdf
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Kumar Misra & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/10/2013 on covering of open drains, Delhi and discharge made from these drains into river Yamuna. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/300-2013(OA)_28Oct2013.pdf
Not a single cellphone tower in Mumbai is illegal, claimed the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), suggesting that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been sitting on applications for 4,578 cellphone towers that have already been installed. According to official figures from the civic body released in September, there …
The city has 4,578 cellphone towers that are yet to get the BMC's clearance. Calling it a serious issue, anti-radiation activist Girish Kumar said the "illegal" towers can pose a health hazard to thousands of people. But the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) called the towers legal. Its director …
DPCC also asked to to report on the technology being used for marble cutting The National Green Tribunal today directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to carry out inspection in a northwest Delhi area and file a report on establishments engaged in marble cutting in residential areas. It also asked …
The tradition of immersing idols may soon be ripped off puja celebrations with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking cognizance of an application by environment activist Subhas Datta, seeking a ban on this ‘method’. Datta refuses to call idol immersion a ‘ritual’. In his application, the activist claimed that the …
