Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Karan Singh Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 10/05/2016 regarding municipal solid waste management in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Tribunal noted that there is no plant presently operating in the State of Himachal Pradesh, including its capital at Shimla …
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar often pats his ministry’s back for taking numerous measures to simplify green clearances and facilitate ease of business, but the number seems to be speaking otherwise as only 38 per cent key roads and highways and mining projects received …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 09/05/2016 regarding degradation of environment and receding of the glaciers at Rohtang Pass. Tribunal directs the State of Himachal Pradesh to commence CNG Bus Stations in the …
The state government’s plan to develop the cold desert of Spiti as a 1,000 mw solar energy hub by 2022 has been shelved by the Centre until it sets up the load dispatch station in upper Kinnaur to evacuate solar power from Spiti. The state government in assistance with the …
Representatives of several opposition parties have come together to criticise the government for continuing to try and dilute the provisions of the Forest Rights Act, which makes it mandatory to get consent of tribals before using of their traditional forestlands. Jitendra Chaudhury, CPI(M) member of Parliament from Tripura, shared copies …
The National Green Tribunal issued notice to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Wednesday, asking for its response to the forest fires in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh by May 10 — the next date of hearing. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar had issued showcause notices …
Responding to the query, the ministry’s counsel said that entire team of officials concerned was working on the issues and IAF helicopters have also been deployed in the ongoing firefighting operations. EXPRESSING CONCERN about forest fires raging in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the National Green Tribunal Tuesday said it was …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryawaran Sanrakshan Sangarsh Samiti Lippa Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 04/05/2016 regarding Kashang Hydro Electric Project in Kinnaur District of the State of Himachal Pradesh. The villagers of Lippa have filed this appeal seeking to assail …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Dutta, Senior Adv. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 04/05/2016 regarding forest fire in the State of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. NGT asks the State Government of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, particularly the Forest Department on the fire …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Prashanti Surya Construction Co. (M/s Prashanti Surya Construction Co.) & Others Vs Central Empowered Committee & Others dated 04/05/2016 regarding hotel, shopping complex and bus stand constructed by M/s Prashanti Surya Construction, at Mcleodganj, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh in …
The objections, raised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, in granting clearance to 515 bighas proposed to be developed as an industrial area in Dhabota in the Nalagarh industrial belt have hit the investment plans. Though the case for seeking environment clearance had been submitted more than a year …
While environmentalists and activists are largely blaming the timber and land mafia for raging “manmade” forest fires in Uttarakhand and now Himachal Pradesh, they also fault the poor management of such expected “cyclic” events. The lack of compliance of general management practices required to pre-empt such eventualities, which are now …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sushma Bisht Vs. State & Ors. dated 21/04/2016 regarding construction of a house on the flood plain of river Beas, Himachal Pradesh. B.K. Rawal, Officer from the Central Water Commission submits that they will guide the Administrative Authorities and the …
Shimla, April 19 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central and state governments on the issue of declaring monkeys as vermin within the Shimla Municipal Corporation's jurisdiction. A division bench of Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan directed the environment, …
Himachal Pradesh has not been able to tap even one per cent of its solar power potential, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has said. In wind power, the State has a lone turbine which too has not been functional for six years, resulting in loss of over Rs.40 …
Supreme Court today said there was nothing wrong with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directive to restrict the entry of petrol-run vehicles in the eco-sensitive Rohtang Pass area and the order was in the interest of ecology and environment. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur refused to …
SHIMLA: Once a favourite summer retreat of the erstwhile British rulers, Shimla is now so much in the grip of water scarcity that its hotels as well as guests have to fork out handsome amounts for every bucket they need. "There is no water at all in the hotel we're …
Water scarcity is not restricted to the plains as is generally perceived, but is also seriously affecting many areas in the Himalayan heights that remain snow-bound for a large part of the year. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has identified eight villages in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir to …
SHIMLA: No monkey business any more — at least in tourist hotspot Shimla. Declared vermin, the marauding monkeys will be shot down in areas outside forests to check their menace. The ministry of environment, forests and climate change, in a communication to the Himachal Pradesh government on March 14, declared …
Dharamshala: The Himachal Pradesh ministry of urban development has decided to include provision of safe drinking water in the Smart City proposal for Dharamshala that has to be submitted to the Centre by April 15, said urban development minister Sudhir Sharma on Sunday. The decision to include safe drinking water …
