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 (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Narinder Kr. Shukla & Ors. Vs. Sh. Jagdish Saphiya & Ors. dated 23/07/2015 regarding excavation of stones and pebbles and such other minor minerals from the river bed of river Beas especially where a small rivulet …
With public pressure mounting against felling of fruit-bearing trees, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday directed the concerned officers to immediately file a review petition in the High Court against its earlier order to remove encroachment from forest land. “The government is fully apprised of the situation and a review …
MANALI: The trial run of CNG bus to the Rohtang Pass from Manali was done successfully on Tuesday. Terming it as the country's maiden CNG bus run at a height of 13,051 feet, an official said there was no mechanical complication during the trial. The feasibility test of eco-friendly CNG …
SHIMLA: Around five years before National Green Tribunal (NGT) stepped in to save the fragile ecology of Rohtang Pass from heavy influx of tourists and their vehicles, Himachal Pradesh government had in 2010 tried to regulate tourism activity at mountain pass but decision taken in the two meetings held at …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has exempted educational institutions from seeking environmental clearance under the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) norms, 2006, as per a clarification received by the State EIA Committee. The ministry had, in December 2014, stated that all educational institutions would come under its purview. Since a …
Hundreds go jobless in Nurpur As many as 40 stone crusher units in Nurpur subdivision were closed four days ago, for want of requisite permission to crush their legalised stock of raw material (hard stones) from the state geologist. The sudden closure of these units have not only rendered hundreds …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday declined to relax its recent order, banning all tourist activities in and around the Rohtang Pass overlooking the picturesque tourist resort Manali, to check environmental degradation. A two-member bench, headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, issued a show-cause notice to the Himachal …
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) does not have equipment to monitor revised ambient air quality (NAAQ) norms notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in November 2009. This is acting as an impediment in the implementation of the norms. The SPCB is not following the revised norms. It …
SHIMLA: In the affidavit to be filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Himachal Pradesh government has stated that while submitting the vital report based on which the tribunal ordered ban on commercial activity at Rohtang pass, its deputy registrar Sheetal Sharma failed to appreciate the ground situation in right …
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said power would be provided through solar energy in the Spiti valley in the next four years. On his visit to the valley, local residents accorded a traditional welcome to the minister. The minister also attended a fair at Kye Monastery, …
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), on Monday, expressed its concern on complete ban on commercial activities at Rohtang Pass and its surrounding areas imposed by National Green Tribunal (NGT), and requested chief minister Virbhadra Singh to take steps to find early solution on the issue to sustain tourism activities …
SHIMLA: It was the concern for melting glaciers and blacking of snow that forced National Green Tribunal (NGT) to order banning of commercial activity at Rohtang Pass. But an RTI query has revealed that there is no glacier at the top of Rohtang Pass and the ministry of environment and …
Asks people to challenge ban in the Supreme Court Mahila mandals, hoteliers, tribals and taxi operators have demanded alternative sources of livelihoods after ban on tourism in the Marhi-Rohtang circuit. They have got the support of a glaciologist and NGOs. Dr Milap Chand Sharma, Professor of Glacial Geomorphology at Jawaharlal …
Mule path, bridge washed away; 600 residents awaiting food supply The Bara Bhangal valley of Kangra district has been cut off from rest of the world following a bridge collapse on Hanny Khud. Portions of the mule path leading to the valley has disappeared following heavy rain and flash floods …
SHIMLA: Shimla was among the three cities hailed for Urban-LEDS (Low Emissions Development Strategy) at a world summit on climate change held at Lyon in France on July 2. Shimla municipal corporation, along with 50 others organizations, vowed to take collective initiative towards climate change at a two-day World Summit: …
Green tribunal asks state to explain why top officers should not be held for order violation The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today banned all commercial activities at the Rohtang Pass and stopped horse riding, snow biking, paragliding, tyre-tube gaming and snow scooters at Rohtang, Solang and Marhi. A six-member Bench, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ajay Kumar Negi & Ors. Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 07/07/2015 regarding settiing up of the Tidong - I Hydro Electric Power Project (100 MW) in District Kinnaur of Himachal Pradesh on River Tidong.
The Socio-Economic and Caste Census released by the Centre on Friday puts Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on a par, but ahead of other states and Union Territories in terms of percentage of their rural households owning land. Both states are way ahead of the national figure of 44 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 06/07/2015 regarding pollution at Rohtang Pass. The Tribunal has noted with serious concern that there is complete chaos at the Rohtang Pass and its adjacent glaciers, which, …
The Himachal High Court today issued a show-cause notice to the three members of a committee monitoring the construction of the 80-km Theog-Kotkhai-Jubbal-Rohru road. The panel members — comprising the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (PW) and Engineer-in-Chief (PWD) — have been asked as to why they should not be tried …
