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 …
The All-Himachal Contractor Welfare Association has urged the government to reconsider the recently passed HP Minor Minerals (Concession) Rules and Minerals Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage Rules. The state Cabinet had recently given its approval to the new rules, under which illegal mining was made a criminal offence. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court own its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 21/01/2015 regarding the feasibility of a rope way at Vashishtha to Rohtang Pass. The case relates to the ecology and environmental maintenance of this eco-sensitive area. Previous Order
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 20/01/2015. The Tribunal noted that the trees have been felled illegally, unauthorizedly and without permission of any of the competent authority. It is further …
The state will soon have mist forests in lower districts that will be helpful in increasing rainfall in the region. To convert pine forests into mist forest, the state has planned eco-system climate-proofing project worth Rs315 crore to protect the vulnerable climate changes of the lower hills of the state. …
MANALI: Acting on National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders, Himachal Pradesh government has started imposing a penalty of Rs 2,000 on vehicles older than 10 years if found plying Manali-Rohtang highway. "Vehicles older than 10 years are not being allowed to go beyond Vashisht check post. Any violation on this would …
It will also check dumping of garbage in forest areas The Forest Department has constituted a special committee to ensure that there is no illegal felling and forests are properly demarcated and not used as a dumping ground by the public. It is reliably learnt that the department had mooted …
Biting cold wave conditions persisted in most parts of Himachal as minimum temperatures stayed close to freezing point. The state capital Shimla and Solan experienced coldest night of the season with mercury slipping to -0.5°C. Salooni in Chamba recorded minimum temperature at -7°C. As many as 82 roads in Shimla, …
The Narcotics Control Bureau has unearthed five rings allegedly diverting pseudoephedrine from pharmaceutical manufacturing units in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for making party drugs. In one such case, the son of a retired high-ranking Customs officer has been arrested. Pseudoephedrine is a precursor chemical used in manufacture of cough and …
The Cabinet today gave nod to the new HP Minor Minerals (Concession) Rules and Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules 2015. The rules have been amended after 1971 to check illegal mining. Under the new rules, illegal mining has been made a criminal offence. Penalty for illegal …
Illegal mining has been rampant in the state. In the past two years, the Mining Department has imposed a fine worth Rs 7 crore on accused in mining cases. The fine has been imposed by 39 departments. In 2013, 5,300 cases of illegal mining were detected while in 2014 about …
80,000 people of Sulah and Jaisinghpur in Kangra district to benefit Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today laid the foundation stone of the Kangehan-Thambu lift drinking water supply scheme to be constructed at a cost of Rs37.55 crore at Sulah in Kangra district. This drinking water supply scheme will benefit over …
The firm yet to clear its pending dues and obtain clearances for project Hindustan Salt Ltd (HSL), which had been issued a letter of intent for setting up a Rs 250-crore solution mining project at Darang in Mandi almost a year ago, is yet to clear its pending dues or …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Himmat Singh Shekhawat & Others Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding rampant illegal sand mining in the Yamuna riverbed going on in violation of law, without taking prior Environmental Clearance.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Prem Chand Guleria & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding illegal mining and stone crushing activity, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Ahuja Plastics Ltd. Vs State of Himachal Pradesh dated 13/01/2015 regarding grant of mining lease for mining of lime stone in an area comprising nearly 101.11 bighas of land in Khasra No. 629/1 situated at Village Kalva, near Village …
There was no let up in the biting cold wave sweeping Punjab and Haryana, with day temperatures falling several notches below normal level. The minimum temperatures hovered near the normal level mark at most places in the two States, but the maximum temperatures plummeted by up to eleven notches below …
The recently inaugurated garbage treatment plant in Palampur has failed to solve its purpose. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh inaugurated the treatment plant in November and announced that it would cater to the needs of entire Palampur and collect and treat garbage of adjoining satellite areas also. However, even after two …
The National Green Tribunal today expressed displeasure over the non-compliance of its order and directed the state to furnish the complete time schedule to protect the ecology of Rohtang. The NGT headed by Justice Swatantar Kumar observed: “It is unfortunate that the state has not shown its requisite interest in …
Taking a serious note of felling of 477 trees near Tara Devi, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the owner of the land Parminder Kaur to deposit Rs 20 lakh with the Forest Department as initial payment for re-forestation and as damages on account of restoration of environment and …
Officials of Paonta Sahib regional office of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) today collected samples of waste water of a pharmaceutical unit following complaints by local villagers that the effluents released by the unit were causing pollution in the vicinity. The said pharmaceutical unit is already under the scanner …
