Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Srinagar Bandh Aapda Sangharsh Samiti & Others Vs Alaknanda Hydro Power Co. Ltd & Others dated 19/08/2016 asking Alaknanda Hydro Power Co. Ltd. to pay compensation for the damage suffered by the members of the Srinagar Bandh Aapda Sangharsh Samiti …
The Delhi government's environment department issued a draft notification on Tuesday proposing a ban on the production, sale and use of nylon, plastic or any other manja coated with sharp materials like powdered glass or metal. This variety of manja has come to be known as 'Chinese manja' in the …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal bench here has imposed Rs 50,000 fine on the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for failing to submit an environment status report (ESR) in relation to the plea against noise pollution caused by open marriage halls and lawns along the DP Road between Mhatre bridge …
The notification comes on the heels of three incidents of manjha-related deaths and four injuries in the past two days. DAYS AFTER the Delhi High Court directed various government agencies to issue advisories to the public regarding the “dangers” of using nylon/synthetic manjhas, the government Tuesday finally issued a notification …
So you thought Indian motorists honk because they don't know that it is illegal to do so or be cause they don't realize how up setting it can be for others? Well, it appears that neither is true most drivers honk because they seem to think they can get away …
Indonesian plantation company Sampoerna Agro is considering how to respond to a recent court ruling that handed down the country's largest ever fine to a company linked to forest fires, a company official said on Monday. "We're still studying this," Sampoerna Agro spokesman Michael Kesuma told Reuters when asked whether …
Drought 2015-16 has affected more than 330 million people in more than 2.5 lakh villages of 266 districts from 11 states. It has had a devastating impact on people’s lives as it affected water availability, agriculture, livelihoods, food production and food security, natural resources and also put a huge burden …
Navi Mumbai: The civic body has revived its drive against shopkeepers using thin plastic bags and collected Rs 100,000 as fines till date. It has also confiscated 200kg of plastic bags. After recovering Rs 40,000 as fine from shopkeepers found using plastic bags of less than 50 microns in Vashi …
According to State Forest minister, 1,024 people died between 2001 and 2016 across Assam in man-elephant conflicts As many as 1024 people died during the period from 2001 to 2016 due to human-elephant conflicts. State Forest and Environment Minister Pramila Rani Brahma revealed this in the Assembly today in a …
Beware! Those who dump non-segregated waste after mixing it with biodegradable waste will now face the heat of law. Annoyed by the increasing menace of households mixing plastic waste with food waste, the Kalamassery municipality has decided to initiate stringent action against residents who do not follow the waste management …
NEW DELHI: An expert committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal to assess the damage caused to the Yamuna floodplain due to Art of Living's World Culture Festival recently submitted its report. NGT on Wednesday said the report had concluded that the festival caused damage to the environment but hadn't …
Locals say slag damaged fields & reduced farm produce; demand compensation PONDA: Officials of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) Tuesday inspected the toxic slag dumped atop a hill near the Kundaim Industrial Estate, by three steel plants operating there. According to the locals, the toxic slag is washed …
"Department of Heavy Industries has instituted a study on the emission levels by various diesel vehicles as compared to the source of air pollution," said Minister of State for Mansukh Lal Mandaviya. Government will make any decision on phasing out older diesel cars only after conducting a scientific study on …
Toyota said on Monday that it has lost business worth around Rs 1,700 crore due to the ban on diesel vehicles in the Delhi-NCR region. The statement comes on a day when the company drove in a petrol version of its best-seller ' Innova+ ' MPV in the market, priced …
Earlier, Mercedes had said that it would launch petrol versions of all its models sold in India by September this year. German car-maker Mercedes on August 8 moved the Supreme Court seeking lifting on diesel ban, saying it is ready to pay one percent environment cess on sale of diesel …
The government has admitted that payments of up to £10,000 a household for living near a fracking well would not be distributed until a new site begins operating and producing gas – at least five years after exploration begins. In a consultation on the shale wealth fund published on Monday, …
Mercedes India boss has said that the Court order has made the carmaker reconsider its India investments. German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has moved the Supreme Court over the ban on the registration of new diesel vehicles over the capacity of 2,000cc. Mercedes has moved the SC to seek lifting the ban …
SHILLONG: After slapping closure notices on several city hotels and guest houses for failing to install Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) and releasing untreated polluted water directly to the rivers, the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board has served closure notices to 79 brick kilns operating illegally in the state. During the …
With the whitefly attack becoming severe in the Malwa region, a number of farmers have started uprooting their cotton crop. The failure of the second successive crop is virtually staring the farmers in the face, many of whom are not in a position to take the blow. Whitefly had ravaged …
BHUBANESWAR: Extending its support to the goods and services tax (GST) Bill which has been hanging fire in the Rajya Sabha, the state government on Tuesday reiterated its demand to allow mineral-bearing states to levy green tax. The state's contention is that the provision of 1% additional tax benefit proposed …
