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) …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kalyan Bansingh & Ors. Vs. HIL Ltd. & Ors. dated 05/01/2016 regarding compensation for the loss sustained by the Applicants on account of asbestos mining carried out by the Respondent No. 1 i.e. HIL Ltd. besides seeking restitution/closure of abandoned …
Most polluted city in the world wakes up today — to change. All eyes on 15-day Delhi pilot plan for odd and even cars on alternate days. Friday, January 1 will signal the start of an unprecedented government intervention as an odd-even road rationing policy is rolled out to control …
PATIALA: Punjab government has decided to issue an ordinance banning use of polythene bags in the state. The ban will come into force from February 1, 2016. Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) chairman Manpreet Singh disclosed that defaulters would be fined Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 depending on the quantity …
LUCKNOW: Vehicles causing pollution will have to pay the fine for being on the road. Regional Transport Office (RTO), Lucknow, will begin a drive against polluting vehicles on Friday. The move comes after high air pollution level was recorded in the city. All commercial and private vehicles will be checked …
Residents of Chadiyara village have lodged a complaint against the illegal cutting of a hill. Two houses were damaged following a landslide on Tuesday. The hill had caved in due to illegal extraction of earth. In their complaint to the National Green Tribunal, the villagers alleged that the contractor had …
NEW DELHI: Seeking to minimize the impact of drought on farmers, the Centre on Tuesday approved assistance of Rs 5,083 crore to two states. Worst hit Maharashtra will get Rs 3,050 crore while Rs 2,033 crore will go to Madhya Pradesh. Actual relief will, however, depend on how the states …
Two days ahead of the roll out of the odd-even scheme, the Delhi government today decided to withdraw its earlier order to slap repeat fines of Rs 2,000 for each violation by motorists in the course of a day. The decision was reached at a meeting Delhi Police Commissioner B …
SDMs Get Challan Books, Teams To Be On Duty At 120 Points If you are thinking it may be easy to avoid or hoodwink the authorities during the odd-even fortnight, think again. As part of the blueprint for the 15 days, the city government, along with Delhi Police, will deploy …
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government has decided to provide monetary assistance of Rs 30,000 to drought-affected farmers in state for their daughters' wedding. Under Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana, women and child development department has hiked the financial aid from Rs 15,000 to Rs 30,000, a government spokesperson said on Sunday. The amount …
The Environment Department, Chandigarh, has issued a list of officials empowered to impose Rs 5,000 fine on people violating polythene ban. The officials, authorised to issue challans are DC, SDMs of respective jurisdictions, director, environment, MC Joint Commissioner, inspectors of Medical Officer Health (MOH), Food and Supply Department and officials …
More than 60 environmentalist organisations are calling for a tax on fossil fuel extraction that would see energy giants pay compensation to countries being impacted by climate change. The Carbon Levy Project declaration – signed by author Naomi Klein, 350.org’s Bill McKibben, Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo and the Seychelles Ambassador to …
Last week, a day after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced Rs 10,512 crore package for Maharashtra’s farmers while refusing to declare a complete loan waiver, Vishal Pawar, a farmer in Vidarbha’s Yavatmal district ended his life on Thursday. Pawar left a suicide note addressed to the district’s guardian minister, Sanjay …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has moved National Green Tribunal seeking a hike in the amount of fine being imposed on vehicles flouting the pollution under control (PUC) norm. The environment department has sought directions to impose a penalty of Rs 5,000 under section 15 of the NGT Act, which …
Polluters big and small, from individuals burning leaves to massive construction sites producing dust, have become the targets of an ongoing crackdown by the Delhi Government and municipal corporations. Four construction sites of the Public Works Department were fined Rs.50,000 each earlier this week by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation …
Volkswagen of America said on Thursday it is creating an independent claims program for the owners of nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles that emit up to 40 times legally allowable emissions. The German automaker (VOWG_p.DE) said it was naming compensation expert Ken Feinberg, who administered compensation funds for the Sept. 11, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Charudatt Pandurang Koli & Others Vs M/s. Sea Lord Containers Ltd.dated 18/12/2015 regarding air pollution, allegedly caused by the industrial operations of Respondent M/s. Sea Lord Containers Ltd. and Aegis Logistics Ltd., in terms of Volatile …
Amnesty International has said Shell could be exposed to a raft of compensation claims and be forced to disclose previously withheld internal documents over its failure to stop and clean up decades of oil pollution in a test case before the Dutch Court of Appeal on Friday. According to a …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Kunjoonjamma Jose Vs Kerala Sate Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/12/2015 regarding emission and deposition of lead particles in air, water and soil alleged to have been effected by the M/s. Perfect Alloys. M/s. Perfect …
Amid mounting concerns over alarming pollution levels in the national Capital, the Supreme Court on Tuesday proposed no fresh registration of diesel-run SUVs and luxury sedans above 2,000 cc for the next three months. The ban is expected to take its toll on the rich and the mighty. The proposal …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of K. B. Ramachandra Raje Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 16/12/2015 regarding proposal for acquiring an area of 94 acres 28 gunthas of land located in Vijayashreepura village, adjoining the ‘Vijayanagar Extension’, as mentioned in the Schedule thereto …
