Environmental Law
Draft Notification to Categorize Zones As Per Noise pollution Rules Ready: Karnataka Govt. Tells HC
19 years after Noise pollution rules came into force state government comes out with draft notification to categorize zones as per the Rules Karnataka High Court was on Thursday informed by the State government that it has issued a draft notification categorizing areas under various zones as per the Noise pollution rules. As per the act areas can be segregated under Industrial,...
Resource Efficiency-A Need Of The Hour
When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten and the last stream poisoned, we will realize that we cannot eat money. It is interesting in this light to look at the observations made on the Earth Overshoot Day which has been taken as a reference point to understand the extent of natural resources we humans can exploit in a given year. The Earth Overshoot Day for 2019 was on 29th...
Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea For Construction Of Assistive Pathways For Specially Abled Persons [Read Petition]
The Delhi High Court has issued notice in a PIL seeking the court's assistance in directing the State authorities to construct footpaths with assistive pathways for the blind and specially-abled individuals, and to ensure proper upkeep of the footpaths in the NCT of Delhi. The plea was filed by law aspirants Prateek Sharma and Diksha Singh from Delhi University, and calls for...
NGT Issues Directions To DJB To Install Rain Water Harvesting Sytems, Check Illegal Extraction Of Ground Water
The NGT has issued directions to Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Central Pollution Control Board (CBCB) and Ministry of Jal Shakti for installation of Rainwater Harvesting Systems (RWH) in view of the depleting levels and contamination of potable ground water. Proceedings were initiated suo moto by the Tribunal, based on a news item dated 19th June 2015 in the Hindustan Times highlighting...
Plea In NGT Challenges The Implementation Of 'Odd Even' Scheme In Delhi [Read Petition]
A Petition has been filed in the National Green Tribunal challenging the implementation of the 'odd even scheme' under the 7 point 'Parali Pradushan Action Plan' of the AAP led Delhi Govt. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in a tweet dated 13th September had stated that the pollution in Delhi was down by 25%, and Delhi is the only city where the pollution is going down. In a following tweet, he...
NGT Directs Jharkhand Govt. To Take Action Against Operation Of Illegal Mines And Stone Crushers
The NGT has directed the state authorities of Jharkhand to take action against the damage being caused to the hills of Raj Mahal (Sahebganj Dist.), Jharkhand by illegal mining and operation of stone crushers. The NGT, Eastern Zone Bench (EZ) initiated proceedings in the matter, based on a letter sent by one Ramchandra Chaurasia....
Government Must Ensure Portable Drinking Water To People Affected From Contaminated Ground Water : NGT [Read Order]
The principal bench of National Green Tribunal has urged Central Government to take lead in ensuring potable drinking water to people who are affected due to ground water being contaminated in different states. As per estimates over 1 crore people in different states are affected due to the presence of high level of Arsenic in ground water. It has asked the Central government to rework...
Even If Consent To Operate Is Not Required, Action Must Be Taken When Pollution Is Caused : NGT [Read Order]
Observing that "Even if consent to operate is not required, action can be and must be taken when pollution is caused or siting criteria is violated," the Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, to stop polluting activities and recover compensation on 'polluter pays' principle from, poultry farms being illegally operated in Shamli...
NGT Directs MP Govt. To Execute Measures For Conservation Of Son Gharial Sanctuary, Check Illegal Mining Activity
NGT has directed the state authorities of Madhya Pradesh to take effective steps for the conservation of the Son Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary in the Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh and submit the report in three weeks. A plea was filed by one Nityanand Mishra in 2014 for the protection of Gharial population from the unregulated sand mining in the in the area of 200 km stretch of...
NGT Imposes Cost Of 5 Cr. On Mumbai Industrial Development Corporation For Polluting Water Body
The Principal Bench of NGT has imposed a cost of 5 crores on Mumbai Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) for causing pollution, by discharging industrial effluents, in the Taloja industrial area on the outskirts of Mumbai. The NGT was hearing a plea filed by Arvind Pundalik Mhatre, for action against the alleged discharge of untreated industrial effluents in a water...
NGT Directs CPCB To Implement Mechanism For Plastic Waste Management, Check Import Of Hazardous Waste [Read Order]
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench has directed the CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) to implement a proper mechanism for plastic waste management, on a plea filed by petitioner Amit Jain.The NGT was considering a remedial action against cheap waste paper and the import and export of waste for firing of brick kilns. As per Amit Jain, almost 900,000 tons of hazardous waste...
NGT Directs Agra Development Authority To Demolish Encroachment On Yamuna Flood Plains By March 2020
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi has directed the Agra Development Authority to clear the flood plain of river by ensuring removal of all encroachments by 31st March, 2020. The order came on a plea filed by petitioner Umashankar Patwa, seeking a direction to the authority concerned to conduct demolition of encroachment which has come...