EDMC officials say the company claims to have diminished three landfills near Madurai -- Srivilliputhur, Bodinayakanur and Sivakasi -- through biomining since 2017. read more

National Green Tribunal (NGT) during its earlier hearing took note of the rampant dumping of debris on the flood plains of the rivers flowing in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad read more

The petition, filed by advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, argued that an analysis of odd-even’s previous editions had found Delhi’s ambient air quality had deteriorated further when the scheme was implemented compared with when there were no restrictions... read more

The tribunal ruled that the police training and research centre of the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) in Bhondsi has been built on forest land without obtaining clearances required under the Forest Conservation Act (FCA), 1980. The chief secretary has... read more

In a strongly worded order, the green tribunal’s principal bench headed by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said they found commissioner’s approach in not taking any action against illegal operation of a petrol pump in the green belt on the specious plea that... read more

Goa, the only state which is yet to submit the coastal environment management plan, has been given time till November 15 to do so. The state had sought a six-month extension to the August 31 deadline. The first deadline for submission of CZMP passed... read more

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned idol immersion in the Yamuna in 2015, it was only this year that the authorities implemented the order. The push came from an NGT-appointed committee which directed government authorities to use artificial... read more

NGT issued the directions with regard to the case of Manoj Mishra versus the state of Haryana, which has been going on for four years. The case pertains to discharge of polluted water to the Yamuna through various drains, including the Najafgarh drain,... read more

The tribunal — noting the findings of the monitoring committee reports that faecal sludge from more than 1700 unauthorised colonies was polluting the Yamuna read more

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NGT also noted that some colonies started extracting groundwater by using borewells to avoid payment of water tariffs even after availing 20,000 liters of water being provided free of cost. read more

In February this year, the NGT committee — led by Shailaja Chandra and BS Sajwan — ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to take up separate studies after Hindustan Times... read more

The developers, in their petition, mentioned an earlier order of the NGT directing the Maharashtra government to upgrade its STPs to meet the city’s requirements rather than forcing developers to install online analysers. read more

According to experts, the region is a relatively undisturbed Aravalli forest, and part of an important wildlife corridor that is contiguous with the protected Mangar Bani sacred grove and Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. read more

The NGT was hearing an interim application on Thursday, filed by environment group Vanashakti, urging the tribunal to pass an interim order regarding the alleged proceedings by the state to allot plots from within the areas under ESZ, especially across... read more