Around 1,000 packaged drinking water units do not have the mandatory consent from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), as per submissions of counsel before the National Green Tribunal, S

A solid waste management (SWM) policy is likely to be unveiled by the government next week.

A comprehensive policy on Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) has been prepared based on the outcome of the consultative international workshop and a series of discussions held with various stakeholders including academicians and experts in the field of SWM, according to a status report filed by the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration (CMA) before the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal.

The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, has expressed shock over 800-odd packaged drinking water units functioning without consent from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board TNPCB).

Issue pertains to contamination of wells, borewellsdue to oil leak in north Chennai

Members of the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday castigated the Union government for not taking any remedial measures in north Chennai, where wells and bore-wells were contaminated due to leaks from the pipelines of oil marketing companies (OMC).

The ongoing construction of the country’s lone aeronautic testing range of the DRDO in Chitradurga district in Karnataka was on Wednesday put on hold by the Southern Bench of the National Green Tri

Efforts have been made for scientific closure of existing dumping sites in urban local bodies (ULB) across the State, said the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration (CMA) in its report to the

Notification converting 500 acres of wetland into industrial land also stayed

The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday stayed all activities related to the construction of a greenfield airport at Aranmula until further orders. The tribunal also stayed a Kerala government notification converting 500 acres of wetland into industrial land in Pathanamthitta district and barred other connected activities of KGS Aranmula International Airport Ltd. It granted an interim injunction restraining the private company from proceeding with further construction on the land in question.

For dumping garbage in the lake despite an interim order

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Thursday directed the Pallavaram Municipal Commissioner to appear before it and explain why the civic body continues to dump waste in ‘Periya Eri’ (lake) in spite of an interim order against it. Following an application from S.P. Surendranath Karthik, Madipakkam, the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, in September last, granted an interim injunction restraining the municipality from dumping waste in the lake.