The Maharashtra government is yet to upgrade its amended Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) map to relax development restrictions along the coastline, from the existing 500 metres to the proposed 50 met
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Taloja CETP Cooperative Society Ltd. Vs The Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 05/03/2019 regarding pollution caused to Kasardi river in Navi Mumbai by industries from Taloja industrial belt.
Nagpur: The government machinery should educate people on building public toilets at proper places so that water resources are not polluted due to human waste, said writer and activist Sopan Joshi
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Digambar Aagale Vs State of Maharashtra dated 01/03/2019 regarding a saw mill being run in forest area and also land being given to the education department, after cutting the trees in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. National Green Tribunal directs the Collector, Ahmedn
Between April and June 2017, the school of health systems studies at TISS surveyed 375 tribal hutments with children aged under six, including 166 boys and 209 girls, in Vikramgad block of Palghar
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suresh Banarasilal Jaipuria Vs M/s. SMS Paryavaran Ltd. & Others dated 27/02/2019 regarding laying of the sewerage network and establishment of STP in Shegaon, District Buldana, Maharashtra. It has been alleged that certain mandatory requirements prescribed in the contract agreement have not been carried out, the most significant one being the leakage test of the network and the STP.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashok Kisan Khatri & Others Vs Tata Powers Company Ltd. Tromboy & Others dated 27/02/2019 regarding validity of Environmental Clearance (EC) dated 08.05.2014 for modernization of existing Unit-6 (500 MW) of M/s. Tata Power Company Ltd. at Trombay Thermal Power Station at Mahul Road, District Chembur, Mumbai. By change of fuel from LSHS/LSFO to imported Coal. The power station is located in Chembur area in Mumbai. The main point raised for consideration is that Chembur is highly polluted and densely populated area.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashish Rohidas Shinde & Others Vs Lonavala Municipal Council & Others dated 27/02/2019 regarding construction within the impermissible area of the bank of river Indrayani, Lonavla, Maharashtra. Also disposal of the soil on banks of the river.
