The order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vineet Sinha Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/09/2022.

The NGT directed Express Builders and Promoters Private Limited to pay Rs. 15 crores for illegal constructions undertaken in 'Express Zenith', sector 77, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

The applicant (Vineet Sinha) said that the project proponent has exceeded the limit of construction with the connivance of the Noida Authority and failed to set up pollution control devices as required.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vireshwar Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/09/2022. The application sought enforcement of the NGT order, June 10, 2021 (E.A. No. 47/2019 in O.A. No. 325/2018, Gaurav Kumar Bansal v. UOI & Ors) directing finalization of notification under Section 26A of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 for protection of the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary by the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/09/2022.

The Supreme Court directed the Agra Development Authority to remove all business activities within 500 meters from the boundary/peripheral wall of the monument Taj Mahal.

Joint committees have been constituted to find out hotels, marriage/banquet halls, resorts, guest houses in Lucknow, Agra, Meerut, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bareilly, Varanasi, Jhansi and Gorakhpur abstracting groundwater without NOC from the competent authority.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Panna Lal Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2022.

Chande Baba Talab in village Garhi-Chunoti, Lucknow is facing the threat of encroachment and the lake is seeing a reduction in its water level. During winter, the lake attracts thousands of migratory birds but the number is getting increasingly reduced read the petition filed by Utkarsh Singh Chauhan, advocate before the NGT.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Panna Lal Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2022.

The NGT received a petition by Panna Lal, Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist) highlighting the grievances of the inhabitants of village Raheta - a rehabilitated village under the Northern Coalfields (NCL) Kakri Project in Sonbhadra. Eight reverse osmosis plants have been installed there under corporate social responsibility (CSR). Out of them only three are operating and five RO plants are closed.

Progress report by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) in Original Application NO. 985 of 2019 with OA No. 986 of 2019 (In Re Water Pollution by Tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh WITH In Re Water Pollution at Rania, Kanpur Dehat & Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh).

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aman Chaudhary Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/09/2022.

The Director, Directorate of Geology and Mining, Uttar Pradesh was granted one week's time by the NGT to file reply on the complaint of illegal sand mining in Kanpur and Unnao.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of T. S. Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 14/09/2022.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), September 14, 2022 directed the constitution of a nine member Monitoring Committee to come up with an action plan for prevention and remediation of pollution of Sai river so as to achieve tangible results within six months.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Girja Shankar Rai & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 14/09/2022.

The Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Uttar Pradesh, assured the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that remedial action will be taken protection of Laxmi Tal at Jhansi by controlling the pollution and removing the encroachments.