Three new cities — Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara — have been added to the list of Critically Polluted Areas (CPA) in Gujarat while Odhav, Naroda (in Ahmedabad), Bhavnagar and Junagadh have been removed from the list, stated the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in a report tabled in the Gujarat Assembly.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ram Awtar Agrawal Vs State of Chhattisgarh & Others dated 19/09/2022.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), September 19, 2022 directed that awareness programmes need to be organized for common people in Chhattisgarh regarding utilization of fly ash for its own use and make the process for obtaining the permission/NOC from regulatory authority easier.

NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company, Vallur Thermal Power Station in its report to the NGT said that NTECL has been adopting the best technologies to control pollution.

NTECL has constructed three stacks of height of 275 meters attached to unit 1, 2 and 3 boilers. Flue gases are let out through these stacks as directed in the consent to operate for maximum dispersion.

Report of the Joint Committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal orders, April 29, 2022 in the matter of Original Application No. 289/2022 (Amandeep Singh & Others Vs State of Punjab).

The matter related to illegal operation of 18 brick kilns in villages Gharota, Nala, Bhawani, Jangal, Mamial, Chasma, Kaunterpur, Aima Changam, Parmanand and Marhi, district Pathankot, Punjab in violation of terms and conditions imposed by the government of Punjab under the Punjab Control of Bricks Supplies, Price and Distribution Control Order, 1998.

Quarterly progress report (April - June 2022) by the Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Punjab in OA No 606 of 2018.

The NGT vide its various orders in the matter of OA No. 606/2018 had directed states to submit information on solid waste rules; bio-medical waste rules; construction and demolition waste; hazardous waste rules; e-waste rules; status of STPs and re-use of treated water; status of CETPs/ETPs including performance; illegal sand mining; rejuvenation of water bodies among others.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News report published in the Newspaper named Indian Express, Daily News Paper dated : 4th February, 2022, Kolkata, Late City Edition titled “Non compliance of EC conditions by Kulda coal mine, Odisha & Tamnar Thermal Plant, Chattisgarh”  dated 15/07/2022. 

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hakam Singh & Others Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 11/07/2022.

Question for consideration was compliance of environmental norms by the brick kilns in Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan. Particular grievance is absence of requisite consents under the Air and the Water Acts and siting criteria, resulting in violation of law and air pollution to the detriment of public health and the environment.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sajad Rasool Vs Union Territory of J&K dated 05/07/2022.

Grievance in the application by the applicant (Sajad Rasool) is against a group called ‘Kashmir Off Road’, an associate member of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, who are using heavy motor vehicles, cars on the green pastures of Nagin Valley, Gulmarg, Tosamaidan, Doodhpathri, Drung. It is submitted that movement of these sports cars in the pasture land is disturbing flora, fauna of the area and also causing noise and air pollution.

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of JMK Coke Industry Pvt. Ltd. & Others Vs The State of Meghalaya & Others dated 27/06/2022.

The grievance of the petitioners (JMK Coke Industry) is against the order of the High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong, May 24, 2022.

Joint inspection report of Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., village Raninangal, tehsil Thakurdwara, district Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order, February 18, 2022 in O.A. No. 279/2021 (Nagendra Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh).

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