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Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding installation of vapour recovery systems (VRS) in petroleum outlets, 14/03/2023

Judgment of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/S Indian Oil Corporation Limited Vs V B R Menon & Others dated 14/03/2023.

Judgement Date: 
14/03/2023
Tags:
Petrol, Air Pollution Control, India, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Supreme Court
Air Pollution

2022 world air quality report

India has dropped from fifth to eighth place in terms of the world’s most polluted countries in 2022. According to this World Air Quality Report 2022 by the IQAir, out of the 50 most polluted cities in the world, 39 are in India.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2023
IQAir
Tags:
Urban Air Quality, Air Pollution, PM 2.5, Air Quality Monitoring, Health Effects, India, Global, Africa
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by JSW (BPSL) Power and Steel, Sambalpur, Odisha, 13/03/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Siba Kisan & Others Vs M/S J.S.W. (BPSL) Power and Steel Ltd. & Others dated 13/03/2023.

The allegation is that JSW (BPSL) Power and Steel were engaged in the manufacture of iron, sponge iron, steel by burning huge quantities of coal and processing raw iron.

Judgement Date: 
13/03/2023
Tags:
Iron And Steel Industry, Industrial Pollution, Sambalpur (D), Orissa (Odisha), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Pollution
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding operation of a bio medical waste plant in Mumbai, 13/03/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saif Alam Vs State of Maharashtra dated 13/03/2023. Allegations of a bio-medical waste plant (SMS envoclean Pvt. Ltd) running in the middle of the city of Mumbai and adjacent to slum of Mankhurd-Govandi prompted NGT to give directions for the formation of a joint committee.

Judgement Date: 
13/03/2023
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Mumbai, Maharashtra, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Pollution, Health Effects
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by ACC Chanda Cement Company, Nakoda, district Chandrapur, Maharashtra, 13/03/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suresh Malhari Paikarao Vs State of Maharashtra dated 13/03/2023.

Judgement Date: 
13/03/2023
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Cement Industry, Chandrapur (D), Maharashtra, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Pollution
Transport

Accelerating low-carbon pathways through e-mobility: perspectives from developing economies

This paper analyzes the uptake of electric vehicles in Asia and the Pacific and shows how the electrification of transport systems can speed up the transition to a low-carbon future. The paper shows how electric car, bus and motorcycle sales are growing, and highlights the benefits and barriers to greater adoption.

Publication Date: 
10/03/2023
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Electric Vehicles, Air Pollution, Green House Gases, India, Asia
Air Pollution

Air pollution in Bangkok: addressing unequal exposure and enhancing public understanding of the risks

This brief reports the findings of a study that examined the relationship between air-pollution exposure, socio-economic status, and working and living conditions in Bangkok. It provides an overview of the study and highlights six recommendations to address related issues.

Publication Date: 
07/03/2023
Stockholm Environment Institute
Tags:
Air Pollution, PM 2.5, Thailand
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding failure of NHAI in complying with environmental norms, 06/03/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prem Prakash Prajapati Vs Project Director, PIU Sonipat and Others dated 06/03/2023.

Grievance in the application is against failure of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in complying with its environmental obligations in the course of construction of 8-lane highway No. 44 from Mukarba chowk to Singhu border, Delhi. It is stated that near village Khampur lot of dust is generated in absence of sprinkling of water. It is further stated that 161 trees have been cut in January 2021.

Judgement Date: 
06/03/2023
Tags:
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Haryana, Air Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Delhi, Deforestation, Compensation, Roads
Air Pollution

Report filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board on steps to control dust pollution due to loading and unloading of trucks going to Khadia project, Sonbhadra, 04/03/2023

Measures are being taken to control the air pollution due to the loading and unloading of coal by vehicles plying on the Hal road of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) Khadia project at Shakti Nagar, Sonbhadra. This is adjacent to the rehabilitated village of Chilkadand in violation of environmental norms, creating heavy dust pollution and health hazard to local residents.

Judgement Date: 
04/03/2023
Tags:
Air Pollution, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Coal Industry, Roads, Coal, Northern Coalfields
Mining

Joint committee report on stone quarries and crushers operating in Kizhakkencherry village, Palakkad district, Kerala, 02/03/2023

Joint committee report in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order dated December 9, 2021 and January 18, 2023 (Original Application No. 304/2019, M Haridasan Vs State of Kerala & Others).

The matter related to stone quarries and crushers operating without requisite safeguards at Kizhakkencherry village, Palakkad district, Kerala.

Judgement Date: 
02/03/2023
Tags:
Mining, Palakkad (D), Kerala, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

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