Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution caused by melting of plastic at Malegaon, Maharashtra, 02/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohammad Yusuf Abdullah Shaikh & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 02/04/2019 regarding remedial steps against air pollution caused by melting of plastic at Malegaon in the State of Maharashtra. NGT directs for the constitution of a joint Committe

Judgement Date: 
02/04/2019
Tags:
Air Pollution, Plastics, Maharashtra, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Environment

NGT penalises 3 Gurugram builders for damaging environment

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped an interim penalty of Rs 10 crore on three builders for damaging environment.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Environmental Security, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Water Act 1974, Compensation, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment
Environment

Pollution board raids Panipat, Sonepat units

Special teams of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Thursday conducted raids in industrial units, especially dyeing units, in Panipat and Sonepat.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Panipat (D), Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment
Environment

Closed tanneries operating clandestinely

Kanpur: River pollution control unit of Jal Nigam on Thursday alleged that the tanneries in Kanpur are closed on paper but are in reality being operated covertly.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
Times Of India (Kanpur)
Tags:
Kerala, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), River Pollution, Environment
Environment

NGT slaps Rs 10 crore interim penalty on 3 Gurgaon builders for environmental norm violation

The National Green Tribunal has slapped an interim penalty of Rs 10 crore on three builders in Gurgaon for violation of environmental norms and damaging the environment.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Environmental Security, Environmental Health, Water Act 1974, Compensation, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Waste Management, Environment
Air Pollution

The truth is in Delhi’s air: What builds destroys too

NEW DELHI: As Delhi and its neighbours struggled to rein in the monster of pollution for yet another winter, data showed that construction and demolition activity was the biggest source of foul air

Publication Date: 
27/03/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5
Water Pollution

Haryana distillery under CPCB’s scanner for polluting Yamuna

New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board has issued show-cause notice to a distillery operating in Karnal, Haryana over untreated effluents being dumped in the river.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Yamuna, River Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Envirnmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding untreated industrial effluents being discharged in Kharicut Canal, Khari river, Gujarat, 25/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajitsinh Bhurubha Vaghela & Inhabitants of several Villages of Kheda Taluka, Distt. Kheda Vs State of Gujarat dated 25/03/2019 regarding untreated industrial effluents being discharged in Kharicut Canal which is meeting Khari River in Gujarat affecting irrigation facilities of the inhabitants and the only source of water for irrigation and for consumption by animals like cattles and sheep. Borewells have been dug in Bheraj, Pinngloj, Navagaon, Lali villages without permission of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB).

Judgement Date: 
25/03/2019
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Khari, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Groundwater Pollution
Air Pollution

Numbers and reality tell two stories on Gurugram's pollution fight

GURUGRAM: A Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) team has recorded 27 violations of air pollution rules in the city in February.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2019
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Air Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Air Pollution

Submit clean air action plans in a month or pay Rs 1 cr, NGT tells six states

NEW DELHI: Noting non-compliance of its order on air pollution by six states, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed chief secretaries of Maharashtra, Punjab, Assam, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand

Publication Date: 
25/03/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Compensation, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Air Quality Standards

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