Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.C. Mehta Versus Union of India & Others dated 13/07/2017 regarding Ganga river pollution. NGT notes that GAP I and GAP II has failed to yield the required results and on the contrary there has been tremendous increase in the industrial and sewage pollution load in river Ganga and its tributaries.

Judgement Date:

13/07/2017

Tags:

Ganga, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Kanpur (T), Leather Industry, Waste Disposal, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Polluting Industries, Ganga Action Plan, Hydrology, Uttar Pradesh, Jajmau, Unnao (T), Hazardous Waste

Water Pollution

Restoration of polluted river stretches

Plan for restoration of polluted river stretches can be executed through two fold concepts. One concept may target for enhancement of river flow through interventions on the water sheds/catchment areas for conservation and recharge of rain water for subsequent releases during lean flow period in a year.

Publication Date:

01/07/2017

Source: Central Pollution Control Board

Tags:

River Pollution, Water Quality, India, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by pharmaceutical industries in Telangana, 12/06/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. A. Kishan Rao & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 12/06/2017 regarding pollution caused by pharmaceutical industries in Telangana. The Applicant (Dr. A. Kishan Rao) is seeking clarification of the order passed by the Court by which grant of consent by the Board is subject to certain conditions.

Judgement Date:

12/06/2017

Tags:

Industrial Pollution, Drug Industry, Telangana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industrial pollution caused by lack of functional CETP, Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 12/06/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rashid Ali Warsi Vs. UPSIDC Ltd. & Others dated 12/06/2017 regarding industrial pollution caused by lack of functional CETP, Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. NGT in its Order Dated 29/05/2017 had directed UPSIDC (Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation) to make the CETP functional positively and report compliance.

Judgement Date:

12/06/2017

Tags:

Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Pollution, Ghaziabad (D), Uttar Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industrial pollution caused by lack of functional CETP, Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 29/05/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rashid Ali Warsi Vs. UPSIDC Ltd. & Ors. dated 29/05/2017 regarding industrial pollution caused by lack of functional CETP, Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. NGT notes that the CETP which is the responsibility of UPSIDC is still non-functioning. NGT grants UPSIDC one week's time to make the CETP functional.

Judgement Date:

29/05/2017

Tags:

Industrial Pollution, Ghaziabad (T), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

Water Pollution

Not enough funds to clean Bellandur lake

BENGALURU: Reviving Bellandur Lake seems to be a distant dream with many problems dogging the process to clean up the 931-acre water body.

Publication Date:

25/05/2017

Source: Times Of India (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Lake Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Water Pollution Control, Water Pollution

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by industries in RIICO Industries Area, Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, 22/05/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arvind Press Caps Limited Vs. Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board dated 22/05/2017 regarding pollution caused by industries in RIICO Industries Area, Bhiwadi, Rajasthan.

Judgement Date:

22/05/2017

Tags:

Industrial Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Compensation, Water Demand, Groundwater, Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA)

Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Yamuna, 19/05/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 19/05/2017 regarding pollution of river Yamuna generated in the area of Delhi. Tribunal is informed that within a period of one month the civil construction and mechanical work of STPs, sewage and connectivity would start and the same would be completed by May, 2019. NGT compliments the various stakeholders i.e.

Judgement Date:

19/05/2017

Tags:

Yamuna, Waste Disposal, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Drainage, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)