Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Corporation of Coimbatore Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 24/04/2017 regarding Coimbatore Corporation to obtain Environmental Clearance to establish Sewage Treatment Plant.

HISTORY

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sangam Vihar Residents Welfare Association & Others Vs Ministry of Environment & Forest & Others dated 24/04/2017 regarding municipal solid waste management in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

NGT directs the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam to explore the possibility of out-sourcing the MSW composting to avoid further continuous degradation of the atmosphere and adverse impact on the environment besides the life the local residents.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of All India Kaimur People’s Front Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 20/04/2017 regarding illegal mining within 1 Km from Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary situated in Village-Billin Markundi, Sonebhadra District, Uttar Pradesh. In response to an application under RTI Act, information has been given that there are 118 illegal mining operation in the area in question.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Samajik Parivartan Sewa Samiti Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 20/04/2017 regarding municipal solid waste management in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. With regard to implementation of MSW Rules, 2016 in the Ghaziabad Area, the Commissioner of Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam submits that it was resolved that the Ghaziabad Development Authority will identify suitable land in one patch sufficient for establishment of MSW management plant.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amarjit Singh Nalwa & Ors. Vs. The State of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 20/04/2017 regarding felling of trees, Jaunapur and Dera Mandi, Delhi.

NGT in the Order dated 11/12/2015 had directed NCT Delhi to take necessary measures to stop illegal activities of construction, laying of concrete RCC roads, both felling and cutting of trees, mining, digging of borewells, disposal of MSW and burning of plastic inside the forest area expeditiously which was not followed upon.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Othes dated 20/04/2017 regarding steps to control the growing air pollution in NCT Delhi.

Some of the directions passed by NGT are the following:

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of D. Kupendra Reddy Vs. State of Karnataka & Others dated 19/04/2017 regarding fire in Bellandur Lake in Bangalore.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of The Malt Company (India) Pvt. Ltd. Vs Haryana State Pollution Control Board dated 19/04/2017 regarding directions passed by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board for the inclusion of malting industry into entry 19 of the red list (industrial sectors having Pollution Index score of 60 and above) drawn up for the purpose of regulating the consent to establish and consent to operate, granted by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board on 7th March, 2014.