Environment

Pollution clamp on hotels, eateries

Ranchi: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board has decided to crack down on hotels and restaurants operating without its no-objection certificate to stop unabated poisoning of the city's air and w

Publication Date: 
21/05/2018
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Ranchi (T), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, Land Pollution, Drainage, Environment
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal commercial activity in and around R. K. Puram area of the Nallah, Delhi, 06/04/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Khushi Sewa Sanstha Vs. The State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) & Others dated 06/04/2018 regarding illegal commercial activity going on in and around R.K. Puram area on the Nallah and no steps being taken by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation. According to the Applicant, such activity is resulting in blocking of the flow of water.

Judgement Date: 
06/04/2018
Tags:
Drainage, Land Use, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporations
Habitat And Urbanisation

Using a hydrological model to simulate the performance and estimate the runoff coefficient of green roofs in semiarid climates

Green roofs offer a series of benefits to buildings and to the urban environment. Their use in dry climates requires optimizing the choice of their components (i.e., vegetation, substrate and drainage layer) for the specific local climatic conditions, in order to minimize irrigations needs while preserving the attributes of the roof. In this study, we calibrated and validated an existing hydrological model—IHMORS—for the simulation of the hydrological performance of green roofs.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2018
Josefina Herrera, Gilles Flamant, Jorge Gironás & et al
Water
1-17
Tags:
Green Spaces, Climate, Hydrology, Green Buildings, Urban Habitat, Drainage, Flora, Chile, Irrigation, South America
Climate Change

The effective mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from rice paddies without compromising yield by early-season drainage

Global rice production systems face two opposing challenges: the need to increase production to accommodate the world's growing population while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Adaptations to drainage regimes are one of the most promising options for methane mitigation in rice production. Whereas several studies have focused on mid-season drainage (MD) to mitigate GHG emissions, early-season drainage (ED) varying in timing and duration has not been extensively studied.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2018
Syed Faiz-ul Islam, Jan Willem van Groenigen, Lars Stoumann Jensen & et al
Science of The Total Environment
612
1329-1339
Tags:
Agriculture, Green House Gases, Rice, Climate Adaptation, Agricultural Research, Drainage, Crop Residues, Vietnam, Asia, Biomass Burning
Solid Waste

Ensure restaurants don’t choke drains with waste, NGT directs SDMC

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to ensure that restaurants within its jurisdiction do not discharge waste in an unregulated manner result

Publication Date: 
30/10/2017
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Municipal Corporation, Drainage, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Solid Waste
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding blockage of storm water drains in Vasundhra, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 22/09/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K. P. Singh & Others Vs. Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 22/09/2017 regarding blockage of storm water drains in Vasundhra, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Applicant has produced photographs to show that the drain is still blocked and demolishing of illegal structures has not been completed. Tribunal grants one weeks time to Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam to clean all the drains in the Vasundhara township.

Judgement Date: 
22/09/2017
Tags:
Drainage, Ghaziabad (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh, Urban Encroachments, Waste Disposal, Municipal Solid Waste, Municipal Corporations
Hazardous Waste

PGI’s 19-yr-old incinerator fails to process biomedical waste of GMCH

Chandigarh: The incinerator at the PGIMER had long outlived its lifespan of 10 years. The 19-year-old incinerator therefore keeps conking out thereby piling up the biomedical waste.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2017
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Punjab, Toxic Wastes, Drainage, Environment Clearance (EC), Hospital Waste, Hazardous Waste
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding flooding of underpasses in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, 11/09/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Noratmal Sharma vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 11/09/2017 regarding flooding of underpasses in Bhilwara, Rajasthan. Tribunal is of the view that solution for the same should be worked out by constructing proper drains with pumping sets and also by preventing the storm water from entering the underpasses and / or minimising the storm water flow into the under passes.

Judgement Date: 
11/09/2017
Tags:
Drainage, Floods, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bhilwara (T), Rajasthan, Municipal Corporations
Natural Disasters

Mohali worst hit, showpiece airport road goes under water

In some places, there was two and a half feet of water. Many residents watched helplessly as water entered their homes in almost all phases of Mohali, which was the worst hit in the Tricity.

Publication Date: 
22/08/2017
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Punjab, Mohali (D), Floods, Drainage, Rainfall, Urban Waterlogging, Natural Disasters
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cleaning of drains in Delhi clogged with silt and municipal solid waste, Delhi, 17/07/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. Govt. of NCT Delhi dated 17/07/2017 regarding cleaning of drains in Delhi clogged with silt and municipal solid waste.

Judgement Date: 
17/07/2017
Tags:
Drainage, Delhi, Municipal Solid Waste, Municipal Corporations, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Waste Disposal

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