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Report by the State Pollution Control Board, Sikkim in response to the National Green Tribunal order.

CETPs have not been established in the state of Sikkim. All industrial units have captive treatment facilities. The captive facilities in pharmaceutical formulation industries are equipped with Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS). The OCEMS data is transmitted to the SPCB-Sikkim server on a real time basis for display in the SPCB's website for public information.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 13/10/2023.

According to the applicant, brick kiln owners in an area in Muzaffarnagar district have done illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural fields by digging pits upto 15-20 feet and thereafter, the pits were abandoned. Those, abandoned pits got filled up during the rainfall and 5 children had died, who had accidently entered the pits filled with the rain water and mud.

The Central Government vide notification dated 12th October, 2023 has issued the Green Credit Rules, 2023. The primary objective of the Green Credit program is to encourage environmental conservation and sustainability through market-based mechanisms.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on October 11, 2023, published the Draft Eco mark Certification Rules, 2023.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Pandey Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change & Others dated 05/10/2023.

The National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is mandated with the “Development of Environment Statistics and Development of methodology, concepts and preparation of National Resource Accounts for India”.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Varun Gulati Vs Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2023.

In this application, the applicant has raised the issue of not filling up the posts of concerned officers in Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB). It has been disclosed that as against the total 732 sanctioned posts, 293 posts are lying vacant i.e. 40 per cent posts are vacant which is affecting the functioning of the UPPCB.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Singh Vs Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Uttarakhand & Others dated 21/09/2023.

At least 177 land and environmental defenders around the world were killed last year, taking the total number of defenders killed between 2012 and 2022 to 1,910, according to this new report by Global Witness.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kulwinder Singh Sandhu & Others Vs Ram Murti & Others dated 11/09/2023.

The issue raised in the original application (No 465/2019) was the crude and unscientific carcass disposal at village Ladhowal, district Ludhiana, Punjab.

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