Air Pollution

Delhi has company; 15 Indian cities report bad air quality’

Other than Delhi as many as fifteen of seventeen Indian cities showed levels of air pollution that far exceed the prescribed Indian standards, this as per a ranking of 17 cities covered by the Nati

Publication Date: 
16/12/2015
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Quality Index (AQI), WHO, Ahmedabad (T), Faridabad (T), Air Quality Standards, Greenpeace
Water Pollution

Aravali pollution: NGT asks govt to reply by Nov 23

The NGT, in its first hearing of a petition filed by city-based environmentalist Vivek Kamboj and Amit Chaudhery on groundwater contamination at Bandhwari on Wednesday, ordered the municipal corpor

Publication Date: 
29/10/2015
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Groundwater Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Municipal Corporations, Gurgaon (T), Faridabad (T), Eco-Sensitive Zone, Waste Treatment, Water Pollution
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of garbage in Gurgaon and Faridabad, Haryana, 28/10/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/10/2015 regarding dumping of garbage in Gurgaon and Faridabad, Haryana.

NGT directs the State of Haryana and all the concerned Authorities and Corporations that is Gurgaon and Faridabad to take all steps to ensure proper dumping of waste as well as proper maintenance, collection of the already dumped waste while ensuring it that it does not in any way contaminate the ground water.

Judgement Date: 
28/10/2015
Tags:
Garbage, Gurgaon (T), Faridabad (T), Haryana, Municipal Corporation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Groundwater Pollution, Waste Disposal
Water Pollution

NGT to hear plea on water contamination in Aravalis

A petition on groundwater contamination at Bandhwari, the site of a waste treatment plant that has been lying defunct for almost two years and now virtually a landfill with thousands of tonnes of g

Publication Date: 
26/10/2015
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Groundwater Pollution, Landfill, Waste Disposal, Environmentalists, Gurgaon (T), Faridabad (T), Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Water Pollution
Solid Waste

Tribunal seeks reply on Gurgaon landfill ‘polluting’ groundwater

Groundwater in south Delhi, Gurgaon and Faridabad risks contamination by decaying municipal waste being stashed at a landfill site in the Aravalli hill area of Gurgaon.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2015
Akanksha Jain
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Gurgaon (T), Landfill, Groundwater Pollution, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Faridabad (T), Toxic Wastes, Solid Waste
Water Resources

Groundwater extraction: NGT acts tough, 14 builders get notice

Unauthorized harnessing of groundwater for construction purposes has caught the National Green Tribunal's attention which has issued notice to 14 builders in Delhi-NCR for extracting water flouting

Publication Date: 
14/09/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Groundwater, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Noida, Construction Industry, Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Gurgaon (T), Faridabad (T), Water Resources
Environment

Faridabad hospital fined Rs 12 cr, green nod cancelled by NGT

QRG hospital, a venture of the promoters of Havells India, was directed by the NGT to pay an environmental compensation of Rs 6.88 crore for “degrading the environment”.

Publication Date: 
26/08/2015
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Faridabad (T), Environment Clearance (EC), Compensation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Act 1986, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Land Use, Environment
Health

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance for construction of super-speciality hospital, Faridabad, Haryana, 25/08/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Lal Gera V/s State of Haryana & Ors. dated 25/08/2015 regarding environmental clearance for construction of super-speciality hospital at Plot No. 1, Sector-16, Faridabad, Haryana.

Judgement Date: 
25/08/2015
Tags:
Health, Environment Clearance (EC), Faridabad (T), Haryana, Land Use, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), High Court, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)
Habitat And Urbanisation

State will develop Gurgaon into smartest city: Khattar

With Gurgaon having failed to find a place among the top two cities that would represent Haryana in the Centre's 'Smart City Challenge', chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said the sta

Publication Date: 
30/07/2015
Rao Jaswant Singh
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Gurgaon (T), Smart City, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Faridabad (T), Municipal Corporations, Habitat And Urbanisation
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by stone crushing units, Mohabatabad Zone -II, Faridabad, Haryana, 03/07/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s. Mahabir Stone Crushing Co. Ltd. Vs. Haryana State Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 03/07/2015 regarding pollution caused by stone crushing units, Mohabatabad Zone -II, Faridabad, Haryana.

The Tribunal also noted that there are saplings planted to create the requisite green belt which would act as a wind breaker and would also enrich the environment.

Judgement Date: 
03/07/2015
Tags:
Stone Industry, Haryana, Air Pollution, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Faridabad (T), Water Demand, Municipal Corporation, Industrial Pollution

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