Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Ramgarh lake and rivers Ami, Rapti and Rohani, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 12/01/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Others dated 12/01/2021.

The issue for consideration is the remedial action for contamination of water bodies and ground water, specially Ramgarh Lake, Ami River, Rapti River and Rohani River in and around District Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The matter has been pending for the last more than six years.

Judgement Date: 
12/01/2021
Tags:
River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Gorakhpur (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Municipal Corporations, Ganga
Water Pollution

Oversight committee report on steps to control pollution of river Kosi by industrial activities, Uttar Pradesh, 19/11/2020

Updated report of Oversight Committee in compliance of National Green Tribunal order passed in Original Application No. 324/2016.

Judgement Date: 
19/11/2020
Tags:
Kosi, Ganga, River Pollution, Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Water Pollution Control, Water Management, Wastewater Recycling, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Water Pollution

Report on timely completion of sewage treatment plants to control pollution of river Ganga, 11/08/2020

Updated status report filed by the Central Pollution Control Board before the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others in Original Application No. 200/2014.

Judgement Date: 
11/08/2020
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Sewage Pollution
Water Pollution

Report on the status of STPs in Bihar to check Ganga pollution, 10/08/2020

Supplementary report to 2nd quarterly report on behalf of the National Mission for Clean Ganga with respect to revised quarterly progress report submitted by state of Bihar in the matter of Original Application No. 200 of 2014 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others.

Judgement Date: 
10/08/2020
Tags:
Ganga, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Bihar, Waste Disposal, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, River Pollution, Bio-Remediation
Water Pollution

Report on the status of STPs for the polluted rivers in Bihar, 22/05/2020

Report related to status of STPs in state of Bihar in compliance of NGT's order for the following rivers - Ganga, Punpun, Ramrekha, Sikrahna, Parmar, Sirsia, Sone, Kosi, Burhi Gandak, Baghmati, Gandak, Mahananda and Kiul.

Judgement Date: 
22/06/2020
Tags:
Rivers, Ganga, Kosi, Bihar, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, River Pollution, Water Pollution Control
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding EC granted to Adani Power for a thermal power plant, Godda, Jharkhand, 28/05/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of R. Sreedhar Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/05/2020. The appeal was directed against an amended Environmental Clearance (EC) dated 03.09.2019 granted to M/s. Adani Power (Jharkhand) Ltd., (Project Proponent) by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), permitting withdrawl of water from the river Ganga for the proposed thermal power project at Godda, Jharkhand to be set up by Adani.

Judgement Date: 
28/05/2020
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Ganga, Jharkhand, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Hydrology, Riverine Ecology, Public Hearing, Adani
Water Pollution

Increase in Funds for Namami Gange Programme

Government of India has launched the Namami Gange Programme in June, 2014, with the total budgetary outlay of Rs.20,000 crore for the period from 2014-15 till 31 December 2020 to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga and its tributaries.
In the budget for the financial year 2020-21, Government of India has proposed an allocation of Rs.1,600.02 crore for the Namami Gange Programme.

Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Government Of India (GOI)
Mining

Report to the NGT on illegal sand mining in river Ganga in Dibai tehsil, district Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh

Compliance report by the District Magistrate, Bulandshahr and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board on Original Application No. 895/2019 in the matter of Arvind Prabhat, Editor-in-chief, News India 9 Vs State of Uttar Pradesh regarding illegal sand mining in river Ganga in Dibai tehsil, district Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
27/02/2020
Tags:
Sand, Mining, Ganga, Bulandshahar (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Environment

Report on solid waste, bio-medical waste and STP in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh

Report of the oversight committee with regard to management of solid waste, bio-medical waste and STP in district Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh made public on Februry 27, 2020.

The committee report made some recommendations which include:

Judgement Date: 
27/02/2020
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Hospital Waste, Waste Management, Varanasi (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), River Pollution, Ganga, Waste Disposal
Water Pollution

Report on river pollution in Uttar Pradesh, 14/02/2020

Report of the Oversight Committee in compliance of National Green Tribunal order passed in O.A. No. 200/2014 in Re: M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India with regard to water quality, untapped drains and status of STPs in Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2020
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Uttar Pradesh, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

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