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)
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding measures to contain Ganga pollution, 18/12/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/12/2019 regarding review of progress of compliance of directions of the NGT to prevent and remedy pollution of river Ganga in the light of orders of Supreme Court passed in October 2014 and January 2017.

Judgement Date: 
18/12/2019
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution
Water Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding shifting of a solid waste dumping site away from the riverbed of Ganga, Munikriti, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 29/11/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of The State of Uttarakhand & Others Vs Ram Shankar & Others dated 29/11/2019 regarding shifting of a solid waste dumping site away from the riverbed of Ganga, Munikriti, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

Judgement Date: 
29/11/2019
Tags:
Ganga, Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Landfill, River Pollution
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding water pollution by tanneries and chromium dumps at Rania, Kanpur Dehat, Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, 15/11/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re : Water Pollution by Tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh WITH In Re : Water Pollution at Rania, Kanpur Dehat & Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh dated 15/11/2019.

Judgement Date: 
15/11/2019
Tags:
Leather Industry, Industrial Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Kanpur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ganga, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Compensation, Drinking Water Quality, Health Effects, Uttar Pradesh
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining and construction in the flood plain of River Ganga, District Pauri, Uttarakhand, 15/10/2019

The order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kunal Raheja Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 15/10/2019 regarding remedial action against illegal mining and construction in the flood plain of River Ganga in District Pauri, Uttarakhand. Affidavit filed by the District Magistrate, Pauri states that illegal constructions have been stopped and "compensation recorded".

Judgement Date: 
15/10/2019
Tags:
Ganga, Mining, Pauri, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

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