Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding mining without valid EC in Gir Somnath and Junagadh districts, Gujarat, 14/11/2022

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/11/2022.

The matter related to illegal and unauthorized mining of limestone on large scale in districts Gir Somnath and Junagadh in Gujarat by 14 mining companies without any prior Environmental Clearance and in violation of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006.

Judgement Date: 
14/11/2022
Tags:
Limestone, Environment Clearance (EC), Compensation, Junagadh (D), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Mining, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Air Pollution

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on performance audit of air pollution control by Government of Gujarat

Three new cities — Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara — have been added to the list of Critically Polluted Areas (CPA) in Gujarat while Odhav, Naroda (in Ahmedabad), Bhavnagar and Junagadh have been removed from the list, stated the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in a report tabled in the Gujarat Assembly.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2022
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Gujarat, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Vehicular Pollution
Wildlife

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding the running of Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, 16/08/2022

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kanhaiya Kumar Vs Central Zoo Authority & Others dated 16/08/2022.

Judgement Date: 
16/08/2022
Tags:
Zoos, Animal Care, Gujarat, Supreme Court, Wildlife, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of treated waste water into Thol lake, Gandhinagar District, Gujarat. 08/07/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published in The Indian Express dated 19.03.2022 titled “STP given nod to discharge treated sewage into Thol”.

Judgement Date: 
08/07/2022
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Gandhinagar (D), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Water Pollution Control
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding explosion in Deepak nitrite factory, Vadodara, Gujarat, 05/07/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published in Pragativadi dated 04.06.2022 titled “Huge Explosion at Chemical Company in Gujarat’s Vadodara” dated 05/07/2022.

Proceedings have been initiated in this matter in the light of media report to the effect that there was an explosion in Deepak Nitrite factory in Vadodara, Gujarat resulting in injuries to seven workers on account of inhaling the smoke and shifting of 700 people living in the area.

Judgement Date: 
05/07/2022
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Vadodara (D), Gujarat, Compensation, Occupational Accidents, Occupational Safety, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Joint committee report on Dahej industrial area, 10/06/2022

Joint committee report on Dahej industrial area in the matter of Aryavart Foundation Vs Hemani Industries Ltd. & Others in compliance to the NGT order, February 2, 2022.

The matter related to wastewater management by the industries and Gujarat Infrastructure Development Corporation (GIDC) in the Dahej industrial area.

Judgement Date: 
10/06/2022
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Waste Disposal, Groundwater Pollution, Land Pollution, Gujarat, Compensation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Hazardous Waste, Waste Incineration
Water Pollution

Joint committee report regarding permission granted to an STP for discharging treated sewage into Thol lake, Kalol, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 01/06/2022

Action taken report in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, March 29, 2022 (O.A. 228/2022) regarding permission granted to an STP for discharging treated sewage into lake Thol.

Judgement Date: 
01/06/2022
Tags:
Lakes, Wetlands, Sewage Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporations, Gandhinagar (D), Gujarat, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Industry

Joint committee report regarding gas leak at industrial area in Surat, Gujarat, 31/05/2022

Report of Joint Committee in compliance of National Green Tribunal order, in the matter of OA No. 05 of 2022 regarding gas leak at industrial area in Surat, Gujarat.

Judgement Date: 
31/05/2022
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Hazardous Waste, Surat (D), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Compensation, Industrial Pollution
Industry

Joint committee report on environmental violations of Birla Copper plant being operated by Hindalco, at villages Lakhigam and Dahej, district Bharuch, Gujarat, 21/05/2022

Report of joint committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order, January, 5, 2022 (in the matter of OA No. 70 of 2021 - Brackish Water Research Centre Vs Gujarat Pollution Control Board & Others) under the chairmanship of Justice B. C. Patel.

Judgement Date: 
21/05/2022
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Hindustan Aluminium Company (HINDALCO), Bharuch, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, Land Pollution, Water Pollution, Gujarat, Copper Industry
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by SML Films Industries, Ichchapore, GIDC, Surat, Gujarat, 09/05/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Mitra Vs State of Gujarat dated 09/05/2022.

Judgement Date: 
09/05/2022
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Surat (D), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Plastics, Fly Ash, Coal

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