Report of the Joint Committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated October 11, 2023 in Original Application 862 0f 2022 Pankaj Kumar Mishra Vs Union of India with respect to Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh).

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Shrivastava Vs State of Haryana dated 18/12/2023.

The original application is registered on the basis of a letter petition raising the issue of disposal of fly ash lying at the site of Aravali Range in violation of Aravali Notification dated May 7, 1992, by MoEF&CC restricting certain activities in specified areas of Aravalli Range, even after closure of power house, Bata Chowk, Faridabad.

Counter affidavit filed on behalf of the District Ganga Protection Committee, Darbhanga, Bihar in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order dated September 18, 2023. River Ganga is approximately 55-60 kilometres away from Darbhanga district. Regarding the tributaries of river Ganga flowing from Darbhanga district, the Municipal Commissioner, Darbhanga Nagar Nigam reported that no dump site nor any legacy waste point exists near Bagmati river.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saira Begum Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 28/11/2023.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sudhansu Sekhar Patra & Others Vs State of Odisha dated 22/11/2023.

The matter related to pollution by industrial establishments in Sundargarh mainly iron and steel industries.

NGT directed notice to be issued to 11 industrial establishments in addition to Odisha State Pollution Control Board; District Magistrate, Sundargarh; Central Pollution Control Board and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Bhubaneswar.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Parthiban J Sholavarma Vs The District Collector, Kancheepuram & Others dated 10/11/2023.

The application sought a direction to Apollo Tyres Limited to stop the improper or illegal disposal of the HDPE PP/carbon jumbo bags as per law and direct the authorities to take appropriate action. Carbon black is one of the main components in the manufacture of tyres. After the carbon black is used by Apollo Tyres, the bags carrying them are sent outside either through the recycler or by any other agency.

The Joint committee status report dated October 28, 2023 in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order dated September 13, 2023 in the matter of Original Application No 480 of 2022 (Kuldeep Vs State of Haryana).

Report by Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee in Original Application No 593 of 2017 (Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti Vs Union of India) dated 23/10/2023.

Inspection report filed by the Central Pollution Control Board in the matter of OA No 80/2020 as per the National Green Tribunal order dated 29/08/2023.

The matter is related to alleged pollution by three pharmaceutical industries located in Choutuppal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana.

A team from CPCB, Chennai carried out inspection of the industries. Monitoring and sampling of source emission, fugitive emission, ambient air quality (VOC) and wastewater sampling was done.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in The Times of India dated 02.07.2023 titled “2 workers killed in factory blast in residential area” dated 16/10/2023.