A Bill further to amend the Municipal Corporations Act, 1955 and the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965. This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020. It shall be deemed to have come into force on and from the 2nd March, 2020.
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/06/2020 regarding steps to control vehicular pollution. A bunch of cases on similar matters were clubbed together and heard by Justices Arun Mishra and S. Abdul Nazeer. The cases ranged from registration of diesel vehicles/machines/equipments of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) for public purpose to registration of BS-IV vehicles.
Inspection report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Kudlu Chikkakere Lake, Kudlu, Sarajpura Hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru urban district. The KSPCB informed the NGT that directions had been given to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to take action against illegal constructions in the buffer area of Kudlu Chikkakere lake and stop the entry of sewage into the lake by providing permananent barricade/barrier at all the entry points into the lake.
Status report of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in compliance of National Green Tribunal order of January 21, 2020. The matter related to pollution in Malegaon by industries involved in plastic lumps (gitti), plastic granules, plastic recycling, yarn dyeing, power loom and others.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion (Regarding Dumping of Garbages at Rajiv Nagar, North 24 Parganas) Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 04/06/2020.
Report filed by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Pimpri before the National Green Tribunal. The report mentioned the three proposed sewage treatment plant (STP) locations within PCMC-Pune area and requested permission for commencement of construction of STPs within PCMC area.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manakunnam Village, Padashekara Samrakshana Samithy Vs Thiripunithura Municipality, Kerala & Others dated 26/05/2020.
The matter related to pollution of river Konothupuzha, Ernakulam district of Kerala.
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2020 is an Act further to amend the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act,1969. It shall have the like extent as the principal Act. In the principal Act, in sections 51, 52, 53 and 54, for the word "Commissioner" wherever it occurs, the words "State Election Commission" shall be substituted.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti & Others Versus Union of India & Others dated 21/05/2020.
These applications have been filed by municipal council, Udhampur, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir challenging order of the Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Board dated 21.11.2019 and 30.01.2020 requiring the municipal council to pay compensation for violation of environmental norms.
Compliance report by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in respect of the directions issued by the National Green Tribunal order of December 6, 2018 and December 18, 2019 in Application No. 125/2017 on lake pollution in Bangalore.
