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Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board, & Ors. dated 06/07/2015 regarding illegal activities going on which are polluting the river Adi Ganga and obstructing the flow of water.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 2 July 2015, ordered CPCB to ensure that Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) takes stringent action against polluting industries along Ulhas river and also asked Dombivili CETP, Ambernath CETP , Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation and Dombivali Corporation to deposit 70 crores with the Konkan District Commissioner for restoration and restitution measures.Read full text of this judgement.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Bench on 1 July 2015, recalled its order issued on 1 June 2015, wherein it had imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary-cum-Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) of the State for their failure to file an affidavit on the issue of shifting West Boragaon landfill site and finding an alternative dumping site to save the Deepor Beel, the lone Ramsar Site wetland of the State.Read full text of this NGT order.

The state government’s decision to reduce the buffer zone around the landfill site of Moshi in Pimpri-Chinchwad was prompted by the report submitted by Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineeri

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Saurabh Sharma Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 17/06/2015 regarding Piling of garbage on the streets within the limits of East Delhi Municipal Corporation.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 15/06/2015 regarding unauthorised dumping around the river bank/flood plains of River Ganga flowing within the limits of Nagar Nigam, Haridwar.

Starting June-end, the mounds of garbage at East Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill will be put to use when the waste-to-energy plant there is commissioned.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, Chennai & Ors. dated 05/06/2015 regarding the authorisation issued by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for the purpose of setting up of a municipal solid waste plant in Chennai.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Before the Principal Bench - Circuit Bench at Shimla) in the matter of Gram Panchayat, Tutu Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 19/05/2015 regarding proper collection and disposal of the municipal solid waste.

The Tribunal directed the Secretary Environment, State of Himachal Pradesh, Commissioner Municipal Corporation and Member Secretary, PCB to examine if there is any site near the plant which can be utilised, at least temporarily, for the purpose of dumping of waste which is neither compostable nor can be converted into RDF.

Poor waste management has been a major problem to human existence and it affects both rural and urban areas. Various methods of waste disposal exist and this study assessed the waste management practices among residents of Owerri Municipal, Imo state, Nigeria. It was a descriptive cross sectional study in which a total of 282 residents of Owerri Municipal were selected by multistage sampling technique and studied using self and interviewer administered questionnaires. The results showed that 90% of respondents were aware of waste management while 97.5% had positive attitude towards it.

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