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After successfully running its door-to-door garbage collection drive across all wards, the Cuncolim municipal council (CMC) has proposed to introduce a fee, where residents will have to pay 1 a day

BHUBANESWAR: The Total Soluble Solids (TSS) in the water that flows out of the Jagannath Temple kitchen into the municipal drain in Puri is 4,830 mg/l as against the permissible limit of 200 mg/l.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/10/2013 on the issue of degradation of environment of Jagganath Puri, Temple and its precincts. The NGT order states that the report of the Orissa Pollution Control Board shows water samples at Pejanallah which reveals that waste water of outlet of Penjanallah that drains Lord Jagannath Temple Rosasala discharges into the municipal drain. The water quality parameters were not only beyond the prescribed parameters but show devastating results.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of People for Transparency Through Kamal Anand Vs. State of Punjab & Ors. dated 11/10/2013 regarding collection and disposal of municipal waste by the Municipal Corporation Pathankot.

Note: This application has been received upon transfer from the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/34-2013(THC)(OA)_11Oct2013.pdf

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter Sandeep Lahariya Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 09/10/2013 on the use of polythene carry bags in Bhopal.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/04-2013(CZ)(OA)_9Oct2013.pdf

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 07/10/2013 for drawing up strategy for implementation of long term action plan in respect of the city of Indore which has been notified as critically polluted area.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/1-2013(CZ)(OA)_7Oct2013.pdf

After having remained in limbo for years, finally the much-hyped solid waste management project of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has finally moved an inch forward with the latter getting approv

The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has granted authorization to the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) for an integrated municipal solid waste management facility (IMSWMF) at Baingu

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of R.C. Jain Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 27/09/2013 regarding constructing the garbage dump (Dhalao) within the vicinity of the institutional area, New Delhi.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/289-2013(OA)_27Sep2013.pdf

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pandit Hari Shankar Samadhiya Vs. Union of India & Others dated 27/09/2013 on pollution in the area of the Morar River bed in the city of Gwalior.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/12-2013(CZ)(OA)_27Sep2013.pdf

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