The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people.
Report of Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Committee (JKPCC) in OA No 178 of 2024 (News item appearing in Greater Kashmir dated 15.01.2024 titled Increasing pollution badly affecting water bodies in Bhaderwah) dated 30/11/2024.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Yashwant Polkheda Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 06/03/2024.
A letter petition was received on the basis of a complaint filed by Yashwant Polkheda against illegal mining in Kali Sindh river in Jirapur tehsil, district Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nirmal Kumar Singha Vs The State of West Bengal & Others dated 17/08/2023.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 20/08/2019 regarding illegal cutting of trees and encroachment by a colonizer on the Government land and Saraswati River at A.B. Road, village Bijalpur, District Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinod Kumar Soni Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 20/08/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in river Sarayu, village Meerapur Duaba, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh by diverting river flow at Bekunth Dham, which is adversely affecting the flow of the river.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kumar Rai Vs Ministry of Environment & Forest & Others dated 29/07/2019 regarding M/s. Broadson Commodities Pvt. Ltd., illegally undertaking sand mining on the riverbeds of Sone River in Bhojpur District, Bihar, in the process of which many temporary bridges have been constructed over the river. Sand has been excavated at many places by digging upto the depth of 50 feet against the permissible depth of 3 meter, resulting in reduction of groundwater level in the nearby area.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Punganur Consumer Protection Council Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 01/07/2019 regarding encroachment on the Cauvery River and the River banks at Mayiladuthurai.
