Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding action against violation of environmental norms by NHAI in the course of four laning of National Highway from Udhampur to Banihal, Jammu & Kashmir, 29/10/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amresh Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/10/2021.

The issue for consideration is the remedial action against violation of environmental norms by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and its contractors - M/s Gammon India Ltd (GIL), the Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. (HCCL) and M/s Choudhary Power Project Pvt. Ltd. (CPPPL), subcontractor of M/s GIL and M/s HCCL, in the course of four laning of National Highway from Udhampur to Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir.

Judgement Date: 
29/10/2021
Tags:
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, River Pollution, Jammu & Kashmir
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding burning of garbage and causing pollution of river Khoh, district Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Negi Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 07/10/2021.

The application sought enforcement of order of the NGT, November 22, 2019 (O.A No. 884/2019) directing remedial action against damage to the environment on account of burning of garbage and causing pollution of river Khoh, in district Pauri Garhwal, by dumping garbage therein by the Nagar Palika Dugadda.

Judgement Date: 
07/10/2021
Tags:
Garbage, Khoh, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Pauri Garhwal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of effluents by BCPL, Assam, 17/09/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Saikhowa Sadiya Min Samabai Samity Limited Vs Union of India & Others.

The matter related to discharge of effluents by M/s Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL).

Judgement Date: 
17/09/2021
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, River Pollution, Industrial Waste Treatment, Assam, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Water Pollution

Impacts of plastic pollution on freshwater aquatic, terrestrial and avian migratory species in the Asia and Pacific Region report

This study identifies the impacts of plastic pollution on land and freshwater migratory species protected by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

Publication Date: 
31/08/2021
UNEP
Tags:
Plastics, Pollution, Migratory Species, River Pollution, India, Asia
Water Pollution

How fair is fashion’s water footprint?: tackling the global fashion industry’s destructive impacts on Africa’s water and workforce health

Global fast fashion brands are helping drive pollution that has dyed African rivers blue or turned their waters as alkaline as bleach, according to a report published.

Publication Date: 
17/08/2021
Water Witness
Tags:
Water Pollution, Textile Industry, Health, Africa, River Pollution, Pollution Control
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of sewage and other wastes released by the boats and houseboats allowed to ply in the rivers Brahmaputra, Dibru and Dangori in Tinsukia district, Assam, 16/08/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sudhan Das Vs State of Assam & Others dted 16/08/2021.

Judgement Date: 
16/08/2021
Tags:
River Pollution, Brahmaputra, Tinsukia (D), Assam, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Compensation
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal on rules for idol immersion, 12/08/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ambarnath Sengupta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 12/08/2021.

Judgement Date: 
12/08/2021
Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Religious Beliefs, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Water Pollution Control
Habitat And Urbanisation

Joint Committee report on illegal constructions in Pawananagar, Pune, Maharashtra, 11/08/2021

Joint Committee report in O.A. 33/2018 (WZ) in the matter of Sanjay Bhegade & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 11/08/2021.

The matter related to illegal constructions in Pawananagar, Pune, Maharashtra.

Judgement Date: 
11/08/2021
Tags:
Buildings, Forests, Land Use, Pune (D), Maharashtra, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, River Pollution
Industry

The CPCB report on water pollution by tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 30/07/2021

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) compliance report on water pollution by tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and water pollution at Rania, Kanpur Dehat and Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
30/07/2021
Tags:
Textile Industry, Industrial Pollution, Kanpur (D), Ganga, Water Pollution, River Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh
Water Pollution

Oversight Committee report on Ganga pollution, 29/07/2021

Oversight Committee report in the matter of O.A. No. 200/2014 (M.C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others).

The matter is related to Ganga pollution.

Judgement Date: 
29/07/2021
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh, Sewage Pollution

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