Order of the National Green Tribunal 'News item titled "Once upon a River" appearing in the Bangalore Mirror dated 10.01.2024'.

The application was registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled "Once upon a river" published in Bangalore Mirror dated January 10, 2024. The news item disclosed the poor water quality of rivers across the state of Karnataka.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Varun Gulati Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 21/02/2024.  

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 20/02/2024.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ram Milan Sahani Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 30/01/2024.

The applicant, Ram Milan Sahani complained that on an average 500 tonnes of garbage is being dumped on embankment of river Rapti at "nausad Akla Baudha/Kalani" which is reaching main river flow causing serious pollution to river and also creating health hazards to residents of Gorakhpur.

A combined report filed on behalf of the Municipal Corporation and the District Magistrate, Gorakhpur filed on January 28, 2024 was found to be extremely dissatisfactory.

Report of 26 districts of Uttar Pradesh in Original Application No 200 of 2014 in the matter of M C Mehta Vs Union of India & Others. Hardoi, Sitapur, Shravasti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Rampur, Mathura, Mainpuri, Kanpur Dehat district among others have filed their District Ganga Committee report.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Suprova Prasad Vs Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 18/01/2024.

The court called the report filed by the District Magistrate, Hooghly to be vague.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ajay Pratap Singh Patel Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 15/01/2024.

Issue raised in the application is violation of the Environmental (Protection) Rules, 1986, Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016 as amended by (2nd Amendment Rules, 2019), Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 in the district Narsingpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of In Re : Pollution level is increasing in the city due to dumping of garbage in Dardha River of Jahanabad, Bihar Vs State of Bihar dated 11/01/2024.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Priyank Karnatak Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 11/01/2024.

In the Original Application, the grievance is about improper functioning of the sewage treatment plants at Badrinath and discharge of untreated water in river Alakananda, which ultimately forms part of river Ganga, thereby polluting the main river, in violation of the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order 2016.