Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding building of bridges as part of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on river Yamuna in Delhi NCR, 25/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 25/11/2016. This application has been moved to pass directions to permit the NHAI for carrying out the necessary construction of the bridge adjacent to existing bridge including their approaches from 0.001km (near Nizamuddin bridge, Ring road) to 3.320 km (Akshardham flyover).

Judgement Date: 
25/11/2016
Tags:
Yamuna, Bridges, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Wetlands, Riverine Ecology, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Air Pollution, Delhi, Waste Disposal, River Pollution
Environment

NGT raps pollution control board for laxity

KANPUR: Taking a tough stand against pollution control authorities of UP regarding discharge of effluents from tanneries in Jajmau in Kanpur, a bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), headed by

Publication Date: 
25/11/2016
Times Of India (Kanpur)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur (D), Industrial Pollution, Ganga, Industrial Waste, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environment
Water Pollution

Amazon oil spill impacts indigenous villages on Teles Pires River

An oil spill was detected on November 13th on the Teles Pires River, a tributary of the Tapajós River, in a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon.

Publication Date: 
22/11/2016
Mongabay
Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Oil Pollution, Amazon, Tribals, Environment, Freshwater Ecosystems, Brazil
Environment

Why can’t you shift tanneries outside Kanpur, NGT asks UP

Jajmau, Unnao and Banther are the other big tannery hubs in Uttar Pradesh that

Publication Date: 
22/11/2016
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, Kanpur (D), Unnao (D), Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Haridwar (T), Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment
Water Pollution

A report on assessment of pollution of drains carrying sewage /industrial effluent joining River Ganga and its Tributaries (Kali- East/Ramganga) between Haridwar Downstream to Kanpur Downstream

The main causes attributed to the Pollution of River Ganga are due to disposal of industrial and domestic sewage effluent joining to it directly by drains or indirectly through tributaries.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2016
Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Ramganga, Haridwar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Sewage, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Drainage, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Industrial Waste
Environment

How can you regulate tanneries, if you can't enter there: NGT

The National Green Tribunal has questioned the Uttar Pradesh government and its pollution control board over regulation of tanneries on the banks of river Ganga in Kanpur, asking how could they reg

Publication Date: 
21/11/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Ganga, Haridwar (T), Jharkhand, River Pollution, Environment
Water Pollution

Heavy metals, pesticides in Ganga, CPCB tells National Green Tribunal

The tribunal has asked the Centre to submit a note detailing the state of river Ganga and how it has deteriorated

Publication Date: 
18/11/2016
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Haridwar (D), Heavy Metals, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

NGT seeks U.P. stand on shifting of tanneries

‘Stretch between Haridwar and Unnao is worst polluted’

Publication Date: 
18/11/2016
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Water Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT)
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding piggeries existing on both the banks of Adi Ganga, Hooghly river, West Bengal, 17/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Chairman Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/11/2016 regarding khatals and piggeries existing on both the banks of Adi Ganga. The report filed by the State PCB indicates heavy pollutants in the sediment settled at the bottom of the Adi Ganga.

Judgement Date: 
17/11/2016
Tags:
Hoogly, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Waste Disposal, West Bengal
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Tirur Ponnani river, Malappuram district, Kerala, 16/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Alavikutty Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 16/11/2016 regarding pollution of Tirur Ponnani river, Malappuram district, Kerala. Mangalam Grama Panchayath is taking action to clean the banks of the river and to plant trees on the river side under NREGS. It is also stated that no coconut husk unit is f unctioning in the Panchayath causing pollution to the Tirur Ponnani River.

Judgement Date: 
16/11/2016
Tags:
River Pollution, Kerala, Malappuram (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, Panchayats

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