Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting down of about 2000 trees for road expansion between Guwahati to Goalpara in Assam, 21/11/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item appearing in Northeast Now dated 27.10.2023 titled “Assam : Adil Hussain joins chorus urging Govt., NHAI to spare century old trees for highway project” dated 21/11/2023.

Judgement Date: 
21/11/2023
Tags:
Deforestation, Roads, Assam, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction of road by hotels on reserve forest land of Naina Devi Himalayan Bird Conservation Reserve, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 21/09/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Singh Vs Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Uttarakhand & Others dated 21/09/2023.

Judgement Date: 
21/09/2023
Tags:
Naina Devi SA, Roads, Hotels, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Nainital (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Deforestation
Environment

Judgment of the High Court of Uttarakhand regarding illegal construction in Corbett Tiger Reserve, 06/09/2023

Judgment of the High Court of Uttarakhand in the matter of Suo Motu PIL: In the matter of illegal construction In Corbett Tiger Reserve Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/09/2023.

Uttarakhand High Court directs CBI to conduct investigation into the matter of illegal constructions and tree felling in Corbett national park.

Judgement Date: 
06/09/2023
Tags:
Corbett NP, Corruption, Deforestation, Tourism, Roads, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), High Court
Forests

Order of the High Court of Meghalaya regarding felling of trees in Shillong to make way for the Shillong-Dawki Road Project, 11/07/2023

Order of the High Court of Meghalaya in the matter of Kaustav Paul Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 11/07/2023.

The matter related to felling of trees in Shillong to make way for the Shillong-Dawki Road Project. The Shillong-Dawki Road Project under Japanese funding is divided in five packages.

The PIL filed by Kaustav Paul pertains to felling of trees in Shillong as part of package I of the entire project.

Judgement Date: 
11/07/2023
Tags:
Roads, Deforestation, Trees, Shillong, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Land Acquisition, Meghalaya
Transport

Order of the High Court of Meghalaya regarding the pitiable condition of the APMT road, Meghalaya, 10/07/2023

Order of the High Court of Meghalaya in the matter of A H Hazarika Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 10/07/2023.

Judgement Date: 
10/07/2023
Tags:
Roads, Meghalaya, Waterlogging, Rainfall, High Court
Air Pollution

Haryana State Pollution Control Board report regarding air pollution during the construction of a flyover near 20th Mile Stone, tehsil Rai, district Sonipat, 12/06/2023

Action taken report filed by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, May 31, 2022 in the matter of Dheeraj Singh Vs State of Haryana.

A complaint was filed before the NGT which said that during the construction of flyover going on near 20th Mile Stone, tehsil Rai, district Sonipat, the contractor during a period of three months had laid fly ash on the site for filling. This was polluting the nearby areas.

Judgement Date: 
12/06/2023
Tags:
Fly Ash, Roads, Air Pollution, Sonipat (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Solid Waste

Plastic waste in road construction - a path worth paving?: application of dry process in South Asia

As global plastic waste continues to grow, the global community is coalescing to reduce plastic waste. Some stakeholders are also exploring new options to use plastic waste as partial substitute for raw material.

Publication Date: 
24/05/2023
The World Bank
Tags:
Plastics, Waste Management, Roads, India, South Asia
Habitat And Urbanisation

Affidavit by PWD, Mathura regarding concretization of the area surrounding the trees in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, 28/04/2023

Affidavit of Executive Engineer, Provincial Division, Public Works Department, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh in the matter of Vijay Kishor Goswami Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others, 28/04/2023.

Judgement Date: 
28/04/2023
Tags:
Trees, Roads, Mathura (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding muck generated in the course of construction of Semlata Kafna Dungra motor road, district Rudraprayag, Uttrakhand, 27/04/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohan Singh Bagri Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 27/04/2023.

Judgement Date: 
27/04/2023
Tags:
Roads, Waste Management, Rudraprayag (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Supreme Court regarding felling of mangrove trees for the Vadodara-Mumbai expressway, 24/04/2023

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bombay Environmental Action Group Vs National Highways Authority of India & Others dated 24/04/2023.

The matter related to felling of mangrove trees for the Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway. The petition was filed by Bombay Environmental Action Group and arose out of the final judgment and order dated February 2, 2023 passed by the Bombay High Court. The Bombay High Court had permitted the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to cut 350 mangrove trees for 8-lane Vadodara-Mumbai expressway.

Judgement Date: 
24/04/2023
Tags:
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Mangroves, Maharashtra, Supreme Court, High Court, Roads, Deforestation

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