The NGT, December 24, 2024 directed Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) among others to file their reply before Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal on the matter of a gas leak from a drain in Jaipur resulting in the hospitalization of 10 students of coaching institute in city’s Mahesh Nagar area. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Regional Officer, Rajasthan and District Magistrate, Jaipur was also directed to file their reply.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to pay Rs 20 lakhs to the Akhil Bhartiya Netrahin Sangh School within one month. The school management would utilize the compensation amount in creating better environmental atmosphere in the school and in extending the proper health and other facilities to the students who are the victims of the pollution and environmental hazards.

Action taken report by Government of Assam, Department of Housing and Urban Affairs on used water management in the urban local bodies of the state.

A processing gap of 435.5 MLD has been identified for used water management in Assam. To address the same, Sewage Treatment Plants with a total capacity of 338.50 MLD have been planned and are currently at various stages of development. For instance, a sewage treatment plant (STP) with a design capacity of 2 MLD, has been made operational in the city of Nagaon, implemented by Assam Urban Water and Supply and Sewerage Board (AUWSSB).

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Debi Prasad Banerjee Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 22.04/2024.

Interim compliance report by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 81-2022 (Central Zone Bench) in the matter of Bhoma Ram Mali Vs State of Rajasthan & Others.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madasir Hasan and Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/03/2024.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Bibhu Dash & Others Vs Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation & Others dated 05/02/2024.

The affidavit of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board stated that the STP cannot be constructed because the sewage outflow of Manorama Estates Welfare Society to their system cannot be connected since Manorama Estates is situated in a low-lying area and due to gravity the sewage flow cannot be connected to the STP.