Water Pollution

Provide clean drinking water in 6 districts: NGT to UP

The National Green Tribunal today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to immediately provide clean drinking water in six western districts of the state.

Publication Date: 
06/08/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Drinking Water, Water Quality, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), NGO, Heavy Metals, Water Pollution
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused due to railway siding at Jakhpura Railway Station, District Jajpur, Odisha, 05/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Aswini Kumar Dhal Vs Odisha Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 05/08/2015 regarding pollution caused due to railway siding at Jakhpura Railway Station, District Jajpur, Odisha.

Judgement Date: 
05/08/2015
Tags:
Rail Transport, Air Pollution, Jajapur, Orissa (Odisha), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Compensation, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding running of a manufacturing unit in a residential area, 05/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Pranabananda Chakrabarty VS West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 05/08/2015 regarding running of a manufacturing unit in a residential area.

Judgement Date: 
05/08/2015
Tags:
Industry, Pollution, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Municipal Corporation, Kolkata, West Bengal
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of brick field, Murshidabad, West Bengal, 05/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Samsujjoha Sarkar Vs West Bengal PCH & Others dated 05/08/2015 regarding illegal operation of brick field, Murshidabad, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
05/08/2015
Tags:
Bricks, Murshidabad, West Bengal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Act 1986, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

NGT told use of polythene bags unchecked despite ban

The use of polythene bags is going on unabated in the pilgrimage town of Haridwar with traders and residents rampantly using them despite the ban order, the National Green Tribunal was told today.

Publication Date: 
05/08/2015
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Haridwar (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Pollution, Environment
Mining

Stone Quarry, Crusher Unit Closed for Violating Norms

Sundargarh district administration on Saturday ordered closure of a stone quarry at Balanda and sealed a crusher unit at Gotidharan near here for flouting environment norms.

Publication Date: 
04/08/2015
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Mining, Stone, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Clearance (EC), Forests, Stone Industry
Water Resources

Despite ban, units flout HC order

In the danger zone as far groundwater goes, the city of Jalandhar is bogged down by various extremes when it comes to water conservation.

Publication Date: 
04/08/2015
Aparna Banerji
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Groundwater, Jalandhar (D), Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Resources
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, 03/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd. Vs. Smt. Sunaina Singh & Ors. dated 03/08/2015 regarding pollution caused by Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh causing pollution problem in Nakatia Nalla as well as River Ramganga, a tributary of River Ganga.

Previous Order

Judgement Date: 
03/08/2015
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Paper and Pulp Industry, Barelyil (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Hazardous Waste
Air Pollution

Coimbatoreans get to breathe some clean air

If a recent survey is to go by, the quality of air in Coimbatore has improved in the last two years, despite the rapid growth and development.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2015
P Sangeetha
Times Of India (Coimbatore)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore (T), Air Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Quality Standards, Environmentalists, Public Transport, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, CNG, Air Pollution Control
Environment

NGT admits appeal against Dibang project

The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone (EZ) Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) admitted on July 30, 2015, an appeal (No-04/2015/EZ) Pradip Kumar Bhuyan and another versus Union of India and Others)

Publication Date: 
03/08/2015
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Arunachal, Dibang, Hydroelectricity, Environmental Security, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Environment

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