Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Atul Singh Chauhan Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change & Others dated 06/04/2023.

Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) caters to 17% of the daily trips in Lucknow. This short report offers an overview of IPT vehicles i.e. auto-rickshaws, tempos and e-rickshaws in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The team conducted a survey in Lucknow, covering 322 IPT drivers to understand their vehicular, operational and economic characteristics.

Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board report in pursuance of the National Green Tribunal order, November 1, 2022 (Rambharose Tomar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh).

The NGT directed the UPPCB to file a report on the establishment of the brick kilns in the state. The report should carry information on compliance of environmental norms and action taken against the defaulters, the order said.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 27/03/2023.

The issue for consideration is permissibility of operation of hot mix plants at Noida beyond ‘carrying capacity’ of the ambient air of the area as per assessment of the statutory regulators – the CPCB and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, thereby adversely affecting the environment and the public health.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rahul Dev Sagar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 16/03/2023.

Grievance in the application is against failure of the Gram Panchayat Gurgawan, block Tilhar, district Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to scientifically manage wet and dry waste as well as waste from veterinary hospital. Further, it was alleged that such waste was burnt to the detriment of environment.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Singh Vs M/s Choudhary Brick Works & Others dated 15/03/2023.

Measures are being taken to control the air pollution due to the loading and unloading of coal by vehicles plying on the Hal road of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) Khadia project at Shakti Nagar, Sonbhadra. This is adjacent to the rehabilitated village of Chilkadand in violation of environmental norms, creating heavy dust pollution and health hazard to local residents.

Report of the District Magistrate, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. An application was filed by Durga Prasad Yadav regarding damage to river Trilodki Ganga by the construction of Sri Ram International Airport.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Urban Forest Forum Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 27/02/2023.

The matter related to a petrol pump Mahendera Ji Motors being run within 50 meters of a school, SCM Public School. This is in violation of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) guidelines dated January 7, 2020. Further, high tension electricity wires are passing and electricity transformers are placed right at the corner of the petrol pump.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published in Newspaper Kalam Hindustani dated 22.01.2023 titled “Illegal mining at Kairana’s Ramda in Yamuna, who is responsible?” dated 24/02/2023.

Proceedings in the matter have been initiated suo motu in the light of captioned media report about illegal mining from Yamuna river at Ramda in Kairana tehsil in district Shamli, Uttar Pradesh.

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