Solid Waste

Remove compost machines near schools: Locals to Noida

Noida: Residents and parents’ groups have objected to the setting up of waste composting stations in residential sectors and around schools in the city, saying that the machines would release toxic

Publication Date: 
15/07/2019
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Solid Waste, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Air Pollution, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Poverty

Lifting 271 mn out of poverty in 10 yrs, India fastest, Jharkhand No. 1 area: UN

India has registered the fastest absolute reduction in the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) value among ten countries, spanning every developing region, whose combined population is two billion

Publication Date: 
12/07/2019
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Poverty, Population, Jharkhand, UNDP, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal constructions in the flood plain of river Kosi, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, 11/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shailesh Singh Vs Mohammad Ali Jauhar University & Others dated 11/07/2019 regarding illegal constructions in the flood plain of river Kosi at Jauhar Nagar, Rampur by Mohammad Ali Jauhar University. The construction is obstructing free passage of river resulting in scarcity of water and devastation of environment. FIR has been registered in the matter but the illegal encroachment continues resulting in damage to the river.

Judgement Date: 
11/07/2019
Tags:
Kosi, Rivers, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rampur (D), Uttar Pradesh, Hydrology, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Agro-Based Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding spewing of chemicals in the environment by industries in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 11/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dal Chand & Others Vs D. P. Panchal & Co. & Others dated 11/07/2019 regarding pollution caused by D.P. Panchal & Co., Magnum Ventures Ltd., Careyel Medical Systems P. Ltd., P. Ent Labels, Skilltron and Krbi Ltd. in District Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Chemicals in the form of pesticides, chlorinated solvents, petroleum chemicals, mercury PCBs, dioxins and other persisting organic pollutants are polluting the environment and causing health hazard. The applicants in support of their argument have filed photographs.

Judgement Date: 
11/07/2019
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Ghaziabad (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Toxins, Dioxin, Health Effects
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by schools, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 11/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Chaudhary Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/07/2019 regarding violation of environmental norms by L.R.A. Kids School, J.P Academy School, Little Scholar Colts School and Little Scholar Colts School at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
11/07/2019
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Meerut (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh, Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution
Water Resources

On the water front

A one-week delay in the monsoon’s arrival has laid bare the precariousness of India’s water situation.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2019
Ashok Gulati
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Drinking Water, Central Water Commission (CWC), Water Management, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Groundwater
Health

Haryana at bottom among 7 states: CAG

Haryana ranks at the bottom in terms of average health expenditure (2012-2017) among seven states that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) examined to assess the progress towards attaining su

Publication Date: 
09/07/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Health, Budget, Health Policy, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Assam
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution caused by crop burning, 05/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ganga Lalwani Vs Union of India & Others WITH News item published in "Indian Express" Authored by Mallica Joshi Titled "All fiddle as crop stubble burns, farmers say solutions out of reach" dated 05/07/2019 regarding air pollution caused by crop burning. It is reported that 25%-30% contribution to the air pollution in the NCR is caused by burning of crops in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
05/07/2019
Tags:
Air Pollution, Crop Residues, Biomass Burning, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Delhi, Waste Conversion, Ministry Of Agriculture
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by M/s. J. B. Daruka Paper Limited, District Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, 05/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ram Sharan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 05/07/2019 regarding pollution caused by M/s. J. B. Daruka Paper Limited, District Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh resulting in death of animals in the area.

Judgement Date: 
05/07/2019
Tags:
Paper and Pulp Industry, Sitapur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Pollution, Groundwater, Water Demand, Uttar Pradesh
Water Pollution

Illegal car washes using 5k litres of water every day: Environmentalist

Noida: At a time Noida’s water table is depleting every year, a city-based environmentalist has drawn the attention of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to unauthorised car washing centres that use

Publication Date: 
05/07/2019
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Groundwater Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environmentalists, Water Pollution

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