Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment of a waterbody, Mouza-Baidyadanga, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, 22/03/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rasulpur Dana Welfare Society Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 22/03/2022.

Judgement Date: 
22/03/2022
Tags:
Water Resources, Barddhaman (D), Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal, Land Encroachments
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Hooghly river pollution, West Bengal, 16/02/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suprova Prasad Vs Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 16/02/2022.

Judgement Date: 
16/02/2022
Tags:
Hoogly, River Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), West Bengal, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Industry

Affidavit filed by West Bengal Pollution Control Board in the NGT on compensation to be paid by the Damodar Valley Corporation, Purulia, West Bengal, 15/02/2022

Affidavit filed by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding compensation to be paid by the Damodar Valley Corporation, district Purulia, West Bengal for violating environmental norms by the discharge of wastewater from the industry resulting in damages to agricultural land.

Judgement Date: 
15/02/2022
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Damodar Valley Corporation, Purulia (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Waste, Land Pollution, Compensation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution
Climate Change

District-level changes in climate: historical climate and climate change projections for the Eastern States of India

The impacts of climate variability, climate change, and extreme events are visible globally and in India. The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 ranks India seventh, considering the extent to which India has been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heatwaves, etc.).

Publication Date: 
01/02/2022
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP)
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Impacts, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Rainfall
Climate Change

District-level changes in climate: historical climate and climate change projections for the Eastern States of India

The impacts of climate variability, climate change, and extreme events are visible globally and in India. The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 ranks India seventh, considering the extent to which India has been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heatwaves, etc.).

Publication Date: 
01/02/2022
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP)
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Impacts, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Rainfall
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding conversion of water body into land and construction made thereon, Howrah, West Bengal, 07/01/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Md. Sabir Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/01/2022.

Judgement Date: 
07/01/2022
Tags:
Water Resources, Land Encroachments, Howrah (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Legislation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction works in the Amlamethi Hill Resort, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, 06/01/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dakshinbanga Matsyajibi Forum Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/01/2022.

Judgement Date: 
06/01/2022
Tags:
Hotels, Corruption, 24 Parganas (S), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Report on behalf of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Haldia refinery regarding flash fire leaving 3 dead and 44 injured, 06/01/2021

Report on behalf of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Haldia refinery regarding flash fire (December 23, 2021) at IOC's Haldia refinery leaving 3 dead and 44 injured.

Judgement Date: 
06/01/2022
Tags:
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Industrial Disasters, Medinipur (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Occupational Accidents, Environment
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding destruction of two ponds, Baidyadanga mouza, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, 18/11/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rasulpur Dana Welfare Society Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board dated 18/11/2021.

The matter related to destruction of two ponds in the Dag No. 463 and Dag No. 25, J.L. No. 135, Mouza-Baidyadanga under Memari-1 Block, Rasulpur in Purba Bardhaman. It is said that the ponds are getting converted into garbage dumps.

Judgement Date: 
18/11/2021
Tags:
Water Resources, Land Encroachments, Waste Disposal, Garbage, Barddhaman (D), West Bengal
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding unrestricted construction of hotels and resorts alongside Jayanti dam, Alipurdua, West Bengal, 18/11/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its Own Motion (Re: Unrestricted construction of Hotels, Resorts in Jayanti Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 18/11/2021.

Judgement Date: 
18/11/2021
Tags:
Dams, Forests, West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Hotels, Buxa SA

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