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Air Pollution

NGT wants CNG station in Manali by January

The National Green Tribunal wants installation of a CNG station at Manali by January 2016 and has directed the Centre and all the departments concerned of the state to extend their full cooperation

Publication Date: 
12/10/2015
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, CNG, Eco-Sensitive Zone, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Kulu (D), Air Pollution Control
Water Pollution

Cry of the Ganga: Getting the Territorial Army to help clean rivers is nice, but 100% sewage treatment is necessary

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has reiterated the government’s intention to raise new Territorial Army battalions, comprising ex-soldiers and commanded by regular army officers, specifically for

Publication Date: 
12/10/2015
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, River Pollution, Ganga, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Yamuna, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ganga Action Plan
Air Pollution

‘Restrictions, not ban will work’

To ban or not to ban firecrackers, that is the question before authorities.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Diwali, Festival, Air Quality Standards, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Supreme Court
Air Pollution

One car-free day won't clean Delhi air, stop trucks, diesel-vehicles: Environmentalists

A single car-free day in Delhi is a good gesture, but mere tokenism will not work, environmentalists feel.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Car Free Days, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sunita Narain, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Health Effects
Environment

AP government fastens process to acquire environmental clearance

Vijayawada: With the National Green Tribunal asking the state government to start capital works only after acquiring the necessary permissions, the APCRDA authorities are hastening the process to g

Publication Date: 
12/10/2015
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Environment Clearance (EC), Public Hearing, State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Sanitation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding groundwater pollution caused by effluents discharged from bathrooms and toilets, Muttukadu Village, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, 10/10/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M.

Judgement Date: 
10/10/2015
Tags:
Open Defecation, Waste Disposal, Toilets, Kanchipuram (D), Tamil Nadu, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Groundwater Pollution, Health Effects, Tsunami
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of the brick fields, West Bengal, 09/10/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Bishnu Pada Pakhira Vs Pollution Control Board, State of W.B. & Ors dated 09/10/2015 regarding illegal operation of the brick fields, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
09/10/2015
Tags:
Bricks, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Dhanei in Ganjam (D) of Odisha, 09/10/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Brundaban Behera Vs the State of Odisha & Ors dated 09/10/2015 regarding a liquor manufacturing unit in Polosara NAC of Ganjam district in Odisha discharging liquid and other wastes into the river Dhanei through a drain thereby contaminating the river water.

Judgement Date: 
09/10/2015
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganjam, Industrial Pollution, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Orissa (Odisha), Waste Disposal
Air Pollution

Additional cess, possible ban: Delhi, Centre outline plan against polluting vehicles in apex court

The bench, however, took note of the order passed by the NGT, putting additional tax burden on polluting trucks, and wondered if it still needs to adjudicate this issue.

Publication Date: 
09/10/2015
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Vehicular Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Heavy Duty Vehicle, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Supreme Court, Compensation, Air Pollution
Habitat And Urbanisation

Relocate jhuggies from rail tracks

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the CEO of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) as to how he proposes to use the money given by the Railways over a decade ago to relocate J

Publication Date: 
09/10/2015
Akanksha Jain
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Slums, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Habitat And Urbanisation

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