The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the state government for failing to implement measures to improve the sanitation and sewage management in Pandharpur, a big pilgrim centre.

In a strongly worded order passed by the western bench of the tribunal, the court has noted that a working plan submitted by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) in September 2011 has not been implemented.

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday held that developers of the popular Ambience Mall in south Delhi violated conditions on which they were granted green nod by changing the commercial area and

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the Haryana government to avoid awarding contract to private contractors for felling dead and dry trees in forest areas in the state as it was hearing a petition in this regard.

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar directed that though the tender process for inviting private contractors can go, the contract shall not be awarded.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has refuted before the National Green Tribunal the allegation of "avoidable felling of 700 trees" for construction of its line from Mundka in Delhi to City Park in

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday denied relief to a restaurant owner who has been ordered to shut shop along with other eateries in heritage area of Hauz Khas Village for allegedly po

The environment ministry told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a new green regulator was unnecessary as an appropriate mechanism to monitor and enforce compliance with conditions that govern cle

The tradition of immersing idols may soon be ripped off puja celebrations with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking cognizance of an application by environment activist Subhas Datta, seeking a ban on this ‘method’. Datta refuses to call idol immersion a ‘ritual’.

In his application, the activist claimed that the ‘ritual part of immersion’ is completed at the place of worship itself. According to him, immersion processions and the ‘throwing’ of idols into rivers have now become superfluous, gorgeous, colourful, competitive and polluting, which aren’t backed by religious necessity.

The Meghalaya government will not go in consonance with the apex court order banning sand mining in the State instead it will put in place regulative mechanism that can provide the sand miners with alternative options for sustainable livelihood.

The categorical statement was made by the Chief Minister in the sidelines, after the conclusion of a review meeting held at the State Secretariat on Wednesday. Sangma stated, "It is not necessary to ban but what is required is regulation of all these activities."

Censured by the Supreme Court for not putting in place a national regulator for environmental clearances despite its 2011 order, the government informed the court Wednesday that creation of such an

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed government authorities in Delhi, Haryana and UP to clarify the basis on which they carve exceptions for construction activities on the floodplain a