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92 illegal drinking water units served closure order: TNPCB

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday said it has served closure orders on 92 illegal packaged drinking units functioning around the city.

The National Green Tribunal Bench comprising Justice M.Chockalingam and Prof.R.Nagendran was hearing a case it had taken up on its own based on a news item in The Hindu revealing certain violations by the packaged drinking units.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2013
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), Bottled Water Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rudresh Naik Vs Goa CZMA on the construction of slipway

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rudresh Naik Vs Goa CZMA on the construction of slipway dated 16/05/2013.

Judgement Date: 
16/05/2013
Tags:
Tourism, Rivers, Goa, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Coastal Development, High Court, Supreme Court, Ports
Environment

NGT stays waste management plant near lake

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday granted an interim stay on the Chennai Corporation’s plan to go ahead with the setting up of a Solid Waste Management (SWM) facility at Kuthambakam vill

Publication Date: 
15/05/2013
Sruthisagar Yamunan
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Thiruvallur (D), Waste Management, Lakes, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Drinking Water, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Water Pollution, Ecology, Environment
Water Pollution

Tribunal pulls up TNPCB for inaction

Expressing displeasure over the “inaction” of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) against illegal packaged drinking units in the city, the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench on Tuesday, asked TNPCB’s member-secretary to appear before it and provide explanation.

On March 5, the Bench took note of a news item which appeared in The-Hindu revealing violation of basic safety parameters in packaged drinking water units.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2013
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), Bottled Water Industry, Drinking Water, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Pollution
Pesticides And Toxins

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sureshbhai Keshavbhai Waghvankar Ors Vs State of Gujarat Ors on making of idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses by using Plaster of Paris

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sureshbhai Keshavbhai Waghvankar Ors Vs State of Gujarat Ors on making of idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses by using Plaster of Paris dated 09/05/2013.

Judgement Date: 
15/05/2013
Tags:
Artisans, Gujarat, Water Pollution, High Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Toxins
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal, Central Zonal Bench Bhopal on M.A. No.05/2013 Greater Gwalior Plastic Traders Association Vs Union of India & Ors

Order of the National Green Tribunal, Central Zonal Bench Bhopal M.A. No.05/2013 Greater Gwalior Plastic Traders Association Vs Union of India & Ors on prevention of plastic carry bags in Bhopal.

Judgement Date: 
15/05/2013
Tags:
Plastics, Hazardous Waste, Bhopal (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Madhya Pradesh, Municipal Corporation
Environment

NGT seeks Govt's response on plea against agri residue burning

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today sought response from the Centre and states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on a plea which claimed that burning of agricultural residue in these states

Publication Date: 
14/05/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Agriculture, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Environmentalists, Air Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Farmers, Biomass, Global Warming, Children, Child Health, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Delhi, Environment
Environment

Green min does U-turn on Korba plant

Days After Govt’s Nod To Project, National Tribunal Quashes Clearance, Calls It Illegal

New Delhi: Within five days of imposing a moratorium on new industries in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district for being the fifth polluted industrial zone in the country, the environment ministry did a U-turn, having cleared a private 3x350 MW thermal power plant. The move overlooks not only the freeze the ministry had imposed, but also the venture is in violation of green norms.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2013
Nitin SethI
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Korba (D), Thermal Power Plants, Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ratnagiri (D), Maharashtra, Industrial Pollution, Rehabilitation, Displacement, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Public Hearing, Groundwater Pollution, Environment
Environment

NGT notice to Centre on plea alleging noise pollution at IGI

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the Centre's response on a plea alleging that noise created by aircraft at IGI Airport here is affecting the health of nearby residents.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment, Delhi, Noise Pollution, Health Effects, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), High Court, Noise Rules 2000
Environment

Green tribunal declines relief to Sterlite Industries

The National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, on Wednesday declined to grant any interim relief to Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd to reopen its copper smelter plant in Tuticorin. The unit was closed on March 29 following complaints of excessive emission of sulphur dioxide.

However, the NGT, after perusing the Expert Committee’s report, stated, “It appears that the stack and ambient air quality are within the permissible limits.”

Publication Date: 
10/05/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Tuticorin, Copper Industry, Gas Leakages, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Act 1981, Environment

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