The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Monday refused to entertain a plea from the Pallavaram Municipality to allow it to dump garbage in the Pallavaram ‘Periya Eri’ till the establishment of a solid waste management facility at an alternative site is completed.

The bench ordered the filing of a status report on the alternative arrangements being made by the authority to consider any action in the issue.
When the matter came up for hearing before the bench of judicial member Justice M Chockalingam and expert member Prof R Nagendran, N R Chandran, senior counsel representing the municipality, said that consent had been obtained to establish a solid waste management facility at a site in Venkatamangalam.

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against the chief executive engineer of PWD for failing to appear in the court despite several notices in a case of illeg

NGT pulls up District Collector for not filing his counter

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Tuesday submitted before the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, here that Sterlite Industries’ copper smelter plant was not fit for operation and should not be permitted to commence operations in view of numerous incidents of excessive emissions sulphur-dioxide.

New Delhi: Taking cognizance of serious environmental pollution resulting from rampant burning of plastic and leather materials, the National Green Tribunal has ordered the Delhi Police commissioner to prohibit these activities in and around Mundka and Tikri Kalan in west district.

The principal bench of the tribunal headed by chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar passed these orders during the hearing of two separate cases related to environmental pollution. Delhi High Court had earlier transferred both the cases — filed by city residents Satish Kumar and Mahavir Singh — to the green tribunal for adjudication.

New Delhi: The national green tribunal has set up a committee, headed by the secretary of the environment department, to look into the issues of the Mayapuri scrap market where a radioactive leak i

The stay prevents civic body from carrying out works till April 30.

More than 15 years after rules for management and handling of bio-medical waste were notified, the provisions are yet to be fully implemented.

The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining the Coimbatore Corporation from proceeding with the construction or other activities of a proposed

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that directed closure of Rathi Steel and Power’s stainless steel plant at Ghaziabd for failing to take steps to prevent and control pollution.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir while staying NGT’s order also issued a notice to the ministry of environment & forests, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Central Pollution Control Board and Rajiv Narayan, the complainant who alleged that rapid development of industries in Ghaziabad had resulted in acute air and water pollution.

India's top court on Tuesday fined British resources giant Vedanta nearly $20 million over pollution from its huge copper smelter, which has just been shut by a new row over a "toxic" gas leak.