The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a total ban on the sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the NCR from the midnight of November 9 -10 to the midnight of November 30 - December 1, 2020.
An NGT report exposed the fact that the oilfield in Assam is operating without mandatory environmental clearances. It also said that a blowout has been spewing gas for 160 days now, impacting 10 km of eco-sensitive land.
The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a petition filed by Skoda Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd challenging an FIR registered in UP over alleged cheat emission cheat devices installed in the cars.
“Environmental rule of law need not be considered to be in conflict with the need for development, but a facet of development. The development has to be sustainable and the light of principles which the country has accepted in the form of the frame work of legislation and best environmental practices
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Meerut Municipal Corporation (MMC) to take proper measures for removal of waste from the bank of the river Kaali in village Ganwari.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Chief Secretary, Rajasthan to monitor further remedial steps to deal with the deterioration of ecology at and around Sambhar Lake, Jaipur.
The NGT, directed that the guidelines containing locomotive standards, be put up on the website of CPCB and expeditious efforts be made by all the stakeholders including MoEF&CC, CPCB and the concerned Ministry to approve the final parameters for locomotive engines.
NGT has sought a factual and an action taken report from the Member Secretary, State Wetland Authority, Collector, Baramulla and the state pollution control board against the dumping of municipal solid waste in the Wullar Lake.
Supreme Courts requested AP HC to expeditiously decide the pleas of LG Polymers pending before the High Court seeking access to the plant and challenging its sealing, while also restraining the disbursal of deposit amount of 50 crores by LG Polymers for 10 days.