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NGT slams Road Ministry over delay in guidelines on scrapping of vehicles

The green panel said the response of the MoRTH is very unsatisfactory and lacking in sensitivity

Treating water

Indiscriminate use of RO technology is inadvisable

NGT asks NTPC Vindhyachal to pay Rs 10 cr fine for breach of fly ash dyke

It directed the CPCB to ensure scientific disposal of fly ash as per the statutory notification issued by the MoEF under the provisions of Environment Protection Act, requiring 100% utilisation

NGT slaps interim fine on NLC India over boiler blast in Tamil Nadu

In the order passed on Wednesday, the tribunal said that an interim compensation of Rs 30 lakh be paid to each deceased pending final assessment

NGT directs Delhi govt to levy sewerage charges on all households

NGT said as per Polluter pays Principle, every individual household causing pollution by release of sewage into open environment or in the sewer network is liable for payment for its treatment

AP gas leak incidents: NGT asks firms to compensate victims within 2 weeks

At Sainor Life Sciences factory, 2 workers were killed and 4 hospitalised after gas leaked; in the second incident, ammonia gas leaked at SPY Agro Industries resulting in death of 1 and injured three

Air pollution: NGT directs CPCB to recover Rs 71 lakh fine from Railways

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kunar Goel passed the order after perusing a report filed by an expert committee

Vizag gas leak: NGT orders LG Polymers to deposit Rs 50 cr pending probe

NGT bench set up fact-finding committee, to be headed by former AP High Court judge

Vizag gas leak: NGT takes suo motu cognisance, to hear matter today

The plea said that the State Pollution Control Board, as well as L, has failed to act in accordance with the law and the said "willful" negligence has resulted into deaths of residents

Pollution penalty to BMW injunction, here're the top court orders

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the demand notices issued to 13 manufacturing companies around Bangaluru, alleging violation of environmental laws

NGT directs DDA to constitute SPV to monitor issues on Yamuna rejuvenation

The bench said Delhi Government may set up within two weeks from today an 'Integrated Drain Management Cell' (IDMC) under the Chief Secretary for remediation and management of all drains of Delhi.

NGT directs Haryana govt to finalise policy on Murthal dhabas by March 31

The directions came a day after CPCB told the tribunal that the restaurants in the area have not received nod for functioning and are extracting groundwater without permission.

NGT asks DPCC to give fresh report on illegal e-waste processing in Delhi

Seelampur, Mustafabad, Behta Hazipur and Loni in Ghaziabad account for about 57 per cent, 15 per cent, 9 per cent and 10 per cent of all e-waste informal processing units

Godrej to challenge NGT order quashing green nod to residential project

Godrej Properties is the real estate arm of diversified Godrej Group

NGT quashes eco-clearance for Godrej residential project in Bengaluru

NGT was hearing a plea by Bengaluru resident against the construction of Godrej Reflections at Kasavanahalli village

Amazon, Flipkart need to establish plastic waste collection system: CPCB

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel had posted the matter for hearing on January 3, 2020

NGT asks CPCB to submit report on guidelines for railway engine emissions

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the apex pollution monitoring body to submit report in a month

No encroachment can be allowed on forest land: NGT tells Delhi govt

The tribunal was hearing a plea by south Delhi resident Amarjit Singh Nalwa and others seeking execution of a 2015 NGT order directing the Delhi government to remove encroachments

Issue notification in 2 months to ban RO purifiers, NGT tells govt

A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, said the delay in compliance with its order is causing harm to public health and environment and it be complied with expeditiously

SC clears Chardham highway, forms fresh panel to study environment impact

It ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forest to form the high-powered committee (HPC) by August 22