Jaipur, Feb 13 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Zone Bench in Bhopal, has taken suo motu cognisance of severe air pollution in Khara village, Bikaner district, Rajasthan, after reports that villagers were keeping children away from school due to hazardous air quality. The order was issued by Justice Sheo Kumar Singh (Judicial Member) and Sudhir Kumar Chaturvedi (Expert Member), highlighting serious environmental and public health concerns in the region.In its directive, the T…
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New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court has observed that repeated changes in solid waste management rules would not improve ground realities unless authorities strengthen waste management infrastructure in line with the upcoming Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026.A Bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti made the observation while hearing appeals filed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation challenging the hefty environmental compensation imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), …
Jammu, Feb 12 (IANS) The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) on Thursday held a consultative meeting on the structured rehabilitation of pony operators and other service providers in compliance with directives of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).According to officials, the meeting was convened in pursuance of decisions taken during the 76th meeting of the SMVDSB under the chairmanship of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.The meeting was chaired by Sachin Kumar Vaishya, Chief Executive Officer of…
Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS) The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) on Sunday took a series of far-reaching decisions aimed at transforming the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine and its surrounding region into one of India’s most vibrant and globally recognised spiritual destinations, while simultaneously boosting local employment, infrastructure and community welfare. The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Shrine Board chaired by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who is also th…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the Centre, state governments, and several statutory authorities on a plea seeking comprehensive directions to address the rising incidents of forest fires across the country. A bench, headed by Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, and comprising Expert Member Dr A. Senthil Vel, was hearing an original application highlighting the “rapid and alarming” increase in forest fire incidents, particularly in ecologicall…
Jaipur, Feb 6 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Zone Bench, Bhopal, has directed the District Collector of Bhilwara to take immediate action under the law to protect water bodies and remove encroachments in Kotri tehsil of Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district. The order was passed in Original Application No. 38/2025 (CZ), filed by petitioner Vishnu Kumar Vaishnav, and was heard by a Bench comprising Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, and Ishwar Singh, Expert Member. During the…
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Central Zone Bench at Bhopal has directed the District Collector of Rajasthan’s Bhilwara to take immediate action in accordance with law to protect water bodies and remove encroachments in Kotri tehsil of the district. A bench of Judicial member, Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, and Expert Member Ishwar Singh issued the direction while hearing Original Application No. 38/2025 (CZ), filed by Vishnu Kumar Vaishnav, who alleged large-scale encroachm…
Jaipur, Jan 28 (IANS) The Central Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Bhopal has taken serious cognisance of large-scale failure of compensatory afforestation and alleged misuse of public funds in forest areas near Kota district of Rajasthan. The bench, comprising Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, judicial member, and Sudhir Kumar Chaturvedi, expert member, was hearing the original application filed by Tapeshwar Singh Bhati against the State of Rajasthan and others.The application raised …
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday voiced concern over media reports that tribals were being pressured by the district administration to surrender their “ancestral lands” for the Rs 92,000 crore Great Nicobar island project.Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh called the reported development “an ecological disaster”.“This is unacceptable and shows how the Great Nicobar project is being bulldozed through. It is an ecological disaster,” said Ramesh, General Secretar…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of a news report concerning the tragic death of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who died after his car fell into a water-filled ditch in Noida’s Sector-150. A Bench of Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Expert Member Dr A. Senthil Vel sought responses from the Noida Authority, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, the Irrigation Department, the Principal Secretary (Environment), a…