New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal has impleaded the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as an additional respondent in a suo motu case concerning the rapid expansion of Himalayan glacial lakes and the growing risk they pose to lives and infrastructure downstream. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, was hearing two connected original applications registered suo motu (on its own motion) following media reports about glacial lakes multiplying…
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New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday accused the government of attempts to downplay the air pollution’s impact on health, claiming that it is trying to cover up the scale of its “incompetence” and “negligence” on the issue.Jairam Ramesh, MP, General Secretary (Communications), All India Congress Committee, flagged the impact of air pollution on health by citing a new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and called for reform by taking the first step of ac…
Amaravati, Jan 4 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday rejected his Telangana counterpart A. Revanth Reddy’s claim that the coalition NDA government in the state halted the Rayalaseema Lift Project at the Congress leader’s request.The Telugu Desam Party-led government termed as “factually incorrect and misleading” the remarks made by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy in the Telangana Legislative Assembly on Saturday night while replying to a debate on a short discussion …
Hyderabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has demanded an apology from Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for using abusive language against its leaders in the State Legislative Assembly.The Chief Minister, while replying to a short discussion on the Krishna waters in the Assembly on Saturday night, used unparliamentary words against BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao and BRS deputy leader in the Assembly T. Harish Rao.Harish Rao said the Chief Minister unleashed a torrent of …
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The Punjab government has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that all crop, soil and irrigation water samples analysed so far under a state-commissioned study on agricultural runoff and groundwater pollution were found to be within prescribed safety limits. The information was provided in the first interim report (March-June 2025) submitted by the Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI) in a suo motu case registered by the green tribunal based on a media report alle…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida Authority) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that while it treats about 260 million litres per day (MLD) of wastewater through its sewage treatment plants (STPs), only around 86 MLD is currently being reused, with the rest largely discharged into drains. The information was provided in an affidavit filed in a suo motu case registered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), following a media report that alleg…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that Delhi generates 11,852 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day but processes only 7,611 tonnes, leaving a daily gap of 4,241 tonnes that ends up at dumpsites in Bhalswa and Ghazipur. The information came in an affidavit filed by the CPCB in a suo motu case registered by the green tribunal on a media report titled, “We can smell it even inside our homes: Southeast Delhi localities …
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court’s order on the Aravallis, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the court must also stop retrospective environmental approvals, reject redrawing of Sarisa tiger reserve’s boundaries and restore NGT’s teeth to function without “fear or favour”.The former Union Environment Minister also appreciated that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government accepted the apex court’s observations and decision for a relook at the Araval…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted one more opportunity to villagers of Karedu in Andhra Pradesh to place material on record in support of their plea opposing diversion of agricultural land for industrial use. A bench comprising Judicial Member Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Expert Member Ishwar Singh was hearing a complaint filed on the green tribunal’s public grievances portal, later registered as an original application suo motu (on its own motion).The comp…
Imphal, Dec 28 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench in Kolkata, has ordered an immediate suspension of the ongoing road construction in Manipur’s hilly and forested areas, pending comprehensive environmental and geological safety assessments.A Bench comprising Judicial Member Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Expert Member Ishwar Singh directed the Manipur Chief Secretary to issue necessary instructions to all District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police in the six conce…