NGT stops construction in Sikharchandi Hills at Bhubaneswar
The green panel directed the constitution of a four-member joint committee for independent inquiry of the matter.
The green panel directed the constitution of a four-member joint committee for independent inquiry of the matter.
The government has told the apex court that the NGT decision violates the Constitutional scheme of governance in Delhi as well as the 2018 and 2023 orders of a constitution bench of the court.
The State Government had later challenged the NGT’s order dated 6 April 2023 settling 6 May deadline for the implementation of its order.
The Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board, during stack emission monitoring of the unit last year, found that the results of stack emission monitoring are not conforming to the prescribed standards.
The National Green Tribunal has imposed an Rs 18.35 crore fine on Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)-Visakh Refinery over violation of environmental norms.
The NGT, in its notice, has said that as per the environmental rules, it is forbidden to set up such tents in the river area so that no accident takes place.
The National Green Tribunal has directed a joint committee to look into the water quality and legality of construction near Kala Talab in Rajasthan's Kota.
The Meghalaya High Court has severely criticised the Meghalaya government for the faulty rules on the illegal extraction of minor minerals, observing that the "abode of clouds (the meaning of Meghalaya) appears to be an abode of anarchy".
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed displeasure over the non-recovery of Rs 7.30 crore environmental compensation from the illegal laterite stone mining operators in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.
The project is funded by the World Bank. Out of a total cost of about Rs 3,800 crore, more than 50 per cent of the cost has already been incurred, it said.
