The tribunal has directed the government to submit the ATR on the dumping ground of 100 bigha land, where Howrah city’s municipal waste have been dumped for years, by 23 May.
The eastern zone bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Odisha Government agencies in Nayagarh district to reclaim the encroached patches reserve forestland and slap environmental compensation against the violators for damage caused to forest classified land.
Despite the ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), rat-hole coal mining continues unabated in Assam, particularly in the central part of the state.
The existing interim DSR, which was being used to justify sand mining, was invalid as it had not been submitted to SEIAA for approval, the NGT reiterated in the order.
The original application was registered suo motu by the green tribunal on the basis of the news item titled "Saving Kashmir Brown Bears is a Race Against Time Wildlife SOS and J&K Wildlife Protection Dept. take challenge" appearing in a media outlet in July 2024.
The NGT said that Styrene gas is a hazardous chemical as defined under Rule 2(e) read with Entry 583 of Schedule I to the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989 and the Rules require on-site and off-site Emergency Plans to ensure prevention of damage.
The green tribunal further directed the Defence Ministry to name the erring Joint Secretary within two weeks.
Concerned over the issue as the rural landscape is getting littered with plastic waste, State Rural Development department is training Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) representatives to adopt sustainable models to recycle the waste and overcome the growing problem.
As per the report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2018, Himachal recorded 270 cases of environment offences, majority of which falls under Forest Act or Forest Conservation Act and Wildlife Protection Act.
The KMC is working towards amending its Building Rules and introducing provisions to curb the immense amount of pollution that is caused during demolition of a building and thereafter, by the debris.
