The National Green Tribunal(NGL) has ordered Uttarakhand government to stop building material mining on the banks of river Ganga in Rishikesh following reports of illegal mining in the guise of desilting riverbed following monsoon floods.
The Supreme Court, on Friday, stayed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order imposing Rs 1,000 crore penalty on the Punjab government for failure to manage legacy waste and untreated sewage.
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the August 30 order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT Western Ghat Zone bench) capping the number of performers in each Dhol-Tasha-Zanj troupe to 30 persons during the Lord Ganesh idol immersion rituals in Pune.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to Odisha Government seeking reply on revival of a ‘dead’ water channel meandering through the Mahanadi-Chitrotpala-Paika islands of Cuttack, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur.
The Committee shall visit the site in question and submit its report on affidavit within four weeks, concluded the order.
The high-level committee constituted by NGT for rejuvenation of Yamuna has chalked out a six month action plan till June 2023, with monthly targets, and the same will be monitored on weekly basis.
The Kolkata-based NGT Eastern Zone bench stayed the construction activities on the ground that the allotted plot was classified in “Nayanjori” category through which, storm water is discharged.
The move of the Central government may have far-reaching socio-political and implications in the wake of tension between the Centre and the state.
Cleaning and rejuvenation efforts are on for the drain..NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, after the inspection, hoped that the efforts would fetch desirable results, in terms of reducing pollution in the Yamuna, as also revival of the Sahibi River.
On the third day of Chhath Puja 2022, the Delhi administration officials decorated the ITO Ghat near the Yamuna river for devotes to offer prayers on Arghya to the setting sun and on Usha Arghya to the rising sun.
