With the dumping of medical and other solid wastes into Tamil Nadu villages along the inter-state border creating a political furor, the Southern Bench of the NGT on Thursday directed the Kerala government to dispose them off within three days.
The National Green Tribunal has raised an alarm over the establishment of brick kilns and resorts within the proposed eco-sensitive zone of Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, home to a high density of endangered one-horned rhinos.
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.
Since the mining was carried out in excess; the mining thereof would amount to illegal sand mining.
The remaining premises, it said, either are vacant or are small shops which are running with permissible activities.
The matter was listed for further consideration on April 22.
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board is directed to conduct computation of Environmental Compensation and royalty and other dues and recovery of the same from the violator state, the NGT bench comprising Amit Sthalekar and Saibal Dasgupta ordered in a 15-page judgment.
The NGT’s direction was in response to the petition moved by two local residents alleging extensive degradation of the river bed and extraction.
