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NGT slams Chhattisgarh over negligence in waste disposal

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 22, 2016

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed the Chhattisgarh government for gross negligence in the disposal of biomedical waste. It has said that the “non-compliance of rules and law in the...

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Dispose off your solid waste according to rules or pay Rs 10,000 fine: NGT

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 20, 2016

The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed that anybody who was caught disposing of garbage in a public space would be slapped with a fine of Rs 10,000. The tribunal further directed that...

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Green norms violation: NGT imposes fine of Rs 50,000 each on Gujarat govt, Centre, Welspun

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 14, 2016

THE WESTERN zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed Rs fine of 50,000 each on Central government, Welspun India Limited (WIL), Gujarat government and its four other departments...

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NGT asks Centre to clarify stand on 'illegal' distilleries

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 12, 2016

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre to clarify its stand on distilleries and sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh manufacturing, storing and transporting ethanol without obtaining...

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Green Tribunal Asks UP Government How Funds For Ganga Cleaning Will Be Spent

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2016

The National Green Tribunal today took the Uttar Pradesh government and its agencies to task over the cleaning of Ganga and asked them to submit a detailed plan on how they intend to spend money...

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Maharashtra to clean-up Ulhas river, as conveyed to NGT

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2016

The Ulhas river clean-up will be taken up under the state government's Amrut scheme. The Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers cover 122 km long stretch. The Ulhas river originates in the Sahyadri hills at...

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NGT bans use of disposable plastic in Delhi-NCR with effect from January 1

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 5, 2016

The National Green Tribunal today banned the use of disposable plastic in Delhi and NCR with effect from January 1, 2017 and directed the city government to take steps to reduce dumped waste....

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Multiple Authorities, No Monitoring Failed Ganga Cleaning: IITs to NGT

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 2, 2016

Multiplicity of authorities, lack of assistance from state governments and dearth of monitoring has led to the failure of cleaning Ganga, a consortium of seven IITs told the National Green...

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NGT to MP government: Display vehicular pollution and air quality of area on every cross road in MP cities

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 30, 2016

Giving the landmark judgement to control the air ambient quality of Bhopal as well as other cities of Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal on Monday asked Madhya Pradesh Pollution control...

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Subject Tags: air quality , NGT , pollution

NGT raps SDMC over ‘inaccurate’ data on waste in Delhi

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 23, 2016

The National Green Tribunal has rapped the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) over “inaccurate” data on various kinds of waste generated in the national capital daily.

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