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When will you take ‘polluting’ cars off roads, NGT asks Volkswagen India

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 18, 2017

The National Green Tribunal asked Volkswagen India on Friday why costs shouldn't be imposed on it for allowing around 3.14 lakh "polluting" vehicles to ply on the roads more than a year after it...

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Subject Tags: NGT , vehicular pollution

Ganga pollution: NGT mulls CBI inquiry

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 17, 2017

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is mulling a CBI inquiry to probe whether untreated sewage was being released in Ganga through 30 drains on the river's Haridwar-Unnao stretch....

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Ganga Clean Up: NGT Orders CBI Probe Against UP Jal Nigam

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 15, 2017

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the CBI to probe alleged irregularities in the cleaning up of river Ganga by the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam.

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NGT orders inspection of sugarcane crushing units in UP

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 14, 2017

The National Green Tribunal has directed inspection of 'kolhus' used for crushing sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh after a plea alleged that these "unregulated" units were major contributors to air...

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Subject Tags: Industry , NGT , pollution , water

NGT pulls up states for not giving action plan on Municipal Solid Waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 9, 2017

Most of the states on Tuesday faced the ire of the National Green Tribunal for not complying with its order directing them to file detailed action plan to show how municipal solid waste (MSW)...

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Let plant work in public interest, remove mental block: NGT

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 6, 2017

Noting that proper functioning of waste-to-energy plant would serve public interest, which must prevail over “little inconvenience”, the National Green Tribunal has advised citizens to overcome...

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Monitor clean-up of Ganga, NGT told by Supreme Court

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 25, 2017

After a frustrating three decades of monitoring government efforts to clean the Ganga, the Supreme Court decided on Tuesday to entrust the task to National Green Tribunal (NGT) even as...

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National Green Tribunal cracks green whip on Puri

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 19, 2017

The eastern zonal bench of the National Green Tribunal today passed several strictures to improve the environment of Puri.

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Environment ministry’s expert panel to ignore ‘anti-development’ groups

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 17, 2017

An expert panel of the Union environment ministry will no longer consider representations made by “anti-development” civil society groups against projects which are under the final stage of...

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Allow projects only if they have waste management plan: NGT

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 16, 2017

Any development project, which is bound to generate waste and sewage, should not be granted clearance unless its plan provides for proper collection, processing and disposal of sewage and...

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