It also impleaded the Ministry of Environment and Forests as a party in the case and sought its reply in the matter before next date of hearing
The matter is posted for next hearing on July 17
The plea sought directions for formulation of a holistic policy for registration of private vehicles in Delhi-NCR so that only one car is permitted to be registered in one residential unit
The green panel said the continuance of the use of the area by protestors was in violation of environmental laws
The National Green Tribunal today slapped fines on several government and private hospitals over their failure to manage their bio-medical waste. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar imposed a penalty of Rs 2 lakh on Shalimar Bagh-based Fortis Hospital and Rs 1.5 lakh each on Max Super Speciality Hospital and Dharamshila Hospital & Research Centre. Hedgewar Arogya Sansthan, Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital , Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya , Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital , Swami Dayanand Hospital and Safdarjung Hospital were slapped with a fine of Rs 75,000 each. The green panel also directed medical superintendents of government hospitals to take strict action against the officials responsible for violation of environmental laws. On the last date of hearing, the NGT had imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on Hotel Leela Venture Ltd, Fraser Suites, Royal Plaza and Mahagun Hotels Pvt Ltd, Rs 2 lakh each on Chhatarpur-based Radiance Motel and Golden Petal Hotel and
A bench irected the senior-most officers from each company to be present before it on August 8
The green tribunal said indiscriminate dumping of waste is a direct source of pollution of the river
Butts of cigarette and bidi are hazardous in nature, says NGT
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson asked DGCA and CPCB to file an affidavit in this regard
The matter is now posted for hearing on July 10
The green panel gave the state authorities one month's time to free the lake of all pollutants
NGT was hearing a plea by economist Dr Pentapati Pullarao who has alleged environment violations
NNGT also restrained the developer from resorting to any further tree felling or hill cutting
The National Green Tribunal today allowed camping at 25 sites along river Ganga in Rishikesh, saying it should be carried out in an eco-friendly manner rather than on a purely commercial basis. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar lifted the ban, which was imposed in December 2015, while accepting the management plan and regulatory regime submitted by the Uttarakhand government. The tribunal, which had prohibited camping activity in the entire belt from Kaudiyala to Rishikesh till the regulatory regime came into force, allowed it on 25 spots out of the 33 recommended by the state. It rejected eight sites, noting they fell within 100 metres from the middle of the river during the lean season flow. "We hold and declare that the Management Plan and Regulatory Regime as submitted by the Uttarakhand government and as approved by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) shall come into force forthwith... "We expect that the state will encourage
Tribunal had slammed state's Jal Nigam for building STP on the drains joining Ganga unplanned
The petition has also sought constitution of an expert committee to monitor the entire clean up process
Green panel will be required to submit an interim report to it every six months
The Environment Ministry has challenged the jurisdiction of National Green Tribunal to take a decision on its recent notification exempting real estate projects from obtaining prior environmental clearance. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) told the green panel that the petition challenging the notification published on December 9 last year exempting building and construction projects of all sizes from the process of environment impact assessment (EIA) and prior environmental clearance (EC) was not maintainable. "It is submitted that the petition is not maintainable in as much as the present petition has impugned the validity/ constitutionality of a notification issued by the answering respondent amending the EIA Notification, 2006 in exercise of its powers under section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 on the ground that the same is violative of Articles 21 and 14 of the Constitution, which is beyond the ambit of Section 14 read with Section 18 of the ...
Panel said it is statutory obligation on all authorities to ensure that waste is not dumped randomly
"You have made the general public suffer," the NGT chairperson said