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NGT directs Delhi govt, other agencies for enforcement of noise pollution
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Delhi government, Delhi Police, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to take further steps to ensure that the noise pollution norms are enforced at the ground lev
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Kerala HC stays NGT order stipulating minimum distance between quarries, r
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which stipulated that quarries in the state must be at least 200 metres away from residential areas.
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Erring officials may face prosecution, warns NGT on plea against dump yard
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT), hearing a plea against the illegal dump yards on the bank of River Khoh, has warned that erring officials in Uttarakhand authorities may face prosecution if they failed to comply with the rules related to waste management a
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Central Vista project: SC allows filing appeal against environmental clear
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the filing of an appeal challenging the environmental clearances for the Centre's Rs 20,000 crores Central Vista project in the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
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NGT suggests need for preventive action to avoid massive fires at chemical
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has suggested a need for preventive action including conducting mock-drills to avoid any incidents related to massive fires in the chemical plants and asked the Chief Secretaries of all States to hold meetings with concerned
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NGT pulls up Haryana over time to stone crushers on maintaining distance f
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Haryana government for granting an extension of time to stone crushers despite not meeting the criteria of maintaining specified distance from educational institutions.
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'Lost' world rediscovery is step toward finding habitable planets
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable 'Goldilocks zone' in a distant solar system.
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NGT recommends no general permission for groundwater withdrawal without en
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday recommended that there must be no general permission for withdrawal of groundwater, particularly to any commercial entity, without an environment impact assessment of such activity.
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NGT asks CPCB to ensure states, UTs ban use of petcoke, furnace oil
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure that states and Union Territories (UTs) ban the use of petcoke and furnace oil as fuel to prevent damage to the environment and public health.
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NGT seeks report on environmental damage by TSPL's unscientific management
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought an action taken report (ATR), including restoration plan and compensation assessment, for the damage caused to the environment due to the unscientific management of fly ash by Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) in
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NGT seeks action-taken report on waste dumping in J-K's Wular lake
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI):The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday sought action-taken report from the authorities in connection with allegations regarding dumping of municipal solid waste in Wular lake.
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NGT directs companies to deposit compensation for victims in Andhra gas le
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has directed two companies to deposit compensation to the kin of those who died or were affected in two separate toxic gas leak incidents in Andhra Pradesh. The incidents took place in Visakhapatnam and Kurnool districts.
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