Kashang hydroelectric project works awarded without clearances, says CAG

The audit report highlights that no NOC from panchayat or approval for diversion of forestland was obtained for the 195-MW project

Punjab, Haryana among the states with least forest cover; the problem runs deep

Are we ignoring the mounting ecological deficit that the country accumulates year after year?

2011 Mumbai oil spill: NGT slaps Rs 100-crore fine on shipping company

The compensation amount might go up in future depending on restoration measures the new committee recommends

Rafting: in troubled waters

White water rafting operators and environmental activists are in a legal battle over rafting's effect on the environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 27, 2024)

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Simply put: Fear of epidemic creeps in Allahabad after Kumbh

Absence of guidelines leaves organic waste management at the mercy of entrepreneurs

Government must identify this line before more instant composters churn out ash

Pollution in news on May 4

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

NGT bans camping activity in Rishikesh

The green court has however allowed rafting in the area

NGT and Bombay High Court clash over National Highway 7 widening

Bombay High Court clears tree-felling in critical tiger habitat against NGT ruling

Groundwater contamination due to arsenic, fluoride not being effectively addressed: NGT

CGWA has a total of 16 chemical laboratories in India, of which 10 labs are NABL-certified where 27,500 to 32,500 water samples are tested every year

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 6, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 21, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 21, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 14, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 25, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 19, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 18, 2022)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 17, 2022)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 10, 2022)

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NGT questions clearances; halts mining at Shaliganga Nallah in Kashmir

The Shaliganga Nallah in Budgam is a feeding channel for the Hokersar Wetland Reserve, an internationally declared Ramsar site and home …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 27, 2022)

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Stolen river: NGT orders Jindal Steel to pay Rs 2 crore for ‘destroying’ Odisha nullah

JSPL, based out of Jindal Nagar in Angul, had interfered with nature by changing the natural course of the Kurdabahali Nullah that cannot be …