Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 22, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
As told to Parliament (December 23, 2022): India building 11 nuclear power reactors with 8,700 MW capacity
India currently has 22 nuclear reactors with an installed nuclear power capacity of 6,780 megawatts, Jitendra Singh tells Rajya Sabha
Wash and melt: Idol immersion in Bengal turns a green leaf
Manpower minimised, water used in the process recycled; environmentalists hail the model, but implementation under cloud
NGT orders Singrauli polluters to provide clean drinking water to residents, or face closure
Directs industries in the coal and power hub to stop dumping industrial waste into Rihand reservoir and connected rivers
World Bank won't fund Luhri hydropower project in Himachal
Move to withdraw US $ 650 million follows inspection and review by USAID of environmental and social impacts of the project
Subansiri dam: green tribunal issues notices to NHPC, government
Petition seeks minimum flow in the river to protect Gangetic dolphins and other life forms
MoEF clears Gujarat Pipavav port expansion
Activists say project's impact on the environment and people has not been given due consideration
Green tribunal clears way for OPG power plant in Gujarat
Appeal challenging state EIA authority's decision to amend conditions of environment clearance dismissed
Clearance of OPG thermal power plant under scanner
Petitioner at green tribunal hearing alleges violation of clearance conditions, insufficient environmental impact assessments of OPG Power’…
Biodiversity body claims coal
In a first-of-its-kind case, a biodiversity committee in Madhya Pradesh asks for royalty on coal
Green Tribunal clears way for Renuka dam, partially
Vacates stay on payment of compensation to project-affected people in Himachal Pradesh; stay on forestland diversion continues for now
Stay on land allotment for thermal power plant in Sompeta
Andhra Pradesh government had alloted 394 ha of wetlands terming it wasteland; farmers and fisherman were unhappy
POSCO begins work on boundary wall at steel plant site in Odisha
Move violates stay order of National Green Tribunal, say protesting activists
Call the monitor
Green tribunal suspends environmental clearance to Gogte Minerals
Chairperson of expert committee that granted clearance had conflict of interest
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 24, 2020)
Is sewage farming safe?
Madhya Pradesh's order to destroy crops cultivated using sewage has triggered a debate over the age old practice of using wastewater for irrigation
Pune police to crack down on noise on New Year’s Eve
Green tribunal orders confiscation of cars fitted with unauthorised DJ systems to check noise pollution
An order of chaos
National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future …
Ganga pollution: UP ordered to take action against 687 industries
Green tribunal asks Centre, state to chalk out time-bound action plan to prevent and control pollution in the national river
Karnataka sacrifices stones to conserve river sand
State mandates use of manufactured sand in public works, which would result in over-exploitation of another minor mineral and damage to the …
Wasteland or wetland?
Three panels’ reports later, green tribunal wants re-evaluation of Nirma project site
Polluting units shut in Kaziranga
Green tribunal fines state, Centre for allowing stone crushers, brick kilns near Assam park
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 20-24, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
Empty posts in Uttar Pradesh’s Pollution Control Board are affecting implementation of green laws in state
UP one of the most industrialised states, has about 14.2% of the total MSMEs in country