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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicNGT

Topic: NGT

NGT working with just 6 members instead of at least 21, zonal benches vacant for 2 yrs now

NGT claims it has disposed of 90% of cases it has received, but lawyers dispute it, say cases often do not even come up for hearing.

Plea in NGT challenges Delhi govt’s decision for round 3 of odd-even scheme

The plea filed by advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal cited the Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee which said the 2016 odd-even scheme failed to curb air pollution.

Force malls, railways, DDA to use treated wastewater, monitoring panel tells NGT

The Delhi Jal Board is also working on a plan to reuse treated wastewater after releasing it into the Yamuna.

Top govt panel overrides NGT to grant clearance to Adani power plant in UP

The proposed thermal power plant in UP's Mirzapur, earlier owned by Welspun Group, was granted clearance in 2014, but NGT had overruled it in 2016.

Why Delhi Jal Board is just not able to clean up the Yamuna mess

Courts and govts have tried to tackle the Yamuna pollution problem, but DJB, which has missed multiple deadlines, says infrastructural roadblocks creating hurdles.

Pollution no less than murder or rape, says National Green Tribunal chairman Goel

NGT chairman Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel pointed out that not a single state in the country is complying with garbage disposal norms.

Dalit judge now in line to be CJI as Supreme Court gets 4 new justices

Modi government clears collegium recommendations to appoint Justices B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose and A.S. Bopanna to top court.

Supreme Court allows Andhra govt to present their plea to NGT in sand mining case

The govt of Andhra Pradesh had claimed that NGT directed the state to deposit Rs 100 crore with pollution control board even before hearing their plea.

Lead in PVC pipes is poisoning India’s drinking water, but govt’s done nothing in 2 years

PVC pipes use the heavy metal lead as a stabiliser, but efforts to regulate its use have failed — because of government lethargy and industry resistance.

National Green Tribunal asks Yogi govt to shell out Rs 5 crore for polluting western UP rivers

The tribunal directed the UP chief secretary to personally look into issue of availability of potable water to the affected inhabitants of six districts.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Tejas Mk-1A carries out maiden flight but delivery to IAF delayed. Here’s why

According to contract for 73 Tejas Mk-1A and 10 trainer aircraft, inked on 1 February 2021, the first Tejas was to be delivered within three years of signing the deal — February 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.