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In a recent review of waste management in Chandigarh, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) emphasized the need for decentralized wet waste composting, proper disposal of dry waste in various locations, and the development of pond…
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The Bihar government has been fined Rs 4,000 crore by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for its inadequate management of solid and liquid waste. The NGT ordered the amount to be deposited in a ring-fenced…
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The Kochi Corporation has slapped fines worth Rs 54 lakh on waste violators during the last one month. Inspections were conducted at households, public places, and institutions. In addition, public awareness campaigns on following the…
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Delhi government has recently submitted a status report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). As per the report, Delhi generated 11,332 tpd of MSW on an average. As further stated, there are currently four WtE…
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The Delhi government has been ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to pay Rs 3,132 crore in environmental compensation for shortcomings in managing solid and liquid waste.The NGT ruling states that the payment, which…
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The Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board has warned the state’s urban bodies and department about the increasing number of landfills polluting the state. More than 190,000 tonnes of garbage is piled up in 15…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has declined to impose a Rs 750-crore environmental penalty on the Jharkhand government for improper solid and liquid waste management. The tribunal also noted the state government’s commitment to allocating…
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Despite opposition from residents in the surrounding areas, the Centre’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) has recommended granting environmental clearance for the expansion of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant in south Delhi. The Jindal Group-owned Timarpur-Okhla Waste…
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Meghalaya will not have to pay an environmental penalty of Rs 109 cr because the state has already committed to the necessary amounts for the management of solid and liquid waste, said the NGT. An…
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The NGT, July 25, 2022, had asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) “to collate information on legacy and active dump sites in cities having a population of more than one million and in the…
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The Karnataka government has been ordered to deposit Rs The Karnataka government has been ordered to deposit Rs 2,900 crores as compensation for the state’s inability to implement solid and liquid waste management standards by…
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In a report provided to the National Green Tribunal, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) informed the tribunal that the disposal of new waste will cease at the Bhalswa landfill site once the proposed Waste…
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The Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been warned by the National Green Tribunal that if deficiencies in the management of solid and liquid waste are not fixed within six months, a fine…
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A committee has been established by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to investigate a complaint that industrial units in the Uttar Pradesh town of Muzaffarnagar’s Bhopa Thana are dumping coal ash and hazardous waste along…
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Telangana has been fined Rs 3,825 crore by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) as environmental reparation for continuing to fail to treat municipal solid and liquid waste in Hyderabad and other urban local bodies in…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay a Rs 120 crore fine for environmental violations in Gorakhpur district, including improper solid waste management and sewage discharge into rivers. The…
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Ghaziabad civic agencies have been ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to pay up to Rs 200 crore in damages for failing to adhere to solid waste management standards throughout the city. It has…
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West Bengal’s Environment Minister Manas Bhunia has announced that the state government will establish a nodal committee in each district to monitor pollution control measures and waste management efforts. Members of the panel would also…
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Following a public hearing on August 16, a proposal to increase the Okhla Waste to Energy (WtE) plant’s capacity from 23 MW to 40 MW was rejected. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) said the plan…
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The West Bengal government has been fined Rs 3,500 crore by the National Green Tribunal for a large disparity in solid and liquid waste generation and treatment. The green panel stated that the state government…
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The Seventh Report of the Solid Waste Monitoring Committee for Haryana and Chandigarh states that 807 bulk trash generators must build wet waste processing facilities on their properties. The committee was established on the National…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered an inquiry against concessionaire IEISL, which operates the Ghazipur Waste to Energy (WtE) Plant in Delhi. In an interim report to the tribunal, the panel ordered an investigation into…
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The National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone) has ordered local bodies in Chennai like the Greater Chennai Corporation, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), and Chennai Collectorate, to strictly enforce the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) monitoring committee has approved a new date of April 30, 2025, for establishing and commissioning the solid waste management plant in Ludhiana. The NGT members also questioned the Punjab Pollution…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Uttarakhand chief secretary to investigate a complaint claiming untreated waste dumping into the Ganga in Rishikesh and take appropriate measures for the state’s sewage treatment plants. The…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed its unhappiness with solid waste management in Guwahati. The NGT panel said that despite long-term supervision, no adequate progress has been made so far. The NGT order came in response to an…
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Proceedings had been initiated on the death of two persons and injuries to two others in a fire in the garbage mound spread over 25 acres of land at Manesar, Gurugram. The National Green Tribunal…
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A National Green Tribunal (NGT) panel met with Ludhiana Municipal Corporation officials to discuss 20 metric tonnes of legacy waste accumulating in the landfill at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). The civic body has missed previous…
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The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) will take over the Indirapuram dumpsite following the exit of the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC). Following the National Green Tribunal’s instructions, the corporation began bioremediation work at the site in…
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The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has told the Delhi Assembly’s Environment Committee that clearing the Ghazipur dump will take at least ten years at full performance. The municipal government has also admitted that it…
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The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) monitoring committee has asked the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district administration in Punjab to set timeframes for the completion of solid waste management projects, sewage treatment facilities, and other projects.…
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Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed a penalty of Rs 3 Crore on administration officials in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for not taking steps to control pollution and illegal mining in…
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Citizens and members of various NGOs in Ludhiana staged a silent protest outside the Municipal Corporation (MC) Zone D office. They claim that they have raised protests over the issue for decades, but to no…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Maharashtra government for failing to prohibit the dumping of municipal waste into the Godavari River near Trimbakeshwar. According to an NGT bench led by NGT Chairperson…
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Tambaram Corporation has been ordered by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to pay a compensation of Rs. 21 lakh for breaching the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ruling on proper solid waste disposal in…
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The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has imposed a fine of Rs 2.41 crore on 929 vehicles over the last four years for illegal dumping of construction or demolition (C&D) waste on the Yamuna floodplains. According…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee to monitor solid waste management by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation. It has also sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the AMC for the alleged disposal…
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A joint committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) carried out an inspection of the Adyar river in Chennai’s western suburbs only to find that dumping of municipal solid waste continues unabated along the banks…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench has summoned Kerala state officials to Chennai for discussions on the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant on January 6, 2022. According to a communication received from NGT, senior officials from…
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The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has asked the Kochi Corporation to take immediate corrective action at the solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram or shut it down. The local body’s continued apathy despite…
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Following an application filed by the Resident Welfare Associations in Ghaziabad on the failure of the statutory authorities to manage the waste, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam to deposit interim compensation of Rs. 1 crore…
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A team constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) visited the Jhuriwala dumping site in Chandigarh for unscientific waste dumping after the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) pointed out alleged violations by the city’s civic corporation.…
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Legacy waste continues to be a serious problem and it is high time such sites are cleared and solid waste collected is disposed of scientifically, the National Green Tribunal has said. Legacy waste has the potential to…
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Kerala’s Brahmapuram solid waste management plant never ceases to be in the news. This time, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Kochi corporation to file a status report on the solid waste treatment…
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Dilapidated windrow composting sheds, overflowing leachate, blocked drains, fresh waste dumped over legacy waste. These are some of the scenes at the Brahmapuram dumpsite, as reported by a State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) appointed by…
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The Kochi Corporation Council has given its green signal to Zonta Infratech for carrying out biomining of legacy waste at the Brahmapuram dumpsite. The council also decided to hand over 20 acres at Brahmapuram to…
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Over a week after a major fire incident at the Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said there appear to be serious lapses and continued failure on the part of the…
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Two new waste facilities were inaugurated at separate locations in Jammu last week. Katra has a new organic waste convertor and Material Recovery, reports news agency UNI. It has a capacity of 200 kg per…
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Ghaziabad has announced it will remove about 600,000 metric tonnes of legacy waste at two landfill sites by early next year. The Pratap Vihar landfill site has nearly 450,000 metric tonnes of waste, while Indirapuram…
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The Kerala government was asked by the National Green Tribunal to expedite the biomining of legacy waste at Brahmapuram. A private firm had submitted a proposal to carry out biomining of the waste several months…
