Tag: NGT

Waste to Energy
Delhi submits status report on WtE and waste management to the NGT

Delhi submits status report on WtE and waste management to the NGT

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…

News
NGT to Uttarakhand: No untreated waste to be discharged into Ganges

NGT to Uttarakhand: No untreated waste to be discharged into Ganges

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…

News
NGT asks Chandigarh to upgrade SWM plant

NGT asks Chandigarh to upgrade SWM plant

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) monitoring committee urged the Chandigarh administration to upgrade the machinery of the JayPee plant for achieving 100 percent solid waste management. The NGT team urged the concerned officials to upgrade…

Policy & others
NGT acts tough with Punjab municipal authorities

NGT acts tough with Punjab municipal authorities

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to seize bank guarantees of Zirakpur, Banur and Nayagaon municipal councils. The committee directed the PPCB to encash Rs 2 lakh bank…

Mixed Waste
NGT pulls up Kochi civic body over Brahmapuram plant

NGT pulls up Kochi civic body over Brahmapuram plant

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has decided to initiate prosecution proceedings against the Kochi Corporation secretary for the unscientific handling of waste at the Brahmapuram plant. Besides facing legal action, the civic body will…

Landfilling
Uttarakhand responds to NGT over unscientific waste dumping

Uttarakhand responds to NGT over unscientific waste dumping

The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has filed its report with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on a waste disposal dump yard set up on the bank of the  Khoh river in Ratanpur village…

Policy & others
Salt Lake City civic body fined for contaminating wetlands

Salt Lake City civic body fined for contaminating wetlands

The National Green Tribunal has fined the Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City) Municipal Corporation for failing to comply with its order to cordon off a dumping site to prevent contamination of East Calcutta Wetlands. The Telegraph…

Landfilling
NGT talks tough on Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram

NGT talks tough on Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Gurugram Municipal Corporation to clear 25 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at Bandhwari landfill within six months and warned that failure to do so may result in coercive…

NGT urges JITF to continue waste collection in Bathinda

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pled company JITF to continue with its door-to-door waste collection and lifting works in the city of Bathinda until 31 January 2018. The company had earlier stated to seize…

NGT increases pressure on Delhi authorities

According to The Hindu, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Chief Secretary and the Lieutenant-Governor to set up a meeting to determine an alternative site for a landfill site and also locate…

Waste to Energy
Shimla burns waste at Ambuja cement plant

Shimla burns waste at Ambuja cement plant

As the WtE plant in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, is still not functional, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the plant’s private operator to take the garbage of Shimla to the Ambuja cement plant in…

Waste to Energy
Additional unit for Bathinda RDF plant

Additional unit for Bathinda RDF plant

The Punjab government has been ordered by India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) to support the operator of the Bathinda WtE project in order to expand the RDF facility by another WtE unit. Moreover, the NGT…

Waste to Energy
Request to shut down Waste-to-Energy plant in Ramtekdi

Request to shut down Waste-to-Energy plant in Ramtekdi

According to The Pune Mirror, residents of Ramtekdi have filed a petition with the Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) requesting to shut down Rochem Separations Systems Ltd’s waste-to-green energy plant. They claimed…

Waste to Energy
NGT rules in favour of Okhla WtE plant

NGT rules in favour of Okhla WtE plant

India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ruled in favour of the Delhi Okhla WtE plant, allowing it to continue operations. The respective lawsuit was filed by local residents, who wanted the plant to stop operations…

Waste to Energy
NGT to rule on Okhla WtE plant

NGT to rule on Okhla WtE plant

According to The Times of India, India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) is set to rule on the issue whether the Okhla WTE facility operates within its legal requirements. The lawsuit was filed by local residents,…

Waste to Energy
NGT orders start-up of Shimla WtE plant

NGT orders start-up of Shimla WtE plant

As reported by The Economic Times, India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Elephant Energy Private Ltd (EEPL) to start operations at its Shimla WtE plant until 15 December. The firm is developing the facility…

Chandigarh RDF plant ordered to restart operations

As reported by The Indian Express, India’s National Green Tribunal has ordered company Jaypee Group (JP) to resume operations at it’s Chandigarh RDF facility until 27 July. A case was filed by the Chandigarh Municipal…

NGT seeks WtE report from CPCB

According to The Economic Times, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has assigned the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that it should submit the so-called inspection report on WtE and thermal power plants located in New…