Pet owners, elderly people welcome NGT's cracker-ban on Diwali
News | November 13, 2020 20:51 ISTPet owners and elderly people have welcomed National Green Tribunal's (NGT) cracker-ban order on Diwali.
Pet owners and elderly people have welcomed National Green Tribunal's (NGT) cracker-ban order on Diwali.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday imposed total ban on sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR from midnight of November 9 to midnight of November 30.
Delhi Police has suspended all licenses issued for the sale of firecrackers on Sunday and said that further action will be taken on the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) directions.
The Punjab government has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that there is no need for a ban on use of fire crackers as no part of the state falls in the National Capital Region (NCR).
The National Green Tribunal on Monday issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and four state governments on whether use of fire crackers be banned from November 7-30 in the interest of public health and environment.
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh administration to keep a vigil against the illegal operation of brick kilns to protect the air quality in the National Capital Region.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said on Wednesday that LG Polymers has absolute liability for the loss of life in the recent gas leak incident at its Visakhapatnam plant, and directed the Rs 50 crore penalty imposed on it to be used as compensation to the victims and for environment restoration.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), here on Sunday, asked the staff members to "physically" attend the office from June 1.
Over 60 per cent of the styrene vapour that leaked from a tank in LG Polymers near Visakhapatnam on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, has polymerized so far and all chemical tanks in the plant are safe, District Collector V Vinay Chand said on Friday.
The National Green Tribunal directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Thursday to constitute a special purpose vehicle within two weeks for rejuvenation of the Yamuna river.
The NGT directed the Environment Ministry on Wednesday to issue within two months a notification banning RO purifiers where total dissolved solids (TDS) in water are below 500 milligrams per litre.
The reports from the states other than Uttarakhand do not describe the number of drains and a plan for their interception and diversion to the sewage treatment plants," the tribunal said.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by the Karnataka government challenging a National Green Tribunal order asking it to deposit Rs 500 crore in an escrow account for failure to check pollution in three lakes in Bengaluru.
According to the media report, the state pollution control committees and the CPCB had conducted surveys in 2009-10 to check pollution levels in the 88 notified industrial clusters. Thereafter, the CPCB had ranked these clusters under 'critical' and 'serious' categories.
The committee comprises nominee of vice chairman, Niti Aayog, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Jal Shakti, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Environment and Forests, chairman of Central Pollution Control Board and CEO of Government e-Marketplace Portal
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel expressed concern over rise in waste burning incidents and noted that as against 5,000 sanitary inspectors, who are tasked to control burning in the city, only 50 are available.
The tribunal had, however, said, "Under Industrial Disputes Act and labour laws you have wide powers. Why can't you order builders to pay money to labourers in spite of stoppage of work?
The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by city resident Pramod Kumar Jha seeking action against illegal extraction of groundwater for sale through tankers in village Jagatpur near Yamuna biodiversity park.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the timeline of 2021 could not be accepted keeping in mind the potential hazard of air pollution and its impact on public health.
Petition filed in NGT against odd-even decision of Kejriwal government. Odd-even is to be implemented from 4-15 November.
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