The bench headed by NGT Chairperson Jawad Rahim impleaded the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal and have directed the hill states to file a report on the steps taken by them to control recurring forest fires.
The process has to be done within two weeks, and next hearing will be on 30 July 2018. During the hearing, NGO friends pleaded to the tribunal that "
nexus of timber mafia, some greedy villagers and officials" were suspected for the fire incidents which have caused severe
air pollution issues in the environment.
The plea claimed that more than ‘1,300 incidents of forest blaze have taken place in the present season and more than 2,600 hectares of forest area has been ruined’ in the state. The Uttarakhand government told the tribunal that plan has been finalised by state forest fire management and the details of the action taken are mentioned in the report.
Najafgarh Lake is a Heritage and to be protected by Delhi and Haryana Jointly: NGT
Judiciary
Sep 22, 2020
Upendra Malaviya
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National Green Tribunal ordered Delhi and Haryana to set up a proper plan for the protection of Najafgarh Lake. The NGT said, “In view of the fact that there is a large transboundary water body, which falls partly in Delhi and partly in Haryana, it will be appropriate that an environment-management plan is prepared by the state of Haryana and the NCT of Delhi.”The Principal bench directed the Delhi and Haryana governments to jointly prepare an environmental management plan to notify and...
NGT seeks report on allegation of pollution by Aditya Birla Group's flagship co. in Gujarat
Executive
Sep 15, 2020
ROCKY DAS
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A plea has been filed by the Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee against Indian Rayon, a unit of Aditya Birla Group in accordance with violation of environmental norms at Junagarh-Veraval, Gir Somnath district in Gujrat. The plea has also stated that the company is damaging the Deveka river at Gir Somnath and the hazardous, as well as poisonous chemicals being discharged from the company, is also affecting the sea as well as the river at high risk.It has also derived from the...
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