The Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal, Kolkata has issued notice to JSW Utkal Steel Limited in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on the alleged illegal groundwater extraction by the steel company.
The National Green Tribunal on Friday pulled up various states where the air quality index dipped to 'severe', 'very poor' and 'poor' categories.
The National Green Tribunal had on 28 March directed the Darjeeling DM to ensure payment of Rs 20 Lakh each to families of three victims, who had died when a chunk of earth fell on them while illegally mining sand at Matigara, and Rs 5 Lakh to an injured, after deducting the amount already paid, within one month
NGT’s intervention against Orissa IDCO was facilitating for Western Integrated Waste Management Facility Pvt Ltd by illegal way of diversion.
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While a Rs 5 crore fine may be inconsequential to the budget of the state government, it should serve as a wake-up call.
Earlier, the doctors had to furnish Rs 10 lakh bank guarantee and so far 35 doctors had breached the norms by working in private hospitals or outside the state without informing the government.
The miners have been trapped in a ‘rat-hole’ mine since December 13 after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it.
Kolkata's air pollution, as reported by WHO and UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) has assumed gruesome proportions and the city's pollution level is next to Delhi's. Following the apex court's stricture, Delhi has adopted certain stern measures, and these include the use of CNG and the planting of more trees. Virtually nothing has been done in Kolkata.
The government has been rapped on the knuckles with the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposing a fine of Rs 5 crore for the state’s failure to curb pollution in accord with the directive that was advanced two years ago.
