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The GMR Group was told to remove bund to ensure natural flow of seawater at Kumbabhishekam

SHIMLA: Taking exception to the imposition of a lenient fine for illegal mining, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) said this was encouraging sand mafia in Himachal Pradesh. It asked the state chief secretary to personally look into the entire issue of compensation and to ensure compliance of law.

The National Green Tribunal said that the compliance of environmental norms on the subject of waste management has to be high on priority

Last week, Bengaluru was battered by rains that were unprecedented in scale and floods that were disastrous in impact. While the rains have abated, thousands living on the periphery of the Bellandur-Varthur lakes in east Bengaluru are still gripped by fear, worried that deliberately narrowed drains, encroachment of wetlands, and…

BENGALURU: Removal of sand manually is permitted even under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification, the high court observed in a recent order while granting relief to 30 temporary permit holders from Dakshina Kannada.

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A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A. K. Goel said it is the constitutional responsibility of the State and the local bodies to provide a pollution-free environment.

Two lessees accused of causing loss of revenue and ecological damage by mining sand vastly beyond permissible limit

The State government was given seven days to indicate the quantities of coal mined up to 2016 lying in all the specified sites

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha last month, union minister for law and justice Kiren Rijiju revealed that the National Green Tribunal, a quasi-judicial body to adjudicate environment matters, was disposing of more cases than new applications. However, members of several NGT benches have raised concerns over the…

It stops short of ordering the removal of the work done thus far