Pollution Control Laws

With many Bihar cities recording very poor air quality, the state pollution control board on Sunday asked the district administrations to strictly enforce laws to check air pollution in their respective areas.

The Central Pollution Control Board has imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore on real estate conglomerate Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Limited for violating several environmental laws at a residential project in Gurugram.

In a setback to Vedanta, the Madras High Court today rejected the company's plea to reopen Sterlite Copper smelting plant in the state's Tuticorin district. The plant has been shut since April 2018. Thirteen people were killed in police firing in May the same year during protests against the plant. Today's court order upheld the Tamil Nadu governme...

Expressing dissatisfaction over steps taken by the states to curb stubble burning, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that just like enforcing law to prevent other crimes, the state governments have to own responsibility to prevent air pollution.

Mining major Vedanta on Monday told a panel, constituted by the National Green Tribunal, that the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board's refusal to renew consent to operate its Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin was bad in law, according to sources.

The aftermath of the VW emissions cheating scandal or Dieselgate as is known globally has resulted in severe implications in continental Europe. With a slew of cities voting to ban diesel cars from their town centres in the near future, the popularity of diesel cars will eventually see a downward graph. The European Government too is looking for a ...

Government has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that currently there was no legal provision under which diesel vehicles which were more than 15-year-old and were BS I or BS II compliant could be scrapped.

National Green Tribunal has rapped the Delhi government over delay in devising strategy for better implementation of pollution control laws and directed it to convene a meeting in this regard within two weeks after a plea drew attention to violation of rules during weddings.

The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed Delhi government to convene a meeting of authorities concerned to mull over the ways for better implementation of pollution control laws and asked it to devise a strategy in this regard.

Air pollution in the national capital is of an "emergency nature", the Delhi High Court today observed and said this situation would not have arisen if the authorities had implemented laws and rules in place to prevent environmental degradation.

A decision over the 30-odd restaurants in the Hauz Khas Village in New Delhi which were ordered shut last week will be made today. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has now directed the Delhi pollution panel to check their compliance measures.

With many Bihar cities recording very poor air quality, the state pollution control board on Sunday asked the district administrations to strictly enforce laws to check air pollution in their respective areas.

The Central Pollution Control Board has imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore on real estate conglomerate Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Limited for violating several environmental laws at a residential project in Gurugram.

In a setback to Vedanta, the Madras High Court today rejected the company's plea to reopen Sterlite Copper smelting plant in the state's Tuticorin district. The plant has been shut since April 2018. Thirteen people were killed in police firing in May the same year during protests against the plant. Today's court order upheld the Tamil Nadu governme...

Expressing dissatisfaction over steps taken by the states to curb stubble burning, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that just like enforcing law to prevent other crimes, the state governments have to own responsibility to prevent air pollution.

Mining major Vedanta on Monday told a panel, constituted by the National Green Tribunal, that the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board's refusal to renew consent to operate its Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin was bad in law, according to sources.

The aftermath of the VW emissions cheating scandal or Dieselgate as is known globally has resulted in severe implications in continental Europe. With a slew of cities voting to ban diesel cars from their town centres in the near future, the popularity of diesel cars will eventually see a downward graph. The European Government too is looking for a ...

Government has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that currently there was no legal provision under which diesel vehicles which were more than 15-year-old and were BS I or BS II compliant could be scrapped.

National Green Tribunal has rapped the Delhi government over delay in devising strategy for better implementation of pollution control laws and directed it to convene a meeting in this regard within two weeks after a plea drew attention to violation of rules during weddings.

The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed Delhi government to convene a meeting of authorities concerned to mull over the ways for better implementation of pollution control laws and asked it to devise a strategy in this regard.

Air pollution in the national capital is of an "emergency nature", the Delhi High Court today observed and said this situation would not have arisen if the authorities had implemented laws and rules in place to prevent environmental degradation.

A decision over the 30-odd restaurants in the Hauz Khas Village in New Delhi which were ordered shut last week will be made today. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has now directed the Delhi pollution panel to check their compliance measures.