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Why the relevance of National Green Tribunal needs a rethink
Gautam Mukherjee •The negative or positive effect of the NGT can be assessed from its so-called successes
Delhi High Court asks police to inform them of the steps taken to implement NGT's ban on sale of Chinese 'manjha'
•The court was hearing a public interest litigation seeking a complete ban on flying, sale, purchase, storage, and transportation of kites as many people and birds are killed or injured due to accidents caused by glass-coated strings
"Disappointing state of affairs" says NGT, on progress in clean Ganga project
•The NGT said that here has to be zero tolerance to further delay
NGT stays concretisation of roadsides in Noida, Greater Noida
•A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert Dr Afroz Ahmad issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Uttar Pradesh government, Noida and others on a plea seeking to remove concretisation around trees
NGT allows Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, forms 12 member panel to ensure no damage is caused to environment
•A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said it finds it difficult to hold that there was no application of mind in appraisal by the Union Environment Ministry for granting Forest Clearance to the project
NGT denies permission to Himachal Pradesh HC for reconstruction of its old building in Shimla
•A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said, undoubtedly, the requirement of the High Court is the highest priority but in view of the danger to the public safety, it cannot modify its earlier order.
'Wholly disappointed': SC stays NGT order forming panel on Assam’s Baghjan oil well fire
•The Supreme Court slammed the NGT for making the managing director of Oil India Ltd, which has been accused of polluting the wetlands in the state, a member of the committee probing the Baghjan oil well fire
Why Meghalaya struggles to prevent Illegal coal mining despite repeated tragedies
Syeda Ambia Zahan •There are many instances where coal miners lose lives in illegal coal mines and such deaths are neither reported nor acknowledged in Meghalaya
Tamil Nadu orders closure of Thoothukudi Sterlite plant: Residents hope for best, but look back in anger
Greeshma Kuthar •On Monday, Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami announced that the government had ordered the permanent closure of the Sterlite plant at Thoothukudi (also known as Tuticorin). The order came after 13 died and over a hundred were wounded in the months-long protest against the plant.
NGT asks Centre to regulate extraction of ground water used for maintenance of grounds during IPL
•The applicant has, in particular, raised the issue of Indian Premium League (IPL) cricket matches, organized by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for commercial and entertainment purposes, without concern for water conservation.