NGT bench set up fact-finding committee, to be headed by former AP High Court judge
NGT was hearing a plea by Bengaluru resident against the construction of Godrej Reflections at Kasavanahalli village
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the apex pollution monitoring body to submit report in a month
The tribunal was hearing a plea by south Delhi resident Amarjit Singh Nalwa and others seeking execution of a 2015 NGT order directing the Delhi government to remove encroachments
New rules were framed for appointments in 19 judicial and quasi-judicial tribunals in the Finance Bill which was introduced in the Parliament as a Money Bill.
In case the number of vehicles exceed the capacity, there should be an action plan for providing adequate additional parking space, the tribunal said.
The DPCC monitors the river water quality on monthly basis through nine water quality monitoring stations
The tribunal suggested that people can be communicated about health emergency through public broadcasters like Doordarshan
At present, the proposal is to install 202 CAAQMS in 114 cities, out of which process to install 152 is underway
Approximately 9 million vehicles, of which 75 per cent are two-wheelers, will be due for scrapping by next year, the tribunal had said
The green panel said the problem has not been tackled for the last 43 years and it has resulted in contamination of ground water affecting the health and life of the inhabitants.
The green panel said daily-wage workers who depend on construction sites to make a living are worst sufferers of the ban on construction activities as they have been rendered jobless
The NGT bench sought the report within a month from a committee comprising officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forest, CPCB and DPCC
The vegetable samples were picked up from Usmanpur Khadar, Geeta Colony and Mayur Vihar and were tested for the presence of metals like Lead (Pb), Nickel (Ni), Cadmium (Cd) and Mercury (Hg)
The green panel said it is the duty of the government to provide complete protection to the natural resources as a trustee of the public at large
Indigo has contended in its plea that there was a spiralling growth in dengue and malaria cases and due to "blanket ban", they were not able to take any step for safety of passengers
It also impleaded the Ministry of Environment and Forests as a party in the case and sought its reply in the matter before next date of hearing
The matter is posted for next hearing on July 17
The plea sought directions for formulation of a holistic policy for registration of private vehicles in Delhi-NCR so that only one car is permitted to be registered in one residential unit
The green panel said the continuance of the use of the area by protestors was in violation of environmental laws