The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to submit a report disclosing the steps taken for demarcation of floodplain zones of the Varuna and the Assi, the Ganga's tributaries in Varanasi district. A Bench of National Green Tribunal Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted a report by the Varanasi Municipal Corporation, according to which 15 nullahs were discharging …
The principal bench of National Green Tribunal has given no objection to DDA for installation of a lighthouse in the greenway, adjacent to the Yamuna flood plains, for additional surveillance and security. The bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, Justice Sudhir Agarwal, Dr A. Senthil Vel said, “we are of the view that on principle there can be no objection …
Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Sunday set June 30 as deadline for cleaning up the 22-km stretch of the Yamuna floodplain between Wazirabad and Okhlaas he inspected the works to clean the supplementary drain at Wazirabad and Sur Ghat at the river. I don’t want to talk politics and everyone should work together to clean Yamuna.” Delhi water minister …
Decisions on the development of a bio-diversity park in the Yamuna floodplain and a public awareness campaign to restore the old glory of the river were taken at a high-level committee meeting here, officials said Saturday. The National Mission for Clean Ganga offered to develop a bio-diversity park in the Yamuna floodplain in case Delhi Development Authority allots a land …
The National Green Tribunal in an order dated 15.12.2020 constituted a Joint Committee to consider the effects of the proposed construction of new campus of SCB Medical College on the river beds and floodplain zones of river Mahanadi, Cuttack. A bench headed by Chairperson, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel took note of the instances of irreversible damage to the "riverine ecology" …