Notice to 13 Meerut hospitals over biomedical waste disposal
TOI had reported that as many as 104 hospitals and nursing homes out of 253 had not taken permits from Pollution Control Board and had no means of disposing off their biomedical waste. On Monday, 13...
View ArticleNGT notice to UP govt over poor waste management in Meerut
The tribunal is hearing a plea by a resident Yogendra Pal Singh who has sought directions for proper collection, transport and disposal mechanism for garbage The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today
View ArticleScissors that cut life short at Kainchi Bazaar
MEERUT: A pungent smell of chemicals and dangerous silica particles greets the visitor the moment one enters the famous Kainchi (scissors) Bazaar here. In the last three centuries, Meerut has become...
View ArticleAir quality goes up in smoke, civic bodies watch
MEERUT: As the air quality in the national capital dipped below "severe" levels, residents and the government were compelled to take action. While Meerut still has time, the situation is alarming. Factory
View ArticleStudents protest as RTO fails to enforce NGT ban
Meerut: Student leaders on Monday staged a protest against the RTO department authorities for their lackadaisical attitude in failing to prevent vehicles banned by NGT from plying on the roads. The green
View ArticleDelhi-Meerut Expressway: Dasna-Meerut stretch gets environment clearance
A government official said that the proposed Dasna-Meerut alignment has been approved subject to certain conditions. The Centre has given its green nod to construction of Dasna-Meerut six-lane connector
View ArticleCSE team in Meerut studies impact of Delhi’s discarded vehicles on NCR...
Meerut: A team from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) landed in Meerut on Tuesday morning to launch an intensive study of pollution levels here. Equipped with cutting-edge equipment, the team’s
View ArticleUPPCB to monitor air, noise pollution this Diwali
The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) officials will be monitoring the air quality in the city a week before Diwali and on Diwali i.e. on October 24 and October 30, since pollution is at its
View ArticleDelhi-Meerut Expressway may be allowed: Expert panel tells NGT
The permission to NHAI to build a bridge and its approach roads across the river for the Delhi- Meerut Expressway should be allowed to help ease traffic congestion, an expert committee today told the...
View ArticleNGT notice to Centre over pollution
Taking note of a plea according to which ambient air quality in Meerut is worse than Delhi, a Bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the...
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding laying of sewer pipeline...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashutosh Kumar Sharma Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 26/05/2017 regarding laying of storm water/sewer pipeline in Ward No. 6 for
View ArticleGanga: Meerut distilleries get NGT warning for pollution
NGT has asked distilleries in Meerut not to discharge effluents in nearby drains NGT has asked distilleries in Meerut not to discharge effluents in nearby drains NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal
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