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Former Tamil Nadu chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan has been appointed as an expert member of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Southern Zone in Chennai.
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CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan has been appointed as an expert member of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Southern Zone in Chennai. An office order in this regard was issued by the Principal Bench of NGT on April 5. The serving expert member in the Southern Bench Saibal Dasgupta has been sent to Eastern Zonal Bench in Kolkata.
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The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to file a detailed status report on the implementation of Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016, in the State and the action taken against erring local bodies.
The Bench comprising Justice K. Ramakrishnan and expert member Saibal Dasgupta issued the order on the case related to the unscientific dumping of waste at the Brahmapuram yard of the Kochi Corporation.
The Principal Bench of the tribunal that had criticised the government for its poor handling of the waste management scenario had handed over the case to the Southern Bench as per an order dated February 21.
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NGT leaves onus of ‘appropriate action’ on KRMB
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NGT leaves onus of ‘appropriate action’ on KRMB
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has left the onus of taking “appropriate action” in the matter of Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Project (RLIP) taken up by the Andhra Pradesh government on the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) with the observation that “there is no necessity at this stage for going into the investigation in the matter”.
Disposing of an application filed by one Gavinolla Srinivas from Narayanpet district alleging that the AP government was making a lot of arrangements and taking steps for proceeding with the project without obtaining environmental clearance as directed the Tribunal in October last, the Southern Zone Bench of NGT observed last week: “There is nothing to disbelieve the assertion made by Chief Secretary of AP stating that there is no intention to vio
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