The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Thursday to examine the effect of hookah in respect of indoor air pollution and prescribe appropriate standards on the issue.
The apex tribunal also said that in case the amount is not deposited by Friday, the directors of the company will be sent to jail.
On November 16 last year, the tribunal had said that the use of 'cheat device' by Volkswagen in diesel cars in India leads to inference of environmental damage.
There was a more than five-km long traffic jam on the Jaipur to Delhi route on National Highway 48 due to ban on entry of heavy commercial traffic into Delhi by the National Green Tribunal.
Additional Solicitor General said that it would be impossible to accommodate people in public transport if odd-even scheme is made applicable for two-wheelers also.
The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for "repeated defiance" on issuing circular to airlines operating at the IGI Airport here to ensure that they do not empty toilet tanks midair
The apex court bench said that the new acting chairperson will discharge his duties until a regular appointment is made and will take part in selection process of other members of the NGT.
"You want Haryana to give you more water for dilution of the pollutants in the river but show us what have you done. Yamuna in your territory has become a sewer line," the bench observed.
Terming the petition as "premature", a bench headed by acting Chairperson justice U D Salvi disposed of the plea and allowed the petitioner to approach the authority concerned.
A bench headed by Acting NGT Chairperson Justice U D Salvi said it is undisputed that animal blood going into the river is an act of violation of the provisions of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and it must be stopped.
The girl prompted the National Green Tribunal to direct the DMRC to strictly adhere to environmental norms.
The apex court stayed the NGT order while hearing a plea filed by Vaishno Devi shrine challenging the tribunal's order on capping the number of pilgrims to 50,000 per day.
NGT said that Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has failed to prove that the use of 10-year-old vehicles will not be harmful to the health of people.
The green body had noted that Delhi generates nearly 14,100 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste per day and said that the mass generators of waste cannot be equated to a simple households generating trash.
The green court also declared 100 metres from edge of the river as no-development zone in the stretch between Haridwar to Unnao in Uttar Pradesh.
The green panel in July last year had said that all the vehicles which are deregistered would not be permitted to ply in Delhi-NCR.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ruled that airlines will be penalised if they empty toilet tanks during mid-air. In an order passed on Monday, the green panel has directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to issue a circular to
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