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• Order of the Supreme Court regarding illegal dumping of coal in the land belonging to Northern Coalfields (Bina project), Krishnashila railway siding, Bina, Shaktinagar, district Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, 15/09/2023

  <p>Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Northern Coalfields Ltd Bina Project Vs Union of India &amp; Others dated 15/09/2023.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/475028/order-of-the-national-green-tribunal-regarding-dumping-of-coal-in-huge-quantities-in-the-vicinity-of-residential-area-at-krishnashila-railway-siding-bina-district-sonbhadra-uttar-pradesh-02042023/"

  • 15/09/2023

  • • Northern Coalfields
    • Coal
    • Air Pollution
    • Supreme Court
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Compensation
    • Rail Transport
    • Air Pollution Control
    • Industrial Pollution
    • Sonbhadra
    • Uttar Pradesh

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river through discharge of untreated  sewage from the hotels/eateries at Howrah Railway Station, West Bengal, 06/09/2023

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal &amp; Others dated 06/09/2023.</p> <p>The applicant has prayed for a direction

  • 06/09/2023

  • • Ganga
    • River Pollution
    • Howrah (T)
    • West Bengal
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
    • Hotels
    • Sewage Pollution
    • Rail Transport

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal stack yard at the Nergundi Railway Siding of the East Coast Railway, Cuttack, Odisha, 04/08/2023

  <p>An illegal stack yard is being run at the Nergundi Railway Siding of the East Coast Railway and violating the Guidelines for Environmental Management in Mineral Stack Yards and Railway Sidings dated

  • 04/08/2023

  • • Air Pollution
    • Rail Transport
    • Cuttack (D)
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court

• Potential and challenges of using hydrogen to decarbonise Indian railways

  The Indian Railways, one of the biggest train networks worldwide, transports over 24 million passengers and 3 MT of freight daily. It is a major energy consumer in the country with a significant emission

  • 31/07/2023

  • CSTEP
  • • Rail Transport
    • Hydrogen
    • India
    • Carbon Dioxide

• The role of rail in decarbonizing transport in Developing Countries

  Transport is an imperative for economic and social development. It is the physical, social, and economic network that connects people to opportunities, goods to markets, and communities to prosperity.

  • 03/07/2023

  • The World Bank
  • • Rail Transport
    • Green House Gases
    • India
    • Developing Countries

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by ACC Cement, village Salai Banwa, district Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, 17/05/2023

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikas Shakya Vs Union of India &amp; Others dated 17/05/2023. Grievance in the application is against violation of environmental norms by M/s ACC

  • 17/05/2023

  • • Cement Industry
    • Coal
    • Rivers
    • Hydrology
    • Drainage
    • Sonbhadra
    • Uttar Pradesh
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Rail Transport
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

• Joint committee report on the remedial measures taken by IRCON to contain the damage caused during the excavation of tunnel (T-77D), village Channar, Bankoot, district Rambar, Jammu & Kashmir, 17/04/2023

  <p>Joint Committee Report in OA No. 706 of 2022 (Asgar Ahmad Najar Versus Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change &amp; Ors.).</p> <p>The complainant had said that ABCI Infrastructure Pvt.

  • 17/04/2023

  • • Rail Transport
    • Ramban (D)
    • Waste Disposal
    • Land Degradation
    • Compensation
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Farmers
    • Jammu & Kashmir

• Report on pollution caused due to loading and unloading of cement form a railway good shed, Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh, 03/01/2023

  <p>Joint committee inspection report in the matter of Original Application No. 89/2022 &#39;Rahul Sharma Vs Divisional Railway Manager, Bhopal &amp; Others.</p> <p>The report was in response to the National

  • 03/01/2023

  • • Air Pollution
    • Rail Transport
    • Madhya Pradesh
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Water Pollution
    • Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)

• Mapping environmental risks and socio-economic benefits of planned transport infrastructure: a global picture

  This technical report investigates the benefits of planned road and rail transport infrastructure projects for society and the economy, as well as the consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services.

  • 06/12/2022

  • UNEP
  • • Environment
    • Ecosystem Services
    • Biodiversity
    • Rail Transport
    • Road Transport
    • India
    • Global

• Pollution due to loading and unloading of clinker transport at Harduaganj railway station, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 01/12/2022

  <p>Joint committee report in the matter of Mukesh Kumar Chauhan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh, 01/12/2022.</p> <p>The applicant, Mukesh Kumar Chauhan in his complaint before the NGT said that J K Cement,

  • 01/12/2022

  • • Cement Industry
    • Aligarh (D)
    • Uttar Pradesh
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Air Pollution
    • Air Pollution Control
    • Rail Transport