Zone-3 leads the initiative; 5-kg and 10-kg cloth bags to be distributed by Aug. 15 Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is set to implement the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) orders to ban single-use plastics in Mysuru, starting Aug. 30, 2024. This bold initiative aims to make Mysuru a plastic-free city. Though the plan applies…
Revoke trade licences of shops selling banned plastic: Justice Adi
January 19, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Justice Subhash B. Adi, Chairman of National Green Tribunal (NGT) State Committee has instructed the officers to suspend the trade licence of those shops selling banned plastic materials. Presiding over a meeting on the management and disposal of solid waste at Deputy Commissioner’s office hall here on Wednesday, Justice Adi told Officers, “The use…
Mass fish death at Lingambudhi Lake: National Green Tribunal sets up Committee to probe, take action
September 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The recent occurrence of mass fish deaths at Lingambudhi Lake in Srirampura, Mysuru, has drawn the attention of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), leading to the establishment of a Joint Committee. This Committee includes the Member-Secretary of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Member-Secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Bengaluru and…
Justice Adi cracks whip on vendors selling banned plastic
July 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: To rein in plastic menace in the city, National Green Tribunal (NGT) State Committee Chairman Justice Subhash B. Adi has cracked a whip on the vendors selling banned plastic materials. The drive led by Justice Adi came a day after he issued stiff directions to the Officers to ban the use and sale of…
Green Tribunal’s suggestions for making Chamundi Hill plastic-free by Dasara
July 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: National Green Tribunal (NGT) State Committee Chairman Justice Subhash B. Adi has set a deadline for the District Administration to make Chamundi Hill completely free of plastic before the upcoming Dasara festival. Justice Adi issued instructions to the authorities during a progress review meeting held at the Zilla Panchayat Hall in the city this…
Ways of handling solid waste must change
May 12, 2022National Green Tribunal State Committee Chairman Justice Subhash Adi tells Municipal Bodies Mysore/Mysuru: Chairman of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Monitoring Committee, Karnataka, Justice Subhash B. Adi called for strict implementation of Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules framed in 2016 to bring back the India’s ‘Cleanest City’ tag for Mysuru. “Every Corporator, officer and citizen…
Srirangapatna Railway Station gets Environment Management System Certificate
November 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of implementation of National Green Tribunal (NGT) directives, Indian Railways has targeted to obtain 720 major Stations and 6,000 other Stations over Indian Railways the Environment Management System ISO 14001-2015 certification. In order to comply with NGT directives, Railways have taken various measures like segregation and disposal of waste, disposal of plastic…
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