SC flays CAQM ‘inaction’ on fires, Legal News, ET LegalWorld
At a time when authorities are wary of taking action against those burning crop residue prior to Haryana elections, the beginning of stubble burning in Punjab-Haryana that fouls winter air in Delhi and NCR made the Supreme Court on Friday rap the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) for inaction and ask why no penal […]
NGT Demands Government Accountability for Recurring Forest Fires in Uttarakhand, ET LegalWorld
Taking cognisance of a report published in TOI about the unabated wildfire proliferating across Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued a notice to the state govt and the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) in May regarding the issue of forest fires and sought a response on the plans formulated to […]