<p>Status report of Punjab Pollution Control Board in the matter of Nitin Dhiman Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 22/04/2024.</p> <p>The matter related to pollution of Buddha nallah district Ludhiana,
<p>After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is going easy on them. As many as 23 critically polluted areas have been removed from the moratorium list since last October on the basis of inadequate action plans submitted by the respective states.
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory in Kashimpur under Gazipur Tk 13.44 lakh for releasing untreated chemical effluents into the Turag river. A DoE team, led by director (Enforcement) Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, in a drive on June 16 found the Cotton Club (BD) Ltd's effluent treatment plant (ETP) totally closed, according to a DoE press release. The DoE officia
Works on setting up of the much-needed central effluent treatment plant in Savar will begin by the next three months as the implementing agency is now at the final stage to this end, said a top official of the ministry. The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, the implementing agency of the project, already received the financial offers and the technical committee comprising exp
Plant to treat 7 lakh litres of toxic effluents discharged by 91 units
The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined Barnali Fabrics, a dyeing factory on the bank of Dhaleshwari river in Munshiganj, Tk 25 lakh yesterday on charge of polluting the river with toxic liquid industrial waste. DoE Director (Enforcement) Md Munir Chowdhury conducted a drive at the factory on Saturday and fined its proprietor at the directorate yesterday, said a DoE press release. Mana
The Department of Environment yesterday fined four dyeing and textile mills Tk 1.06 crore in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur for polluting water bodies and arable land and operating without clearance from the authority. It also directed the owners of the factories to fix their effluent treatment plants within the next three months, in default of which gas and electricity lines to the factories wil
New Delhi: A trial court has slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on an industrialist, convicted for discharging huge quantity of untreated water from his factory into a drain after he pleaded guilty for the offence. Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep Garg passed the order on a complaint by Delhi Pollution Control Board, which accused Paradise Foam Industries' proprietor A K Jain of discharging 700 to
During the past four years, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken several steps in order to ensure the compliance of the pollution norms by the industries and urban local bodies of the state. While stating this before relinquishing his charge as PPCB chairman on June 16, Rajat Agarwal, in an interview with The Tribune, spoke at length about the functioning of the PPCB.
KARUR: The People's Livelihood Movement has decided to undertake a bicycle campaign covering the district to create awareness among the masses of the ill-effects of industrial pollution choking the river Amaravathy on July 9 and 10. The movement has joined hands with the Amaravathy Ecology Conservation Movement to highlight the need to stop polluting the river and the lands irrigated by it.
The Department of Environment on Sunday fined two textile industries Tk 50.84 lakh in the Kalurghat industrial area of the Chittagong city on charge of polluting the River Karnaphuli. A DoE team, led by its director (enforcement) Munir Chowdhury, fined the Sunji Textile Limited Tk 22.84 lakh as it was found releasing untreated chemical wastes into the river keeping its treatment plant off. T
