Fence off Mollar Bheri, orders NGT
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in an interim order, has directed several measures to be taken for protection of the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW). These include fencing of the Mollar Bheri by
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Sunita Narain in Leonardo DiCaprio’s film
Sunita Narain of Centre for Science and Environment has been featured in the documentary "Before the Flood", a documentary by Hollywood's Leonardo Di Caprio. "We need to put the issue of lifestyle and
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Diwali less noisy but light crackers pose new threat
The city remained quieter than the last two previous years on Diwali night by around five decibels but the average noise level still soared to 98 decibels, substantially higher than the permissible limit.
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Diwali noisier than Kali Puja, but decibel still lower than last few years
KOLKATA: Diwali turned out to be decidedly noisier than Kali Puja as the decibel count crept up steadily as the evening progressed on Sunday. Though both Kolkata Police and state pollution control board
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Intermittent showers drag down air pollution to safer level
KOLKATA: If cops ensured that the city remains quiet on Kali Puja, it needed a divine intervention to neutralize the air pollution triggered by bursting of 'safe' firecrackers. Sporadic drizzle in pockets
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Dengue: Two deaths take toll past 50
Kolkata: Two women in south Kolkata died of dengue on Tuesday and Wednesday, taking the city death toll above 50 since this July. While a 20-year-old student succumbed to the virus early on Wednesday
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Dengue takes Bypass route, invades south
KOLKATA: After causing mayhem in north Kolkata, dengue may now turn out to be a menace in the south. The death of an 11-yearold boy , a resident of Bosepukur Prantik Palli, on Sunday has laid bare the
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This Diwali likely to be noisier, smokier, thanks to cracker decibel confusion
KOLKATA: Environmentalists fear the ostensible flip-flop by West Bengal Pollution Control Board over permissible noise level of firecrackers this year will make the din unbearable on Kali Puja and Diwali
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State takes a leap in solar power use
KOLKATA: The national-level entrepreneurship development programme that started in Kolkata last Tuesday -developing micro-solar domes conceptualised and invented by solar power expert S P Gon Chaudhuri
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90dB limit for firecrackers will not be relaxed
Brushing aside reports of the state pollution board granting clearance to 'chocolate bomb' and 'dodoma', environment minister Sovan Chatterjee on Thursday made it clear the government was not at all withdrawing
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Dengue stalks northern fringes
Kolkata: Panic over dengue has spread faster than the disease itself in the congested neighbourhood located 700m from Belgachhia Road, thanks to two deaths in the past three days there. In fact, anxious