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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Bidhannagar civic authorities working to come up with special waste disposal mechanism
KOLKATA: The civic authorities have removed a number of open vats in Salt Lake, setting up waste compactor stations at different places. Waste disposal has always been an area of concern for the Bidhannagar
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In season’s first, Kolkata techie tests positive for swine flu
KOLKATA: The city’s first confirmed case of swine flu of 2018 was reported on Saturday after a software engineer tested positive for the H1N1 influenza virus. His minor child is being treated for suspected
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Kolkata: Real estate promoters hinder fight against dengue
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) may have amended an act empowering itself against allowing stagnant water at construction sites, members of a Rapid Action Force (RAF) of the KMC health
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Activists fear pollution spike after PUC extension
KOLKATA: The extension of the validity of pollution undercontrol certificate (PUC) from six months to a year for BS IV vehicles, which were registered after April 2010, evoked a mixed reaction in Kolkata.
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City fails to clean up its act
Calcutta: The city's annual average air pollution level is more than double the national limit and still rising in most parts of the city, a recently published report of the West Bengal Pollution Control
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Doctors sound dengue alarm in Kolkata
KOLKATA: With the first dengue in the city being reported this season, doctors across several private hospitals have started recommending NS1 and Elisa tests to patients with symptoms of the viral disease.
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Oil spill a worry as ship that caught fire starts to sink
KOLKATA: With water now gushing into the holds of MV SSL Kolkata, experts have given up all hope of salvaging the ship. Oil spill is a concern for experts. The containers on the ship’s decks have also
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Solar dome adopted at PM's residence
KOLKATA: Solar dome, an innovation developed by city based solar power expert Santi Pada Gonchaudhuri that instantly generates power by absorbing solar energy, has been adopted at the Prime Minister’s
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Mercury rise, pollution trigger lightning risks
KOLKATA: The frequency of lightning in Kolkata has increased dramatically in recent years and will continue to rise, triggering fatal consequences unless the city manages to check air pollution, scientists
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Monsoon is here, so is dengue sting
KOLKATA: A post-graduate student of Calcutta Medical College has tested positive for dengue, making it the first case after the onset of monsoon this year. The vector-borne disease had affected more than