Rs 1 lakh slap with mosquito sting
Calcutta: The owner of any premises that fails to comply with municipal recommendations on mosquito eradication can be fined up to Rs 1 lakh under a new rule that takes effect on Friday, replacing the
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CMC teams on early dengue watch
Calcutta: The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has started sending notices to houses where accumulation of water has been reported by field workers, the early alertness coming from lessons learnt during
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Clean air plan silent on city
Calcutta: Environment experts in the city have criticised the draft "national clean air plan" (NCAP), recently introduced by the environment ministry to combat air pollution as being "too Delhi-centric".
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WBPCB sets up 75 air quality monitoring stations in Bengal
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has set up 75 air quality monitoring stations in the state to check air quality level and combat pollution, a top official said today. WBPCB Chairman Kalyan Rudra
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Calcutta tops toxic pollutant rate chart
Calcutta: The city had the highest rate of rise in the level of PM 2.5, an ultra-fine toxic pollutant, among the metros between 2014 and 2016, according to a World Health Organisation report. The level
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Kolkata is 2nd-most polluted metro, air quality worsening faster than Delhi’s
KOLKATA: A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has finally confirmed that Kolkata is the second-most polluted metropolis in the country, next only to Delhi. The study revealed another alarming
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Govt plans steps for vehicle scan
Nabanna: The state government is working on ways to regulate the entry of non-BS IV vehicles into Howrah and Calcutta after being pulled up by the National Green Tribunal for its failure to do so. The
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Vehicular pollution rap on state
Dalhousie: The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the state government for its failure to bring down the city's vehicular pollution level by restricting BS III vehicles and phasing out 15-year-old ones.
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Expand CNG area: Green tribunal
Calcutta: The National Green Tribunal ordered the Bengal government on Thursday to allow the supply of the environment-friendly compressed natural gas to major parts of the Calcutta Metropolitan Area (CMA)
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Kolkata caught unawares as squall storms in after scorcher
KOLKATA: A squall lashed Kolkata with a wind speed of 98km an hour — the third fastest to hit the city since Aila — and brought life to a halt at the end of a scorching Tuesday. The maximum temperature
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Heart disease Japanese Takotsubo Syndrome reaches Kolkata
KOLKATA: A 28 year old IT employee was recently rushed to a private hospital near city's EM bypass road. The young woman, who had initially complained of acute chest pain, showed symptoms of a heart attack.
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New dengue strains in Kolkata
KOLKATA: It has been suspected ever since dengue outbreaks started turning frequent earlier this decade. Now, it’s official. Kolkata and Bengal are now more prone to dengue serotypes II and IV, instead
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Dengue lessons for complex
Ajoynagar: The mosquito that causes dengue is so undemanding when it comes to a breeding environment that a teaspoon of fresh water is enough for it to lay eggs, residents of a housing complex off the
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Dengue duel: Salt Lake split into zones
Salt Lake: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has decided to divide the area under its control into three zones as part of its strategy to combat dengue this year. To further add teeth to its fight
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City lags in quality index
Calcutta: Calcutta has ranked sixth among seven Indian cities in a Quality of Living report prepared by Mercer, a global consulting firm that has been doing the survey for two decades. The last on the
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance for building projects, Kolkata, 16/03/2018
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s South City Projects (Kolkata) Ltd. Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change regarding environmental clearance for building projects,
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Call for councillors to fight dengue
Calcutta: Mosquito-control measures will get a boost if councillors join health workers in making door-to-door visits, mayoral council member Atin Ghosh said during a discussion on the Calcutta Municipal
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Govt sets target of 35% pollution cut for 100 cities
NEW DELHI: As part of its dedicated air pollution abatement programme for 100 polluting cities, the Centre has formulated a National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to fight the menace through a long-term strategy.
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City air worse than Delhi's
Calcutta: The air in the city is more toxic than in Delhi in February, data collected by pollution-monitoring bodies reveal. During the period under study, Calcutta's average air quality index (AQI)
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Confirmed: Deadlier dengue strains now circulating in Kolkata
KOLKATA: The diagnosis is out and it does not sound very pretty for the city as it heads for another season of vector-borne diseases. Kolkata and Bengal are now more prone to the more dangerous dengue