<p>Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Sanjay Kulshresthra Vs Government of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 24/04/2024.</p> <p>The matter related to pollution of river Yamuna
PANJIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board will hear the defence of 48 mining firms, accused of extracting excess iron ore by Goa Foundation, between November 19 and November 23. The companies, during their hearing last month had challenged GSPCB jurisdiction to conduct hearing over excess production claiming that the environment clearances (ECs) are issued by Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).
PANJIM: Velsao panchayat in Cortalim constituency will be the first to have door to door collection of dry waste as part of a pilot project by Department of Science, Technology & Environment in collaboration with the Directorate of panchayats. Speaking to media persons, after the meeting with officials of the directorate of panchayats and ‘experts’ on the garbage management including Levinson Martins, the Member Secretary of the Goa State Pollution Control Board, Patricia Pinto CCP councillor, Clinton Vaz and others, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha said that after trying out the system for a month, they would take it to other panchayats as well.
Coast Guard asked to move stranded ship within 3 days to prevent pollution off Marina coast In a bid to prevent pollution off the Marina, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has asked the Coast Guard to move stranded vessel MT Pratibha Cauvery mid-sea within three days. According to senior officials with TNPCB, its representatives have orally communicated this to the Coast Guard, but a letter signed by the Board’s chairman will be sent to the Coast Guard on Wednesday.
Expressing concern over the Government’s negligence towards City’s garbage problem, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State to identify five more landfill sites to manage the waste generated by Bangalore in the future. Accepting the BBMP’s submission that it was the State government which had to identify the landfills, the court sought to know why the State was waiting for a request to identify landfill sites.
Air quality too, to be monitored at five spots, during Deepavali It’s a busy time of year for officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). A week head of Deepavali, they have begun measuring levels of noise and ambient air quality at five places in the city. Monitoring stations have been established in thickly-populated areas like Besant Nagar, T. Nagar, Sowcarpet, Nungambakkam and Triplicane to collect dust samples before, during and after the festival. According to an official, noise levels will be recorded for six hours every evening and pollution levels, every 24 hours from 6 a.m.
Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) level at Adyar was 62 microgram/cubic metre. It was recorded for a 24-hour duration ending 6 a.m. on Saturday. At Kilpauk, it was 115 microgram/cubic metre
As a measure to check pollution during Diwali festival this year, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will conduct a survey at local markets to examine firecrackers for the level of pollution
Acentral government study conducted earlier this year concluded that not a single firecracker available in the market was within the prescribed noise level limits set by the Supreme Court. A test
With the production of bricks coming to a halt, leading to a sharp escalation in its prices, the state government has upped its efforts to convince brick kiln owners to resume production by getting the
A Bench of the Lok Adalat has observed that the use of banned pesticides has led to cervical and breast cancer among female agriculture labourers in six districts which fall under the Gulbarga revenue division. The Bench comprising Justice D V Shylendra Kumar of the High Court and A N Yellappa Reddy, a member of the Lok Adalat, in its sitting in Bangalore on Saturday, directed the departments of health and agriculture to conduct a survey among labourers and suggest remedial measures.
