Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Centre is feeling the need to amend the rules on chemical accidents in the wake of incidents in the “recent past”. The existing rules — on manufacture, storage and import of hazardous chemicals and on chemical accidents (emergency planning, preparedness and response) were enacted in 1984 and 1996 respectively. …
INDORE: Highly polluting industries of the region that have been asked by Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board to install real time monitoring equipment to keep a check on emissions and effluents are unable to get timely technical assistance, service and updates thereby delaying the process of installation and proper monitoring. …
The plant will have capacity to produce 9,000 MTPA and 6,000 MTPA of hydroquinone and catechol, respectively Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd, which offers shelf-life solutions (antioxidants and intermediates), performance chemicals and aroma chemicals, has received environmental clearance from the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority of Gujarat for setting up …
Bhopal: Activists working for the rights of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims on Tuesday requested Bhopal court to allow them to take the responsibility of serving the notice to US giant Dow Chemical through email. Counsel for Bhopal Group for Information & Action (BGIA), a volunteer organisation working for …
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Hyderabad High Court seeking directions to the authorities concerned to take action against the chemical industries and godowns which are functioning illegally at Dhoolapally village in Quthbullapur mandal of Rangareddy district. Petitioners G Satish and two others, residents of Dhoolapally …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Tarun Patel Vs The Collector, Valsad & Others dated 01/07/2016 regarding discharge caused by Vapi CETP and other units in Vapi/Daman region. Minutes of Meeting held under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Gujarat …
Surat: Residents of Jiav-Budia village in Choriyasi taluka are up in arms against the city's leading chemical and dye manufacturing company for allegedly disposing hazardous chemical waste and violating the environmental laws. Over 200 villagers from Jiav-Budia village led by Kantha Vibhag Yuva Koli Samaj Parivartan Trust submitted a memorandum …
The blast in a chemical factory in Dombivli's MIDC area on May 26 has united the residents of this city. Pollution in Dombivli has always been of great concern to all residing in the area. The satellite city caught everybody's attention when there was green rain (acid rain) in the …
Indians living with the consequences of water pollution at the site of the 1984 Bhopal poison gas disaster sought to keep alive their U.S. lawsuit against Union Carbide Company (UCC) when they filed, this week, arguments with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said that the company …
KAKINADA: The villagers of Konaseema area, during a public hearing organised by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) at Kottapakala village in Tondangi mandal of East Godavari district on Wednesday, expressed fear over pollution to be caused by the proposed bulk drug unit coming up in the village. As …
NALGONDA: The residents of four villages in Bhudanpochampally mandal are forced to migrate to other areas as seven factories manufacturing intermediatory pharma products, are releasing effluents that pollute the ground water and pose health hazard to the villagers. According to the villagers, the effluents are flowing into the agricultural lands …
Chinese prosecutors have successfully sued a county environmental agency for inadequately punishing a sewage firm that produced dye without appropriate safeguards, the first-such public interest case against a government department. The Supreme People's Procuratorate, China's top prosecutor, said on Monday prosecutors had successfully proved that the environmental protection department in …
SRIKAKULAM: A spike in the number of whales getting washed ashore on the eastern sea coast is possibly an indicator of the high pollution in these waters, experts said. In this district of Andhra Pradesh, two whale deaths were reported in May. The carcass of a baleen whale washed up …
A powerful blast in a chemical factory located near a residential area in a Mumbai suburb killed five people and left 92 injured on Thursday, police officials said. The factory building collapsed after the fire and residents living nearby complained of breathing problems from the smell of the gas that …
When DuPont and Dow Chemical agreed to merge in December, the $130 billion deal seemed to be a prime example of American managers’ ruthless pursuit of shareholder value and dedication to building monopoly positions. The two chemicals firms, with a combined 300-odd years under their belts, had both been beaten …
JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals plans to appeal the orders passed by National Green Tribunal against the company's Panoli bulk drugs plant before the higher judiciary. "The company will appeal the orders passed by National Green Tribunal in the higher judiciary," JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals said in a BSE filing today. …
Order passed in response to PIL citing media reports that 33 of 35 distilleries making ethanol in UP lacked licence for storage of hazardous chemicals NGT orders halt on ethanol production Monday's order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for sugar mills without an explosives licence to cease ethanol production …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Bee Chems Vs. Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 27/04/2016 regarding pollution caused by the chemical industry M/s Bee Chems, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. M/s Bee Chems challenged the order dated 19-01-2016 passed for closure of the industry. Show …
Several unorganised and small units in China have shut down, following tough action by that country's environment authorities India stands to gain from the strict implementation of environmental norms and safety standards on Chinese speciality chemical manufacturing firms, which has resulted in the closure of several unorganised and small units …
A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday at 11:40 am. Jubail United Petrochemical Co., a chemical plant in Al-Jubail KSA, was struck by a fire that claimed 12 lives and left 11 others injured. In a statement released by the Saudi Press Agency, …
