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 …
JOWAI: The Synjuk ki Shnong Nongkhlieh (SKSN)- a conglomerate of eight villages under Narpuh Elaka in Jaintia Hills has demanded immediate cancellation of NOC issued to the Lafarge Cements International Pvt Ltd by the Dolloi and the Elaka Secretary for the proposed setting of a cements plant within the Elaka.A …
Jalandhar: Relations between India and Pakistan are slowly getting cemented, literally. Cement import from Pakistan, which began three years ago mostly through the train route through the Attari border, has grown exponentially and boosted infrastructure from real estate to highways. According to All-Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association figures, while cement import …
AS THE cement industry reels under high raw materials cost and reduced coal linkages, companies are exploring for alternative options such as rubber tyres and rice husk as substitutes for main inputs. Companies such as Grasim Industries, ACC, Shiva Cement have started using alternative fuels in their plants while other …
The Pradushita Udyog Birodhi Sangrami Mancha, Samata Pathar on Thursday demonstrated at Dispur Last Gate against the proposed Star Cement factory at Sonapur Samata Pathar and called upon the government to stop the industry as it would have disastrous environmental and health impact. It needs to be mentioned here that …
GUWAHATI, July 15: The Pradushit Udyog Birodhi Sangrami Mancha, Samata Pathar has blamed Social Welfare Minister Akon Bora and Industry Minister Pradyut Bordoloi for the mushroom growth of polluting coke and cement plants and brick kilns in agricultural land in Kshetri, Sonapur and Dimoria areas. Members of the Mancha today …
Watch this video that shows the villager's opposing the Asbestos unit in Chainpur village of Muzaffarpur district. The residents are worried that asbestos used in plant may cause respiratory illnesses and cancer. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/1160
This is a letter to MOEF mentioning serious flaws in the proceding of the public hearing of proposed asbestos fibre cement roofing sheet factory of M/s Balmukund Cement & Roofing Ltd in Muzaffarpur on June 28, 2010.
This is a letter written by local villagers to MoEF regarding the public hearing of proposed Asbestos Fibre Cement Roofing Sheet factory of M/s Balmukund Cement & Roofing Ltd. Proceeding was very biased and did not provide proper opportunity to the local representatives who had adverse opinion about the project.
SHILLONG: The KHADC received a lump sum amount of Rs 1.59 crore in the last financial year from the State Government as royalty on limestone extracted from Nongtrai-Shella areas by the French company Lafarge to feed its cement plant in Bangladesh. Replying during the question hour on the fourth day …
Indrani Dutta KOLKATA: At the adjourned 90th annual meeting of the company in Kolkata on Tuesday, the shareholders approved the payment of a final dividend of Rs. 3.50 per share, in addition to an interim dividend of Rs. 2.50, already paid. The total dividend for the year thus stands at …
AN 18 hectare plot straddling lychees orchards and farms in Chainpur village of Muzaffarpur district is in the midst of a dispute. A company, Balmukund Cement and Roofing Ltd, is constructing an asbestos fibre and cement roofing plant on the land. Villagers nearby are opposing it saying the company bought …
VILLAGES on the border of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab are protesting an under-construction thermal power plant in Solan district. The villagers had rejected the project promoted by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) at two public hearings held in June 2007 and in September 2009. But the Union Ministry of Environment and …
BHUBANESWAR: The State government has allotted 1,214.26 cusecs of water from different river systems to industries with which it has signed Memorandum of Understandings for setting up of steel, power, cement and aluminium projects. As per the written reply tabled on behalf of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the State government …
A check-dam in coastal Gujarat sweetened water and changed farmers' lives. Now, another change is coming, a cement factory over the reservoir and the villagers are on the warpath.
BHUBANESWAR: The single window committee chaired by Chief Secretary T.K Mishra today cleared nine projects worth Rs 4,920 crore including three cement projects in the Naxal-infested Malkangiri district. ACC cements proposed to set up a three million tonne cement plant in Malkangiri district with an investment of Rs 1,850 crore, …
AFTER the world's first green legislative assembly, Tamil Nadu may soon witness a Green Special Economic Zone, say experts who have worked out a layout for setting up a green SEZ. "We have designed a layout of how a green SEZ can be made possible. We have forwarded it to …
