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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirma Limited V s MoEF & Ors. dated 14/01/2015 regarding Environment Clearance dated 8th December, 2008 given to the cement plant (Cement plant 1.91MTPA, 1.50 Clinker), Coke oven plant (1.5 LTPA), and Captive Power Plant (50 MW) to be established …
After Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), ACC Limited's cement plant has been found polluting Vidarbha's second biggest river Wardha near Ghugus in Chandrapur district, which is infamous for being the fourth most polluted area in the nation. A high-level committee of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued directives to initiate …
KOHAT: The people living in the vicinity of Kohat Cement Factory have complained that dust and fumes emitting from the factory kilns are causing serious diseases among them. A jirga of local elders, in a statement issued here on Sunday, said that emissions from the two kilns of the factory …
CHANGE ON CARDS It will decide the fate of mines by defining whose leases will get extension and whose will be cancelled, paving way to put them up for auction Developments during the past week has kept the mining sector on its toes. If the “Mines and Minerals (Development and …
This is J.K. Cement Limited’s second public Sustainability Report, and it discloses Company’s performance across economic, social, and environmental aspects for the FY 2014-15. The reporting boundary for this year’s report covers our cement manufacturing plants situated in India, at Nimbahera, Mangrol, Gotan and Muddapur, our grinding unit at Jharli …
AHMEDABAD: Mahuva's farmers have got a setback in their bid to remove judges from the bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT), which hears Nirma Ltd's appeal regarding the cement plant on Bhavnagar coastline. The NGT not only rejected farmers' plea for recusal of two expert members from the bench, but …
Malaysian snail among hundreds of species to become extinct as a result of fishing, logging, mining, agriculture and other activities to satisfy our growing appetite for resources Humble snails are no match for the might and indifference of the global cement industry. So it has proved for the now extinct …
74 producing blocks to go under hammer first; regulator for non-operational mines later As the government plans to expedite coal block reallocation to the private sector through auctioning, it appears in no hurry to set up a regulator for the sector. Not only does the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has made it mandatory to all the industrial units in Jharkhand and other parts of the country to install mechanism for continuous online monitoring system to deal with effluents generated and discharged ill-treated into water bodies by them. The Central pollution watch dog has …
The government on Monday allowed private companies in power, cement and steel to get their own coal mines through e-auctions, thus clearing the logjam created by the Supreme Court order annulling all allocation of captive mines since 1993. This makes the process through which end-users of coal can acquire a …
Following a huge blow from the Supreme Court, and a series of serious technical glitches, the government has quietly asked Coal India to cancel the auction of three coal blocks that were put under the hammer although some 44 parties had evinced interest in them and two had finally bid. …
BHAGALPUR/PATNA: NTPC's thermal power plant at Kahalgaon in the state is setting up bagging machines in the unit for mechanised packing of ash for use in cement firms in North-East, after warning from pollution control board and protests from locals against open filling of fly ash. "Six bagging machines are …
In late August, India's environment ministry rejected a proposal to build what would be the country's largest hydropower plant in a remote and pristine part of the country's northeast because of the potential damage to an area rich in biodiversity. Less than a month later and, according to two environment …
The coal ministry is taking legal recourse to ensure that the auction of coal blocks to government companies and corporations — started in December 2012 — does not get bogged down by the Supreme Court order. Its questions to the legal affairs department are aimed at allocating blocks to state …
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Eco-Friendly Students Union (MEFSU) has decided to resort to legal course of action following the Government’s alleged indifferent attitude in penalizing the nine erring cement plants in Jaintia Hills. The MEFSU had set a 30-day deadline for the government to act against the cement plants which allegedly …
Verdict will clear cloud on whether these blocks would be re-allocated or let off the hook with penalty The Supreme Court verdict on the fate of 194 coal blocks allotted over the past two decades is expected to be out on Wednesday. In a ruling on August 25, the apex …
Unilever Nepal and Shivam Cement Industry have joined hands in an environmental effort by signing an agreement to incinerate waste generated by Unilever in the burner of Shivam’s cement factory. The waste produced by the Unilever factory in Basamadi is being burnt at Shivam’s cement plant at Hatiya, Hetauda, setting …
Efforts to limit climate change below a given temperature level require that global emissions of CO2 cumulated over time remain below a limited quota. This quota varies depending on the temperature level, the desired probability of staying below this level and the contributions of other gases. In spite of this …
The 2014 Global Carbon Budget has been released ahead of the U.N. Climate Summit, showing that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement production increased by 2.3% in 2013 to new record levels. It said that emissions were 61% above the 1990 levels (the Kyoto Protocol reference year). …
BEIJING - China's top economic planner announced Friday it would double charges for pollutant disposal in the latest move against pollution. Charges on pollutants in sewage and exhaust gas disposal will be set at no less than 1.4 yuan ($0.23) and 1.2 yuan per pollution equivalent, respectively, according to a …
