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 …
With 15 more polluting tanneries in Jajmau in Kanpur and Banthara in Unnao shut down, the number of such units closed in the past couple of months has reached 67. The lock-down drive was initiated on the orders of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which has also barred renewal …
There was a vertical division at a public hearing here on Tuesday over the establishment of a paint and copolymer plant by JSW Group at Musinayakanahalli in Sandur taluk of the district, with people expressing themselves for and against it. The public hearing was organised by the regional office of …
Ms A Sharada Devi, Emeritus Scientist, College of Home Science, Agriculture University, Hyderabad, has called upon the textile industries to adopt eco-friendly dyeing technologies for clean and green environment. Addressing the two-day national conference on ‘Emerging strategies in green textiles and sustainable fashion’ organised by the Alagappa Institute of Skill …
The World’s Worst Pollution Problems 2016: The Toxics Beneath Our Feet updates the top ten point-source polluting industries based on each source’s global burden of disease. Pollution and the diseases that it causes have become a massive and extremely costly global problem. But at the same time as our understanding …
The UP pollution board has been directed by National Green Tribunal to submit details of tanneries on the banks of river Ganga at Kanpur and inform it whether they have permission from the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) for extraction of ground water. A bench headed by Justice U D …
Exposure to lead paint poses significant harmful effects to human health, especially among children. The health effects, which are generally irreversible, can have a lifelong impact. Many countries have enacted controls to address these adverse impacts, but decorative paints containing lead are still widely sold and used in many developing …
Notwithstanding the action against illegal units engaged in dyeing, washing or electroplating steel sheets, hundreds of units are reportedly operating. The number could be around 300, claimed sources in the department concerned. The Haryana Pollution Control Board (HPCB) sealed about 150 units in the past few months. “The industrial area …
Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy has warned unauthorised dyeing units functioning in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam against discharging effluents into River Cauvery and polluting the river. The Collector said that many small and medium sized processing units are functioning in the two places of which many are unauthorised. A total of 569 unauthorised …
KANPUR: The National Green Tribunal has allowed around three dozen tanneries of Kanpur to operate. Around 130 original applications filed by the various industries in response to the notice issued by Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) were disposed of by NGT. The order was reserved on November 2 last …
The tanneries in Kasur in Pakistan, where the world-famous handmade “Kasuri jutti” is made, is spreading pollution across the border in Punjab. The tanneries are dumping tonnes of hazardous chemicals into a Sutlej tributary that flows into India. This is causing serious health problems for the residents of villages in …
The National Green Tribunal has issued bailable warrant against the Secretary of Meerut Development Authority for failure of officials to appear before it and inform about status of unauthorised dairies running in the Uttar Pradesh district. "We issue bailable warrant in the sum of Rs 20,000 to the satisfaction of …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) adjourned the hearing of closed tanneries of Kanpur case on Monday when Central Pollution Control Board sought more time to file inspection report and fixed September 16 as next date of hearing. The matter was listed for hearing on August 10. Justice Swatantra Kumar (chairperson), …
KANPUR: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given permission to two out of the 91 closed tanneries of the city to operate on Friday. Fate of the remaining tanneries would be decided on August 10 after the NGT judges hear the matter again, said Asad Kamal and Javed Iqbal, members of …
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …
Proposal sent to seek approval from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Dyeing units in Tirupur apparel cluster are all set to sign agreements with three cement manufacturing companies in an effort to dispose of the entire sludge generated during the effluent treatment process. “The sludge coming out during the dyeing …
KANPUR: Tannery associations and owners have hailed National Green Tribunal (NGT) decision to allow closed tanneries, situated on the banks of the Ganga here, to operate on a trial basis for 19 days in June. During this period their effluent levels will be checked by a team of experts. The …
The district administration snapped power supply to 98 tanneries in Jajmau amidst tight security on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). In a high-level meeting held in Lucknow on Saturday, chief secretary Alok Ranjan had cleared the decks for the action. President of Small Tanners Accociation Hafiz-Ur-Rehman said …
Questions have been raised about the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s virtual clean chit to the tanneries in a report last year after 10 workers died on Friday at a tannery in Ranipet in Vellore district; documents indicate that the Board was giving a long rope to the tanneries and …
The National Green Tribunal Thursday sought more clarification on key issues before deciding the fate of about 700 Kanpur-based tanneries on the banks of river Ganga, termed as "highest sources of pollution" in one of its earlier observations. The bench, chaired by Justice (retd.) Swatanter Kumar, Thursday directed the Uttar …
Noting that the 700 tanneries in Kanpur on the banks of Ganga were “one of the highest sources of pollution” in the river, the National Green Tribunal Tuesday (NGT) warned that it will be “compelled” to order the closure of each one of these units if all concerned do not …
