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 Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s drive against illegal dyeing units that discharge effluents into River Cauvery at Tiruchengode Taluk in Namakkal resumed on Wednesday. This was the first drive after a gap of more than four-and-a-half months. On Wednesday, 10 illegal dyeing units were removed at Aandikadu and Samayasangili …
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City issued a warning today to the dying industry operating along the Bagmati River for polluting the river by releasing harmful chemicals, including dyeing agents. “We found the dyeing industry along the Bagmati releasing waste materials, including chemicals, directly to the river, thereby polluting the river in …
Volunteers removed silt from the tank a few months ago Discharge of effluents into the Ukkadam Big Tank was polluting the water there and also affecting the groundwater, said Vanitha Mohan, Managing Trustee, Siruthuli. The effluents entered the tank through the two inlet pipes on the northern side of the …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is currently on an overdrive to prevail upon polluting dyeing and bleaching units in the Western region of the State to conform to emission norms in the wake of the Supreme Court's notice issued to several States, including Tamil Nadu, last month, asking for …
Action taken following complaints by local people The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) personnel removed 10 jiggers and the three illegal dyeing units that were using them at Samayasangili in Pallipalayam Union, Tiruchengode Taluk, on Thursday. TNPCB officials said that the units were directly dumpling effluents into River Cauvery …
Petition sent to the TNPCB Chairman seeking answers on the issue P. Sankara Narayanan, an environmental activist hailing from agrarian community in the region, has decided to implead in one of the recent Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed in Supreme Court, in an attempt to fight the continuing industrial pollution …
JAIPUR: After rendering the agricultural land infertile, the huge amount of ground water being used for dyeing industry on the banks of river Bandi in Pali is fast depleting the groundwater and adversely affecting the dwindling forest resources of the area. "For cloth dyeing, huge amount of water is required …
The second phase of concrete-lining project of Kalingarayan Canal is at tender stage. Civil works of the project for which the State Government has sanctioned Rs. 41 crore were likely to commence during February. The project envisages concrete lining of the canal to a distance of three miles and three …
The first thematic park on block printing in the country at Jaipur created a new benchmark on Wednesday for the textile industry setting up a common effluent treatment plant ( CEPT) that would achieve zero discharge, and recycle and reuse around 90% of waste water. Inaugurating the five-lakh litre capacity …
The Department of Environment (DoE) has sealed more than a dozen industries operating inside the Kathmandu Valley for violation of the minimum pollution standards set by the authorities. The department has expedited the process of taking stringent action against the polluting industries, factories and businesses after they were found to …
Anadarko Petroleum Corp and its Kerr-McGee unit acted with "intent to hinder" when they spun off Tronox, the paint materials company that later went bankrupt, and should pay billions of dollars in environmental cleanup costs, a judge ruled on Thursday. The decision, which parties had been awaiting for about a …
Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday fined two dyeing factories TK 42 lakh for polluting the Turag River, reports UNB. After a hearing at DoE’s Dhaka headquarters, its director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir fined Karuni Knit Composite Ltd and Hamza Chemical Industries Ltd at Kaliakoir in Gazipur Tk 40 …
The dead are being denied a decent farewell and a clean resting place as sewage and effluents from nearby houses and dyeing units seep into a cemetery run by the town panchayat at Metupatti in Chinnalapatti. Locals have another reason to be livid as the civic body has started to …
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has proposed that disconnection of power supply to consumers, who violate pollution norms, be avoided. A draft to this effect has been circulated seeking response within 15 days. In the case of many industrial units, including the Sterlite copper smelter in Tuticorin , …
Lead concentration as high as 1,60,000 parts per million (ppm) was detected in a sample of 250 cans of oil-based (enamel) house paints, a study has found. Lead, which is added to paints in order to increase its their durability, speed up their drying and maintain their appearance, is known …
Department of Environment on Tuesday fined two dyeing factories in Narsingdi Tk 10 lakh for violating environment laws by operating defective effluent treatment plants (ETP), reports UNB. After a hearing at the DoE headquarters in the capital, its director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir slapped the fine on ‘Anwar Dyeing’ …
Filing of a criminal complaint by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board against a dyer of Karur marks a critical phase in law enforcement against polluting unit owners and consequently has rattled dyeing unit operators who are faced with a multitude of problems. The Collector, S. Jayandhi, promised the farmers …
Kumaragiri Lake was once a major drinking water source for Salem Upset over the continuance of pollution of Kumaragiri Lake at Ammapet in Salem city by a few polluting dyeing units of that locality, Salem Citizens Forum (SCF) has planned to organise demonstrations to condemn the alleged inaction of the …
The Environment Friendly Local Governance Framework 2013 that was approved by the Nepal Cabinet recently is being implemented in all local bodies from the current fiscal year. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Nepal State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. …
The Tamil Nadu pollution control board (TNPCB) officials demolished a dyeing unit in Chellandipalayam locality in Karur district on Tuesday morning as it was found to be running without a treatment facility. The manual yarn dyeing unit reportedly didn't have a zero discharge plant and was letting out effluents into …
