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 …
Though several projects have been started to clean the Budha Nullah, the polluted drain continues to be a health hazard. Flowing 44 km through Ludhiana, the water body belies the claims of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) that the toxicity of the ‘nullah’ (stream) has decreased. The problem assumes …
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has slapped closure notices on eight textile dyeing and printing units in Sachin, Pandesara, Kim and Palsana near here for violating air and water pollution norms on Friday. Official sources said around 37 textile dyeing and printing units have been issued closure notices for violating …
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has slapped closure notices on eight textile dyeing and printing units in Sachin, Pandesara, Kim and Palsana near here for violating air and water pollution norms on Friday. Official sources said around 37 textile dyeing and printing units have been issued closure notices for violating …
The High Court yesterday sought a report on how many effluent treatment plants (ETP) have been established by industrial organisations in greater Dhaka, Gazipur, Savar and Tangail since 1996. The director general of Department of Environment has to submit the report to the HC in two months, the court said. …
Officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board have raided 27 dyeing industries of Ludhiana in the past 3 days to check if these were complying with the pollution norms. Even though the 236 small scale industrial units had been given ample time to comply with the norms and run their …
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Tuesday fined a washing and dying factory in Narayanganj Tk 11 lakh for polluting the water of the Dhaleshwari River, reports UNB. After a hearing at DoE headquarters, Asian Fabrics Mills Ltd at BSCIC Industrial Park in Narayanganj was fined for the violation of …
Farmers of Punnam happy over decision to drop dyeing park plan The public of Punnam are ecstatic at the shelving of the plan to establish an integrated dyeing park in their neighbourhood. At the same time, home textile exporters and professional dyers in the town are dejected that their painstaking …
Being a textile belt, Tirupur (Tamil Nadu) faced the crisis of severe pollution of water bodies due to discharged coloured effluent from the bleaching and dyeing units. More than 600 bleaching and dyeing units remained closed for almost two years for want of reliable solution. Though various technologies were implemented, …
Most of these units run on diesel generator sets. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday cracked its whip on five unauthorised dyeing and bleaching units at Kothukaranthottam in the district by demolishing the structures and machineries. The unauthorised status of the units was determined during a surprise …
It will be headed by the Collector as its ex-officio chairman A District Coordination Committee, comprising representation of various departments, is all set to be constituted within the next few days to initiate quicker action against dyeing units that are found discharging untreated effluents in the open and seize the …
The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined five factories in Dhaka and its adjoining areas Tk 2 crore for polluting the environment, reports UNB. Of the factories, two each are located in Savar and Tongi, while the rest in Ashulia. DoE sources said two factories-Pakiza Dying and Printing Industries Ltd …
Officials from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) demolished 12 illegal dyeing units near Pallipalayam in Tiruchengode Taluk on Monday. The drive was carried out from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. during which two winches, three oil engines and 72 masonry tanks that were used for manual dyeing were …
Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in coordination with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been fine tuning the technology of extracting pigments from fly-ash, said M. Salahuddin, Director (Clean technology), MoEF.The pigments could in turn be used in the manufacture of paints of various hues. …
Even groundwater in the area is polluted: residents With the water from Mettur dam hardly reaching River Cauvery in Namakkal district, the effluents discharged from the unauthorised dyeing units in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam into the river has become its only source of water. “Anyone crossing the bridge that connects Erode …
Even groundwater in the area is polluted, say residents With the water from Mettur dam hardly reaching River Cauvery in Namakkal district, the effluents discharged from the unauthorised dyeing units in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam into the river has become its only source of water. “Anyone crossing the bridge that connects …
About 500 owners and workers of small manual dyeing units in and around Komarapalayam in Tiruchengode taluk went on a token fast on Saturday alleging that Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials showed partiality in evicting illegal dyeing units. “They are victimising smaller units, while bigger ones continue to …
Continuance of the large-scale pollution of the River Cauvery by authorised and illegal dyeing, textile processing and tanneries on either side of the river (in Namakkal and Erode districts) was the most important issue that was raised by farmers dependent on water from the river to irrigate their fields, at …
Owners reaping profit at the expense of environment The district administration has come under severe criticism yet again for the inordinate delay in sealing large number of dyeing units caught for illegal operations. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board sources told The Hindu that over 30 dyeing units, which were caught …
Directorate of Environment (DOE ) on Monday imposed fine of Tk. 24 lakh on two dyeing factories in Narsingdhi for lapses in effluent treatment plants (ETP) of the factories. The factories which were fined are Star Dyeing and Finishing Mills Limited and Hamid Fabrics Limited, said an official of DOE. …
The units have sunk open wells on the Amaravathy riverbed; the activity has been going on unchecked Many dyeing units in Karur have been illegally siphoning off groundwater from the parched Amaravathy riverbed. The unlawful activity has been going on unchecked under the very nose of the officials. Scores of …
