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 …
A cross-sectional epidemiological survey of 255 individuals (130 current permanent employees, 64 contract workers, 55 ex-employees and 6 scrap dealers) coupled with a retrospective cohort study of the occupational health of 290 employees (all permanent employees who ever worked in the factory over a span of 15 years) was conducted …
in july this year, Rajendra Singh Chauhan, chairperson, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (uppcb), announced that the order to shut down 27 hazardous waste-generating industrial units in Aligarh would be postponed . He added that he was seeking legal advice on whether closure should be implemented at all. Chauhan also …
SPONGE iron units seem to be mushrooming in Orissa like never before. The status as on September 16, 2003: around 22 proposals pending with the Orissa Pollution Control Board (OPCB), and 26 plants already functioning. The industry-starved state views the boom as economic convalescence, but is turning a blind eye …
Cash-strapped Uttaranchal’s industrial policy, unveiled last month, primarily aims to create an investor-friendly climate. Nothing wrong with drawing up a roadmap for recovery, except that it makes no reference to a symbiosis between economic activity and environmental conservation. The Uttaranchal government has, within a short span, separately announced a slew …
• He served the Indian Army in his heydays. Today he cannot stand straight and can barely walk without a walking stick. Hands, which used to wield artillery, cannot hold a glass of water or button his shirt. D V Singh, a 66-year-old retired army officer, is suffering from central …
two months after the Supreme Court (sc) directed the Delhi government to de-seal industrial units, owners of which were willing to give an undertaking that the premises would not be used for any non-conforming activity, not a single unit has been de-sealed as yet. In November 2000, the state government …
There is much confusion among government authorities and industrialists regarding the definition of a polluting industry. Even those seeking de-sealing have no clue on what basis they should file the application. Consider the case of a plastic moulding unit. The owner has alleged that he was given a license to …
the Supreme Court has granted four weeks time to the Delhi government to close all polluting and unauthorised industries operating in Delhi's residential areas. The apex court rejected the government's plea to complete this task within five months. Justifying the four weeks time, the apex court said that 18,000 units …
the Delhi government, in accordance with the Supreme Court (sc) order of December 7, 2000, has sealed more than 1,500 industrial units. But confusion prevails as to how the units have been identified for closure. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (mcd), the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (dpcc) and the Delhi …
the Delhi government's drive to shut down polluting factories took another tragic turn on January 6, 2001 when a 35-year-old man killed himself when officials came to seal his factory. Pawan Kumar's death brought angry and frustrated factory owners and workers out on the streets, forcing officials to stop the …
onD ecember 7, 2000, the Sup reme Court set a one month deadline for closure of all polluting industrial units in residential and non-conforming areas of Delhi. The Union ministry for urban development with the help of other bodies and the Delhi government was given the responsibility of implementing the …
The latest environmental fix in Delhi, once again under the pressure of the Supreme Court, is the relocation of polluting industries situated in the areas that are in non-conformity with the city's Master Plan. Four years went by without the government taking any serious action and now that the court …
the agitation against Meta Strips United factory at Sancoale, Goa, has intensified with the Anti-Meta Strips Citizens Action Committee ( amcac ) issuing an ultimatum to the government for closing down the controversial project. amcac has decided to launch a
researchers have come upon a new source of acid rain seabird urine. The discharged waste contains ammonia, which also damages plants. A study by Sarah Wanless of the British government's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology at Banchory in Scotland has shown that ammonia concentrations in the air near seabird colonies …
for the 3,000 residents of Athwajan, the closing down of nine stone-crushing units was justice at last. For decades, the residents were forced to breathe air laden with fine particles carried from the crushers set up near their colonies. Repeated appeals to the authorities to shift these units went unheeded. …
Hilary F French, vice-president for Research at the World Watch Institute in Washington DC has authored a research paper where she says that transportation and automobile industries are an example of the spread of hazardous manufacturing processes spurred on by international investment This, in turn, increases the demand in the …
NOVEMBER 29, 1996, the residents of Delhi were, as usual, cohabiting with a smoke-filled sky and toxic wastes in water and food. December I saw the same standards. On the face of it, nothing really seems to have changed. Even following the Supreme Court (SC) verdict that after November 30, …
The British Nuclear Fuels (BNF), which operates the Sellafield reprocessing plant in north-west England, has landed in the dock. A lawsuit has been slapped by four Irish residents who want BNF to close the plant which is about 180 km from the eastern coast of the Republic of Ireland. They …
