Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
In a bid to keep a check on rising water contamination levels, the civic administration is planning to upgrade its water sample testing facility and increasing its capacity to be able to test 1,300 samples per day. The officials said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to develop its …
The Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court order of shifting the Esplanade bus depot and declaring the area surrounding Victoria Memorial Hall a no parking zone to save the monument from pollution. Mr Subhas Dutta, environment activist, said the Supreme Court gave the order on 12 September. Mr Dutta …
New Delhi In a major relief to Sterlite Industries, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stuck to its earlier stay order against the immediate closure of the company’s copper smelting plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The closure was directed by the Madras High Court. The HC had in September last …
On September 6, the Supreme Court reserved its judgement on Sterlite Industries' special leave petition, seeking a stay on the Madras High Court order to shut its copper smelting plant in southern Tamil Nadu. The closure order was given last year over claims that the plant had violated environmental norms. …
The National Envir-onmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in its report on the oil spill in the aftermath of the collision between MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia III that occurred in August 2010 has estimated damage to the environment to the tune of `525.186 crores. “We have come out with a …
Puducherry Pollution Control Committee not spared Poor handling of the solid waste management by the local bodies, deficiency on the part of Puducherry Pollution Control Committee (PPCC) in providing environmental safeguards, non-collection of entertainment tax from cable operators and unfruitful expenditure incurred by the departments of Health, Local Administration and …
An amount of Rs. 50 crore has been earmarked towards the implementation of a marine discharge project for treated effluents from dyeing and bleaching units, situated mostly in the western belt of the State. The marine discharge project, envisaging the laying of pipelines for 350 km, had been proposed as …
AHMEDABAD: A division bench of the Gujarat high court refused to direct the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to allow another environment impact and risk assessment study to develop Positra port. This effectively sealed the fate of the proposed port near Jamnagar. Positra was identified by the state …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved verdict on Sterlite Industries' interim application seeking a stay on the operation of the Madras High Court judgment ordering closure of its copper plant at Tuticorin and discharge of its workers on payment of compensation. A Bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and A.K. Patnaik …
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, will spend £7 million on the 2012 London Olympics. The same company has refused to clean …
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to give details about the effluents from the Sterlite Industries’ 400,000-metric tonne copper smelter plant at Tuticorin. A bench headed by RV Raveendran also asked TNPCB to file an application specifying the polluting materials released …
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, will spend £7 million on the 2012 London Olympics. The same company has refused to clean …
Though the state government has approached various institutions to conduct a risk assessment of the recent oil spill caused by sunken vessel MV Rak Carrier, the experts affiliated to them say inadequate samples and lack of time may pose difficulty in quantifying the damage. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Tamil Nadu Government a week's time to submit its comments on the environment impact study by an institute on the Sterlite Industries' plant in Tamil Nadu. The study on the compliance of environmental norms by Sterlite's plant at Tuticorin was done by the …
Over 700 water bodies in the capital are getting another chance at survival. Delhi government has formed an apex body, headed by the chief secretary, to catalogue and mark progress of restoration for each listed waterbody in the city. A steering committee under this body will monitor progress in monthly …
Tons of toxic wastes strewn in and around Union Carbide factory ever since the happening of industrial disaster can be disposed of by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). It is believed that the Organisation can easily destroy the waste materials without posing any threat to environment. Union Minister …
Several NGOs working for the cause of the Bhopal gas victims on Wednesday called for immediate scrapping of the recommendations of the Peer Review Committee set up for remediation of toxic contamination in and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in the state capital and demanded reconstitution of this committee …
LUCKNOW: The ambitious groundwater recharge project to be undertaken in the state capital is all set to undergo a scrutiny of Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), countrys top scientific institution engaged in assessment of groundwater and its associated parameters in the country. To be undertaken by the state and …
LUCKNOW: The groundwater recharge project undertaken by the state and central ground water board (CGWB) in the city has come under scrutiny of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court. The project aimed at rainwater harvesting through pits dug up in parks. The court has asked the civic authorities to …
Says Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit after a review meeting with health experts The Lancet study that had alleged presence of NDM-1 gene in cholera and dysentery bacteria in the samples of drinking water taken from Delhi was on Wednesday discussed at length by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at a …
