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 …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai October 15, 2010, 0:20 IST Radioactive releases from the proposed plant of Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) in Maharashtra are expected to be insignificant and their impact would be negligible, according to the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri). The state-run nuclear power major
IT was when the men in moon suits arrived that it really sank in. There they were, with breathing apparatus and impermeable all-in-ones, gingerly taking away the material that had been sitting for five years in an open-air scrapyard in the middle of the busiest part of town. Vegetables and …
THE PROPOSED site for the Jaitapur nuclear park is a sight for weary eyes with blankets of lush grass covering the plateau 25 metres above sea level. The N-park will house six reactors, the biggest one having a capacity of 1,650 MW, eclipsing the largest units at Japan
The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday picked up tar ball samples from three beaches in South Goa and handed the same to the National Institute of Oceanography in Dona Paula for a thorough analysis. Officials at the GSPCB said tar ball samples were picked up from Velsao, Colva …
The government has said that the Union Ministry of Shipping and Environment and Forests have ordered NEERI to conduct a detailed study on the annual phenomenon of tar balls surfacing along Goa
The Centre on Tuesday assured compensation to those affected by the oil spill resulting from the collision of the two ships off Mumbai coast early this month maintaining that
Civil society must prevent any attempt to clean up Bhopal without establishing Dow's remediation liability and analysing the contamination fully. THE endgame has begun. The present moment, coming after the extraordinarily shoddy Group of Ministers (GoM) report on Bhopal and the Madhya Pradesh government's manoeuvres to hammer a lid on …
MUMBAI: The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) and National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) will conduct an extensive research to study the impact of the oil spill on the marine eco system.The accident due to the collision of two ships-MV Khalijia 3 and MSC Chitra-on Saturday resulted in spilling of …
Rahi Gaikwad Mumbai: The closure of the Mumbai port and the suspension of cargo movement into the city have sparked fears of fuel shortage in Maharashtra. The port was closed on Sunday, a day after merchant vessel MSC Chitra collided with m.v. Khalijia-III, leading to a massive oil spill in …
This critique of NEERI & NGRI reports on assessment & remediation of contamination in and around Union Carbide, Bhopal says that both reports provide useful information but the critical results are misinterpreted, or missing & several conclusions reached within the reports are not supported by the evidence presented. This document …
This documents consists of comments and suggestions received by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on NEERI, NGRI and IICT reports related to decontamination and remediation of the Union Carbide plant site in Bhopal. Comments/suggestions received on the NEERI, NGRI and IICT reports related to Bhopal gas leak disaster.
Sitting atop the Palni hills, Kodaikanal, the premier tourist destination of Tamil Nadu, does not evoke images of pollution. A winding road through the hills lifts you from the stifling heat of Madurai, 121 km away, to the mist-covered town. Along the upper reaches, a trained eye can glimpse thickets …
We asked the Hindustan Unilever Limited to respond to the allegations in our story. Excerpts from an email reply We understand the HUL used to operate a mercury thermometer operations plant in Kodaikanal. And that the factory was forced to shut down in 2001 after the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control …
Mumbai Five years after the deluge on July 26, 2005, a public meeting held at the Maharashtra Nature Park, Mahim, to discuss the status of the Mithi river and the work done by officials to combat future floods, saw just a handful audience. Organised by NGOs Jal Biradari and Mithi …
Anindita Dey / Mumbai July 22, 2010, 0:22 IST The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has filed an affidavit in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur for entrusting Dow Chemicals, the present owner of Union Carbide, with the entire cost of remediation efforts towards detoxifying the areas around …
Submission of the intervenor Bhopal Group for Information and Action to the Bhopal environmental remediation oversight committee on remediation of ground and soil water, and other toxic waste, in and around the former Union Carbide factory, Bhopal in compliance with the order ot the hon
The contamination of soil and groundwater at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal has nothing to do with the 1984 gas leak disaster, according to a study released on Thursday by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute. Instead, the toxic wastes were dumped over a much longer period between 1969 …
NEW DELHI: The government has set up an oversight committee to coordinate and monitor the clean-up of the Bhopal gas leak disaster site, even as three scientific bodies submitted their final reports and recommendations on the environmental damage and the remediation process. The committee, which was one of the recommendations …
