Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Bangalore: Karnataka lags behind Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh in using municipal solid waste as a co-processing (raw materials as a source of energy) in industries. Co-processing can be used in cement kilns, power plants and integrated iron and steel industry and can replace natural resources and fossil fuels like …
GURGAON: The pollution control board of Haryana has issued show-cause notices to the municipal corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), HUDA and HSIIDC, along with 30 other city-based industrial units, for having failed the board's routine pollution check. The effluent samples taken from sewage treatment plants (STPs) maintained by HUDA and MCG, …
An indifferent parent, dithering states and a lethargic Centre have allowed Union Carbide’s deadly waste to poison the soil and groundwater in Bhopal Oliver Twist would feel for the 350 million tonnes of toxic chemicals still sitting inside the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. In 1984, an accident at …
As many as 41 of the 49 samples collected by the Haryana Pollution Control Board from industrial establishments in Gurgaon were found to have exceeded permissible limits. These included several government undertakings, including sewage treatment plants (STPs) maintained by the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), and …
As many as 115 plastic carry bag manufacturing units in various parts of the state were found violating norms during a surprise check by the officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today. The firms were caught flouting the provisions under the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2011. …
JAMMU: J&K; Social Forestry Department and WWF-India jointly launched green Jammu plantation campaign at SOS Children Village Chhnai Rama here today. The launching function was attended by former PCCF J&K; P P Sharma, former Chairman of State Pollution Control Board Dr C M Seth, Regional Director Social Forestry Ashwani Gupta, …
Chandigarh Punjab pollution control board (PPCB) has slapped notices on 54 government and private hospitals for violation of various norms for managing and handling bio-medical waste. Teams of the nodal agency conducted raids throughout the state and found that a large number of hospitals have been violating pollution control norms. …
The Supreme Court (SC) gave its verdict on the long impending judgment on the Bichhri case, Writ Petition No. 967 of 1989. A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and H L Dattu, imposed a fine of Rs 38.385 crores on Hindustan Agro Chemicals Ltd (HACL) with compound interest since 1997 …
Over a year ago, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) undertook an exercise to assess pollution levels in some of the highly polluted industrial areas of India. It then released a list of 43 most polluted areas, terming them critically polluted, and imposed a moratorium on their expansion. …
On the night of March 7, a thick pall of smoke enveloped Kudikadu village near Cuddalore. It made people ill; over 120 persons had to be hospitalised after they complained of nausea, giddiness and eye irritation. The white smoke was bromine gas and its source: pharma company Shasun Pharmaceuticals, which …
The Pollution Control Board, Assam, has asked the Guwahati Municipal Corporation to make the garbage collection and disposal system in the city more efficient. In a letter to the civic body last week, the board described the initiatives as
Plan to use plastic as fuel in high temperature cement kilns The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is planning to introduce the use of non-recyclable plastic waste as an alternate fuel in high temperature cement kilns with an aim to make cities plastic-free. Board Chairman K. Sajeevan told The …
Fifty-four hospitals were given show cause notices after they were found violating norms of bio-medical waste disposal last week, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) said on Sunday.
Jamshedpur, July 5: The forest department is trying to rope in public sector enterprises to conserve forestland and thus promote eco-tourism. Sanjeev Kumar, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Dhalbhum, today convened a meeting with representatives of Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) and Jharkhand State …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday ordered the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and the collector of Raigad to conduct an inquiry on the pollution problem near the new state-of-the-art jail in Taloja. Hearing a petition filed by Malegaon blast accused, former army officer Major Ramesh Upadhyay (59), about …
Two other 500-MW units have already been shut in state The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is planning to shut down two more units of 500 MW each in Orissa. The power utility major has already shut down two of its 500 MW units at Kanhia, near Talcher, in the …
TALCHER: The NTPC authorities at Kaniha have shut down one of the four 500 MW units of the 3000 MW power plant following a closure notice by the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB). The board, on June 28, had ordered for closure of NTPC
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has notified the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 on 4th February, 2011 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. In order to bring greater clarity and to comply with the directions of Hon-ble Supreme Court, MoEF has published the Plastic Waste (Management and …
