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 …
Solan: Detection of toxic chemical phenyl from the viscera of dead fish, which were killed in Chikni river early this month, has set alarm bells ringing for the State Pollution Control Board. These findings have emerged from the twin reports of two laboratories of the pollution board as well as …
Mumbai Port Trust authorities were warned at least thrice about the untreated hazardous cargo, the Department of Explosives told agencies investigating the chlorine leak in Sewri. The officers of the explosives department were the first set of officials to be questioned by the investigating team of Mumbai Police in the …
The only lesson learnt by MLAs: Scotland more stringent in enforcing pollution checks The Vidhan Sabha Pollution Control Committee which had gone to study pollution management in distilleries of Scotland is back. On their return, the panel concludes - surely, what could have been derived at the click of a …
New Delhi: Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) could be in for more trouble with the Chhattisgarh government filing legal proceedings against it for illegally starting work on its 2,400 MW thermal power project in the state. Proceedings were launched by the Chhattisgarh Pollution Control Board after it found that the company, …
Dhanbad, July 18: After presenting an action plan for pollution control in Dhanbad last week, members of the expert panel are now working overnight to prepare a revised blueprint. The revised plan is being prepared according to the suggestions of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). It will be submitted by …
The decision of the Chattisgarh Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to take legal action against Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) is the culmination of a long battle which local environmentalists have been waging against this gargantuan company. JPL had requested ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) for permission to set up a …
Mumbai: Maharashtra government would soon appoint flying squads to check the disposal of e-waste, which has hazardous impact on the city's environment. An announcement in this regard was made by minister of state for environment, Sachin Ahir in the Legislative Council last week. "The flying squads are necessary to monitor …
Mumbai: The Maharashtra E Waste Association (MEWA) which conducted a seminar to discuss the draft E-Waste (Handling and Management) Rules, 2010, on Friday, has asked that the rules be made simpler with clear guidelines on the process of disposing of e-waste. E-waste is electric or electronic waste which needs to …
People living near Sasthamkotta Lake in Kerala have received a notice banning them from taking bath, washing clothes and dumping garbage in the lake. The notice also forbids mining in the catchment of the lake. Sasthamkotta lake is a drinking water source for over 700,000 people in Kollam district. It …
If the units do not comply with plan requirements, they may be in danger of forced closure Himanshu Bhatt | TNN Surat: In an attempt to bring Ankleshwar and Panoli industrial areas out of most critical industries list, a draft action plan has been drawn up by Gujarat Pollution Control …
Mumbai: The handling of hazardous cargo might be stopped at the Haji Bunder port in Sewri, where a chlorine gas leak was reported on Wednesday. Following the incident, which sent 120 people to hospital, Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) officials have decided to discontinue the handling of hazardous cargo transported in …
INDUSTRIAL units in Maharashtra will henceforth have to file details of their emissions and effluent discharge online. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Bo - ard (MPCB) has set up a special online portal called Maha Eco Bharat for easy submission of annual environmental statement by industrial units. Till now this declaration …
Mumbai: Out of the 60,000 industries in the state, barely 2.5% have filed their annual environmental statement with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The statement is equivalent to an audit report and must be filed every year by industrial units to furnish details of their emissions and effluent discharge. …
The introduction of Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) system will now help the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to monitor the concentration level of organic pollutants in the environment in better way. The GC-MS system funded by the State government (Rs 44.57 lakh) was inaugurated on Monday at the hands …
