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 …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Thursday conducted random checking of hotels and restaurants in Colva to check the compliance of measures to contain sewage disposal into the storm water drains. Information reveals that Board officials inspected as many as 12 hotels on Thursday and found that some of …
More than 99 per cent of the commercial vehicles plying on Calcutta roads after 10pm failed the foul fume, noise or age test over three months of random pollution policing ordered by the high court. The results of the February-April quarter not only make a mockery of the campaign against …
BHUBANESWAR: Chided by the Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court, the Government seems to have woken up to the large-scale loot and worked out some tough measures to check illegal mining in the State. Enforcement squads will now frequent mine areas while a coordination committee will keep a watch on …
Atmadip Ray & Writankar Mukherjee KOLKATA PICKING a positive from the ravages of a bandh is never easy. A bandh sets the country back by up to Rs 8,000 crore, says Aditya Birla Group chief economist Ajit Ranade. Inconvenience to the public is immeasurable with lives lost, utility services disrupted …
MUMBAI: A major environmental disaster is brewing along the northern coastline of Maharashtra, which, according to a recent study done by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) for the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), has higher levels of pollution than any other coastline in India. The major reasons for …
The government has postponed the Environmental Public Hearing by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) in view of the proposed widening of NH-17 until the exact details of the project are made available. A letter dispatched to the GSPCB the Minister for Environment Aleixo Sequeira states that he had …
In another four years, coal dust pollution from the manually handled Berths No 10 and 11 located towards Vasco city could be a thing of past, as Berth No 10 will make way for logistic cargo handling and while Berth No 11 will be developed into a fully mechanised manner …
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board had cleared the trial run of the incineration of hazardous waste lying on the Union Carbide factory premises here, overlooking several violations of Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules. The MPPCB gave the clearance after the go-ahead from the Central …
If the news of alleged illegal mining in Karnataka by the Reddy brothers has generated much controversy, not far behind is the mineral-rich state of Odisha. RTI applications filed in the Odisha Pollution Control Board (OPCB) and State Forest Department have disclosed that illegal mining worth above 2,000 crore is …
Rajmahal, June 29: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board and Sahebganj district administration are at loggerheads over the closure of five polluting China clay mines situated on the banks of the Ganga in Rajmahal. The JSPCB, which had issued showcause notices to 11 firms in Rajmahal three months ago, sent orders …
AN 18 hectare plot straddling lychees orchards and farms in Chainpur village of Muzaffarpur district is in the midst of a dispute. A company, Balmukund Cement and Roofing Ltd, is constructing an asbestos fibre and cement roofing plant on the land. Villagers nearby are opposing it saying the company bought …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), has submitted an affidavit to the Bombay high court stating that it does not support the setting up of private helipads in Mumbai. The Maharashtra government had plans to give green signal to kick-start the construction of the 12 private helipads.
KOLKATA, 28 JUNE: The sound of the Vuvuzela has travelled across continents. Already a concern for the players and Fifa officials in South Africa with the defeaning sound distracting players during the World Cup matches, the Vuvuzelas have now caused quite a stir in the state. Meet the "new and …
Mumbai: This Ganpati festival devotees may see a lot of eco-friendly idols, provided the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) certified process of idol-making becomes popular and good sense prevails among organisers. After experimenting on various formulas to come up with eco-friendly idols for the past three years, Pramod Vitthal …
Officials Say Crude Oil Dumping At The Site Illegal Tushar Tere | TNN Vadodara: While a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the fire that erupted in the backyard of Gujarat Refinery three days ago, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) too is making a separate inquiry into the incident. …
Bhavnagar: Following the finding of a high amount of hazardous industrial waste that was being dumped in a creek near Sisodiya Yard in Alang, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) held an emergency meeting with Alang Ship Breakers
Ludhiana: The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has constituted a committee to consider the use to pet coke as a fuel in the dyeing industry. The Federation of Dyeing Factories Association had sent a representation to the board in this regard. In a communique sent by the department to the …
