State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

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 …

Nangloi had many banned units: Report

Utkarsh Anand The closure of polluting units in Nangloi village in the wake of a Delhi High Court order in March has brought to light that a large number of industries, totally prohibited within the Capital, were also operational in the area for years. The second status report, set to …

Pollution around Wankhede Stadium now under control: MPCB

Mumbai Six months after the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) found that the ongoing renovation of the Wankhede Stadium taking pollutants in the air and groundwater higher than the permissible limits in the locality, a second inspection shows that most of the polluting parameters are effectively under control. This was …

Pollution control board admits to loopholes

The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board has accepted that there were certain grey areas in practice which have been exploited by industries to violate the established pollution norms. It also expressed its inability to deal with unruly industries due to shortage of manpower. CR Sahay, president of the board, accepted …

Village people want action taken against industries discharging effluents

Tirupur: A group of people from Kalipalayam village submitted a petition to Collector C. Samayamoorthy during the grievances meeting at the Collectorate on Monday, requesting him to take action against some industrial units functioning in the locality which

TNPCB orders closure of 65 dyeing units

Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) ordered the closure of 65 dyeing units in Tirupur knitwear cluster on Monday for violating Supreme Court directive which forbids the dyeing units from discharging effluents into water bodies. TNPCB District Environmental Engineer R. Kannan told reporters here that the dyeing units …

Colva pyat to plug discharge holes of hotels releasing waste into creek

Facing an uphill task to crack a whip against erring hotel establishments, the Colva Panchayat has decided to plug the sewage discharge holes of all establishments releasing waste waters in the Colva creek, storm water drains and fields. At a meeting held on Monday, the Colva Panchayat has decided to …

Govt agencies task cut off to save Colvas ecology: GSPCB

Will the various government agencies at least now put their act together and get down to the serious business of putting an end to environment degradation with the Goa State Pollution Control Board compiling a damning report on the state of affairs in Colva? Well, even the Pollution Board is …

Closure rap on emission test hubs

The state pollution control board has directed 11 auto emission testing centres in the city and its fringes to stop issuing

Pollution monitors dont measure up

KOLKATA, 18 May: The state pollution control board has given closure notices to 11 pollution under control certificate issuance centres (PUC) in and around Kolkata, as they

75 dyeing units in Tirupur closed

TNPCB chairman himself conducts surprise checks Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Tuesday ordered closure of 75 dyeing units in the city and its suburbs for its failure to comply with the directives of Supreme Court pertaining to pollution caused by dyeing units on River Noyyal. The …

Pollution from HP: PPCB moots joint panel

Nangal: The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has suggested a joint committee to keep a tab on Himachal Pradesh

Distilleries flout environment norms

Solan: The manner in which liquor distilleries located in various parts of the state have been polluting the environment habitually proves their lack of concern for the environment and the local community. In the latest case involving Sabbacheus Distillery located at Jhiriwala village near Nalagarh, the board acted after a …

HC notice to KSPCB, Bescom

The High Court on Thursday ordered issue of notices to Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and Bescom over a closure notice issued to a tobacco company. Ma Sharada Tobacco Private Limited and Pan Parag Limited had approached the High Court stating that KSPCB had sent them a closure notice …

TNPCB closes down 10 dyeing units

Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday ordered closure of 10 dyeing units in the Tirupur knitwear cluster which failed to comply with the Supreme Court order pertaining to pollution caused by the dyeing units on River Noyyal. The power and water supply to these units was …

Polluting distillery asked to stop production

The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (PCB) issued directions to the Sabacchus Distillery Private Limited, at Redu Jhiriwala near Nalagarh, on Wednesday to stop production work, after serving a notice to it on May 11 over environment pollution. Residents of the area had earlier filed a complaint to the sub-divisional …

Units dumping toxic effluent in Mahi, says CPCB

Ahmedabad/ Vadodara: In a damning report, the central pollution control board (CPCB) proved that industries in and around Vadodara are dumping toxic chemicals into Mahi river and the Gulf of Cambay. The effluent being dumped are 15 times more polluted than the accepted norms. The report accuses the effluent treatment …

Mercury poisons Bengals fish platter

KOLKATA, 12 MAY: The perception that Bengalis are intelligent because they eat fish may ebb away soon. Next time when a child fails an examination, a youth commits suicide because of depression; people get more agitated, or suffer from Parkinson

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