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 …
PRASHANT PANDEY The campaign against polythene bags in the capital has so far largely been a Delhi government initiative. Now, the MCD has shown interest in taking up the campaign in a proactive way. It hopes to use the massive jurisdictional advantage it has, as it covers more than 95 …
S.S. NEGI Disapproving the interim order of the Andhra Pradesh high court permitting Obulapuram Company Ltd (OCL) of the powerful Reddy brothers to carry on mining activities in an area 40 metres towards the Karnataka border in Obulapuram area, the Supreme Court on Thursday halted the entire operation till further …
Suresh nikhar | Bermo Residents within the Administration of the civil sub-divisional officer Tenughat have demanded immediate steps to control pollution caused by loading, unloding of coal, coal dust and other minirals. The locality reels under air, water and sound pollution. Local residents including Kathara, Jarandih, Phusro and Chanderpura, school …
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor PATHANAMTHITTA: District Collector T.T. Antony has banned chemical treatment of the water in the Njunangar stream, a tributary of the Pampa, under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The ban order was issued on Saturday night to the Travancore Devaswom Board, which, along with the Kerala …
Greeshma Gopal Giri | ENS Chennai, December 9 HUGE chimneys emitting dark fumes mark the skyline of north Chennai. Dusty roads, and heavy traffic are other features of this region, which has seen rapid industrialisation, and is developing into the most polluted part of the city. At least two power …
Mumbai Even as the state takes stock of the new stringent ambient air quality standards that the Centre announced recently, levels of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) and nitrogen oxide levels have been soaring in Mumbai since 2005 due to vehicular traffic, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials said. …
Nishu Mahajan | Chandigarh Deliberating upon the need to apprise people about the environment hazards caused by burning of agriculture residue or wastes in the fields, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) is organising awareness programmes at the block levels in all 21 districts of the State under a special …
The Colva Civic and Consumer Forum has expressed its shock with the way the Ministry of Environment and Forests has acted even after six multi-storied structures have come up in Colva village. Forum secretary Judith Almeida said the agrarian land of orchards, fields and pond has already been destroyed beyond …
Industries can now access all the facilities and forms of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) at the click of a button. GSPCB launched a new software -
The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the IPCC has given a warning to the global community about the consequences of global warming and climate change resulting from burning of fossil fuels during the last 150 to 200 years. This is also a growing concern in the agenda for trade negotiations, …
;Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 25 NOV: The Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards issued by the Centre would come at a cost for the state government as they have to spend around Rs 20-22 lakh to upgrade its air monitoring units located at various places in and around the city to …
All hazardous waste generating industries in Goa have been via a notice issued by the Goa State Pollution Control Board directed to make an application to the Board on or before January 4, 2010, for obtaining authorisation as required under the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Trans-boundary Movement) Rules, 2008, …
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Monday directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to conduct a fresh inspection of Curchorem Railway Yard (CRY) within two weeks to ascertain the level of dust pollution in the area. A Division Bench of Justice V K Tahilramani and Justice N …
S Lalitha, nov 22, Bangalore: News regarding the overwhelming decibel levels that rock the City is now set to travel to far flung areas. For, a unique project on noise pollution in Bangalore undertaken by students of a school in Gottigere has been selected for the National Children
S Lalitha, Bangalore, Nov 18, DHNS After a nearly two-year long exhaustive study of major water bodies in and around the City, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has come out with this key finding: 82 pc of the lakes and tanks in the City are in conditions ranging …
Biomedical wastes are posing a great threat in Odisha. With the growing number of private hospitals and more of super speciality centres of cure, the issue of biomedical waste disposal is turning out to be a nightmare for environmentalists. Hospitals in the State together produce more than 50 tonnes of …
Ajay Modi / Jaipur November 16, 2009, 0:53 IST Financial losses at nearby units in crores, air quality severely affected. Smoke continues to emanate from the Jaipur bulk storage depot of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), more than a fortnight after a massive fire broke out there on October 29, unleashing …
