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 …
Pune The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued notices to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to come up with multiple sites to address the issue of garbage dumping in Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages. However, the PMC is yet to discuss the issue with the district collector.
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Minister of State for Environment and Forests Kiran Choudhry on Tuesday directed all regional officers of the State Pollution Control Board to strictly enforce the ban on use of plastic bags in the State and launch prosecution against the violators. Presiding over a review meeting of the Board …
CUDDALORE: The Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation has voiced concern over indiscriminate dumping of chemical waste by unscrupulous tanker-lorry drivers in residential areas. In a representation addressed to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, the Association
Chennai: The level of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) in ambient air at a traffic intersection in T.Nagar during the 24-hour period ending 6 a.m. on Saturday was 137 microgram/cubic metre. The permissible limit for RSPM is 100 microgram/cubic metre. According to a data provided by the Tamil Nadu Pollution …
CHENNAI: The level of total suspended particulate matter (TSPM) in the ambient air at a traffic intersection in Vallalar Nagar during the 24 hour period ending 6 a.m. on Tuesday was 248 microgram/cubic metre. The permissible limit is 200 microgram/cubic metre. According to the data collected as part of the …
MUMBAI: In a bid to ensure that all healthcare units comply with the rules related to disposal of bio-medical waste, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has initiated action against 230 erring establishments. Of these, 100 have been served with closure notices, while the rest have been asked to comply …
MusavirrWani MM ISMANAGEM M ENT of biomed M ical wastes in and around the hospitals in Kashmir valley continues to add to the pollution levels thereby creating problems for both the patients in the hospitals and people at large. Officials at the helm of administration in these hospitals say that …
LUCKNOW: At least 500 buses plying in Lucknow are awaiting CNG conversion. Close to 30,000 kg of CNG is left un-used everyday. Going by the fact that a single bus runs on 60 kg of CNG, 30,000 kg is sufficient to run 500 buses everyday. The reality, however, is otherwise. …
Ludhiana One and a half years ago, he was ridiculed for proposing the revival of the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in Focal Point. Joginder Kumar, the owner of an electroplating unit in the area, approached the members of electroplating units to revitalise the plant which was lying non-functional for …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan According to a survey conducted by TNPCB NOISY: Motor vehicles significantly contribute to noise pollution levels. A scene in Velachery. CHENNAI: Noise pollution levels in residential areas across the city are considerably higher than the prescribed limits, as per a survey conducted by the Tamil Nadu Pollution …
R. Vimal Kumar For a clean city: A scientific team constituted by Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai in Tirupur to study the problems of effluent discharge. Tirupur: A technical committee constituted by the newly-formed political party Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai to study effluent water management in Tirupur, has come out with its report …
A sample study of the water collected by the Karnataka Pollution Control Board (KPCB) at the Mallathalli Lake on Saturday has revealed low Dissolved Oxygen levels (DO). Out of the four samples collected by KPCB at different corners of the lake, where a lakh fish had died, two samples were …
CHENNAI: The level of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) in the ambient air at residential area in Adyar and traffic intersection in V. Nagar recently was 30 microgram/cubic metre and 185 microgram/cubic metre respectively. The permissible limit is 100 microgram/cubic metre, according to a press release from Tamil Nadu Pollution …
The Mallathahalli lake, where about a lakh fish were found dead over the last four days, was cleared of the waste on Saturday by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Water samples were collected from different parts of the lake and sent for tests, the results of which would be …
The Corporation of City of Panaji has warned the Town and Country Planning Department (TCP) and the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to shift their vehicles from the EDC complex at Patto or else to pay the required penalty. The EDC complex has literally turned into dumping ground for …
Pune You are playing with our lives, villagers tell PMC, district officials, MPCB Members of the Kachra Depot Hatao Sangharsh Samiti have sought written explanations from the Pune Municipal Corporation, the district collectorate and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for risking their lives due to the unscientific dumping of …
With the four housing complexes coming under the Goa Pollution Control Board scanner, the Margao Municipal Council on Monday issued strict instructions to the managements of these complexes to immediately stop discharge of sewage into the Xelpem Lake. Representatives of the housing societies assured the Margao Civic Chief Savio Coutinho …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has invited applications from the following categories for the State Pollution Control Awards 2009. The categories are: industries (large, medium and small scale), hospitals (200 or more beds, less than 200 beds, PHC, CHC), hotels (star hotels and resorts), local body (Corporation, Municipality, …
