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 …
Rahul Mangaonkar | TNN Ahmedabad: A paralyzing link in the so-called 'foolproof bio-medical waste disposal system' of state is an innocent rule which mandates that those healthcare units that treat 1,000 patients and less in a month are not required to be registered with Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). This …
Surat: Following a TOI expose on how quacks flourished fearlessly in the city, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Sunday shot off notices to 952 organisations demanding details of their infrastructure and biomedical waste disposal mechanisms. During checking, they found 54 quacks. Out them, RK Patel and AK Vishwash were arrested. …
Ahmedabad: This is why infected syringes find their way into the recycling market putting countless lives at risk. A 15-member committee consisting of state health and pollution control board officials which was to monitor that every medical waste produced anywhere in Gujarat is disposed off according to norms has not …
The PIL filed by INFORSE-IDL in Madras High Court, asking for a complete ban on manufacture, trading and use of 'use & throw plastic products & carry bags upto 150 microns thickness (both virgin & recycled) and kudams/containers made of recycled plastics. It is submitted that Government of Tamilnadu originally …
Ahmedabad: After four days of breakdown in the mega pipeline in Vatva, neither Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) nor Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have tested samples of overflowing effluent water in low-lying residential areas in the region. And still residents staying in Vanjaravas, Vaghrivas and Barotvas of Vatva are forced …
This document presented by the MoEF in response to a recent parliament question focuses on the state of pollution in our cities. Gobindgarh in Punjab has been rated as the most polluted city while Delhi has been rated as the most polluted metro followed by Kolkata. Lok Sabha question and …
The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) on Monday sent a team to collect river water from Gomti barrage to find out its dissolved oxygen level. The step was taken after largescale death of fish was reported recently in the water stretch. UPPCB CEO DC Gupta said the dissolved oxygen …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSCB) had issued an ultimatum recently to six private hospitals threatening closure if effluent treatment plants (ETPs) were not put in place for disposal of liquid waste. A reality check done by Deccan Herald at some of the hospitals revealed that work in this …
Proceeding of the public consultation held on 27.2.2009 at Gopinathpur jungle village of Chhendipada tahasil of Angul district for environmental appraisal of Radhikapur East (including utkal-f) opencast coal project of M/S Tata Sponge Iron Limited. The Project Director, DRDA invited the public to deliver their views on the environmental issues, …
Kanchan Vasdev and Jyotika Sood Tribune News Service Ludhiana, January 20 The state government has set yet another deadline for the local dyeing industry to ensure discharge of effluents into Budda Nullah as per the stipulated standards of the Punjab Pollution Control Board. The industry has been asked to start …
Chandigarh: As many as 98 builders and industrialists in Haryana have been fined by the Environment Courts for failing to abide by environmental and administrative standards. Having applied for environmental clearance, many builders began construction on their projects without official approval of their applications. Sources in the Haryana State Pollution …
Bhopal, Jan 16: The dilapidated Union Carbide premises would be handed over to the Housing and Environment department for construction of a gas monument after cleaning up of the toxic waste from its vicinity. The proposed monument would be constructed at a cost of Rs 70 crore on an area …
Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 8 Awash with untreated sewage, highly toxic chemicals, metals and bacteria, the black waters of Chitti Bein, also known as East Bein, bring diseases and other sufferings to lakhs of people settled in the villages alongside it on about 100-km stretch. The stream, which originates …
HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 5 The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) came under scanner on Monday as the High Court demanded to know what action had been taken to ensure that medical waste is systematically disposed off and if, any action was taken against any erring hospitals. The GSPCB …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: In an effort to monitor the levels of highly-toxic Carbon Monoxide in the ambient air, CO analysers will soon be installed at five locations in the city. The equipment will be installed in Anna Nagar, T. Nagar, Vallalar Nagar, Adyar and Kilpauk. Equipment of the Chennai …
With reference to the application dated 08.11.2008 of M/S Bokaro Steel Plant, B.S.City Bokaro for consent under Section 25/26 of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and that under section 21 of the Air (Prevention & control of Pollution) Act, 1981
Chandigarh: Coming down heavily on farmhouse owners in the Aravalli Hills, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has initiated criminal proceedings against 155 of the rich and famous from Delhi and its periphery, all of whom bought plots from four builders. Earlier this year, prosecutions were also lodged against …
