This brochure offers decision-makers in the real estate and energy industries, as well as urban and municipal developers, a broad overview of the topics of decentralised energy generation and supply, and raises awareness of the goal of decarbonisation by 2050 at the latest. The advancing digitalization in the construction and …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government was chastised by the Bombay high court on Monday for playing with its dignity and misleading the Chief Justice when the hearing against sound pollution resumed before a bench led by Justice Abhay Oka. Hearing the state's "unconditional withdrawal of allegation of bias" against Justice Oka …
PANAJI: The Goa government has nominated Sandeep Azrenkar, Milind Gadgil and MK Janardhan as members of the state level eco-sensitive zone monitoring committee for a period of one year. This is in pursuance of the January 2015 notification issued by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF-CC) which …
Decibel levels on the first day of immersions found to be higher than last year's, say activists of Awaaz Foundation Anti-noise pollution activists measuring noise levels across Mumbai on the first day of Ganesh Chaturthi immersions on Saturday found the decibel levels to be even higher than that recorded on …
Panaji: Over 20 environmental organizations and activists chalked out a strategy over the state's inclusion in national green tribunal's (NGT) northern zone, even as some termed it as a 'special status for Goa', while others said it was the central goverment's war on environmental justice. The activists met at Chicalim …
“With no silence zones, it will be a lot easier to get permissions for mandals around hospitals and educational institutes. There is only a week left for the festival and it is unlikely that the zones will be identified during this time,” said anti-noise pollution activist, Sumaira Abdulali. A day …
CHENNAI: Finally, after six years of delay, the State government is pushing hard to frame a Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP), which is vital in protecting ecologically sensitive areas and keeping encroachers at bay. But activists say this can be achieved only if CZMP is prepared following sound scientific principles. …
MUMBAI: Seventeen years after Noise Pollution Rules came into force, the Centre last week made changes to the law, putting a question mark over the fate of silence zones across the country. The matter came to light on Wednesday when the Maharashtra government informed the Bombay high court that noise …
MANGALURU: City based Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation has been recognized with excellence award by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPBC) in the category 'NGO for Contribution towards Environmental Awareness in D. K. District.' APD Team comprising organization's founder Abdullah A Rehman, director Arjun Rai, co-coordinators Kruthika Shenoy, Ruhia Hussain, Naveen …
Nagpur: After conservationists opposing limestone mines between Tadoba-Andhari and Kawal reserves in tiger corridor in Chandrapur district, the battle against mining has spread to neighbouring Gadchiroli, where villagers disrupted public hearing for iron ore mines in Zendepar in Korchi taluka on Thursday. The public hearing was called by the district …
373 teams formed to visit households in areas assigned to them The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) public health department will conduct a door-to-door active case finding (ACF) campaign for tuberculosis (TB) control. Starting from August 1, teams will visit households in over 70 areas identified by the civic body and …
NAVI MUMBAI: National green tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked the environment and forest departments to file affidavits in a petition filed by a city resident whose lawyer has pleaded for stopping quarrying in the Parsik hill in the city as mining has been done beyond permissible limit besides environmental degradation. …
The forest department has recommended the abolition of the posts of two field directors, saying their work can be done from Bengaluru. Going against chief minister Siddaramaiah’s order that forest officials should be on the field and not in Bengaluru, the department wants the field directors of Project Tiger and …
PANAJI: The workshop was to discuss and share ideas on how the problem of e-waste has been a burning issue which needs to be tackled in Goa. In view of this, Goa-based NGO Communicare Trust along with the ministry of electronics and information technology, NASSCOM, MAIT, CEAMA under the Digital …
Bhopal: Though partially, the impact of the ban on polythene carrybags is visible at the ground level, not because of the administration's efforts, but due to untiring efforts of a few green crusaders in the city. Despite constraints, some self-motivated Bhopalis are doing their bit to ensure that the hazardous …
The annual average PM2.5 concentration in Delhi is typically more than 10 times the US National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 12 micrograms per cubic metres. Such poor air quality has significant economic and health impacts (e.g., heart attack, asthma, lung cancer, mortality) and India needs to initiate PM 2.5 …
Create a law-abiding culture, the Delhi High Court has said while cautioning the Centre and the AAP government against issuance of pollution under control (PUC) certificates to polluting vehicles in the city. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also expressed concern over the …
Anti-noise pollution activists have raised a strong objection against Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's plans to relax noise pollution norms for the Ganesh utsav festival in silence zones. City-based NGO, Awaaz Foundation has written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention. They also plan to bring the issue to …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh will present the State Environment Leadership Awards-2017 in a prize distribution ceremony organised by the Department of Environment, Science and Technology, Himachal Pradesh, on July 15. The Chief Minister will also unveil a book “Compilation of best practices on Environmental Excellence”. This publication is a compilation …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) to inspect two government buildings in Noida after a plea alleged that their rain water harvesting systems were non-functional and designed in a faulty manner. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim directed CGWA to inspect rain water …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ojasvi Party Vs Ministry of Environment Forest dated 11/07/2017. The Applicant has alleged that Manoj Mishra and his fellow colleagues have filed several petitions in the guise of protection of environment and have adversely affected the environmental religious rights of …
