Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
PATNA: It’s not even three months since the state government’s ban in urban areas, plastic polythene bags are back in use in the city markets by street vendors and the general storekeepers. The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) had formed several task force squads to ensure strict implementation of the ban. …
Patna: The New Year has brought even more toxic air for the residents of the state capital as the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Patna was recorded the highest in the country on the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The city AQI on Wednesday stood at 468, which was higher …
PATNA: The state transport department will launch a campaign from Monday to seize vehicles that emit excessive smoke in a bid to curb air pollution in Patna. City residents have been urged to make videos or take photographs of such vehicles and send a WhatsApp message on 6202751158 and 9572506129 …
PATNA: Air quality in Patna continued to deteriorate for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. The air quality index (AQI) of the city, as per a bulletin issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), surged from 402 on Tuesday to 423 on Wednesday, the third highest in the country. …
PATNA: Even though Diwali is nearly a fortnight away, air quality in city slipped to “very poor” category on Thursday following rise in concentration of harmful pollutants in the atmosphere with the gradual plunge in temperature. The air quality index (AQI) of Patna released by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) …
PATNA/GAYA: Dengue has assumed alarming proportions in the state with the number of people suffering from the mosquito-borne disease reaching 671 on Tuesday. At least 33 of 38 districts are reeling under massive dengue outbreak. Government health facilities in the state capital are struggling to cope with rush of dengue …
PATNA: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for replacement of existing conventional lights with energy efficient LED lights at Jaya Prakash Narayan International Airport (JPNI) here. Senior EESL officials said the company would make an investment of …
PATNA: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said he would press for the inclusion of three Bihar cities – Patna, Muzaffarpur and Gaya – under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) of the Centre that covers 96 cities in the country. The three Bihar cities had been left out …
PATNA: The air quality near Maurya Lok Complex, Bihar Veterinary College and Walmi has been found to be “very poor”, as per ‘An Assessment Report of Air Quality of Patna City at Different Micro-Environment’ released by deputy CM and minister of environment and forest department Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday. …
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday differed from the recent report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that ranked Patna the fifth most polluted city in the world. The situation in Patna is not so bad as it has been mentioned in the WHO report, he said. …
PATNA: State energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav along with state road construction minister Nand Kishore Yadav on Wednesday laid foundation stones of two projects related to solar power plants and solar street lights in Patna Sahib area. The projects will be completed by September this year. Under one of the …
PATNA: The state capital has only 132 public toilets for over 20 lakh population, causing inconvenience to the denizens, said Vishal Anand, the deputy commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), on Monday. The city vying for the Smart City tag with population floating every day also fairs quite poor in …
PATNA: The Eco Club of Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) on Wednesday organised a series of programmes as part of the Earth Day which was observed across the globe on April 22. A seminar on ‘Reduce plastic load’ was also organised. The event was inaugurated by professor-in-charge of CUSB’s …
PATNA: Patna University will soon install solar energy panels on its important buildings and take up rainwater harvesting projects with a view to creating an eco-friendly environment on the campus. PU will also bring out books on indigenous and traditional knowledge and flora on PU campus. These decisions were taken …
PATNA: The state cabinet has approved the modification in the Loknayak Ganga Path project. Of the 20.5km proposed driveway along the Ganga in Patna, a stretch of 11.7km will be now an elevated structure. The IIT-Roorkee had been assigned to study and modify the driveway project in 2016 in view …
Patna: A non-government organisation's drive on Monday revealed that city traffic police have high level of poisonous carbon monoxide in their lungs, which make them vulnerable to headache, dizziness, vomiting, chest pain, breathlessness, loss of consciousness and also impacts oxygen delivery to organs. Long-term exposure to the gas can even …
PATNA: Believe it or not, but Patna is the sixth most polluted city in the world. According to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report, Gwalior, Allahabad, Raipur and Patna from India are among the 10 worst cities in 67 countries in terms of air pollution, said Patna University (PU) …
PATNA: With the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) virtually failing to curb breeding of mosquitoes in various localities of the city, people are at the receiving end here. Despite using all types of repellents, residents of the city are experiencing disturbed sleep due to mosquito bites even during the daytime. The …
PATNA: The state transport department has decided to form a three-member team to inspect the vehicle pollution check centres and verify if they have proper infrastructure to test vehicles before granting them 'pollution under control' (PuC) certificates. The transport department move comes close on the heels of this newspaper reporting …
