Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs State of Jharkhand dated 20/09/2023. The Original Application has been registered in exercise of suo motu power on the basis of the communication dated August 30, 2023 received by the tribunal. Allegation is that …
Jamshedpur, Feb. 10: The industrial hubs of Seraikela and Chaibasa can look forward to a less-polluted environment. For, the regional office of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) is setting up two ambient air quality monitoring stations there. Senior officials of the JSPCB said that they have already received the …
AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, Jan. 28: The state has asked Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (Jusco) to justify its claim of a rate 23 per cent higher than the estimated cost of Rs 52.50 crore for execution of the Mango water supply project. Although Jusco, a 100 per cent subsidiary of …
Jamshedpur, Jan. 27: The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to serve notices to three civic bodies for polluting river Subernarekha, considered the lifeline of Singhbhum. Senior officials said that the decision was taken following a survey that revealed how untreated sewage water was being released into the …
- Survey on medicinal properties of species KUMUD JENAMANI Friends in need: A herd of elephants at Dalma Jamshedpur, Jan. 19: After providing homes to animals at the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, the authorities are now looking forward to prepare a biodiversity register. For this, the authorities will carry out an …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Officials at a review meeting. Pix: Srinivas Jamshedpur, Jan. 15: The cost of the ambitious Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) has swelled to Rs 5,500 crore. The earlier estimate, drawn last year, had amounted to Rs 5,200 crore. After a review meeting at Nirmal Guest House, officials blamed the …
- Green hub will also act as knowledge centre on environment for schoolchildren KUMUD JENAMANI Site of the proposed park in Adityapur. Pix: Bhola Prasad Jamshedpur, Jan. 13: A green hub is all set to enliven the otherwise drab surroundings of Adityapur. The forest department has decided to develop a …
Jamshedpur, Jan. 8: The state government is working extra hard to implement the mid-day meal scheme in all the schools of East Singhbhum district but minority-run institutions have requested to spare them from the scheme. If such is the situation, the mid-day meal scheme would not be implemented in government …
ANTARA BOSE Jamshedpur, Jan. 6: Gone are the days when the primitive tribes of Musabani block in East Singhbhum used to depend on hunting to earn their livelihood. Now, the Sabars, a backward tribe residing at Joblakocha in the block, are slowly embracing a civilised life. After taking up farming, …
- School bags seventh position in national environment awareness project ANTARA BOSE Jamshedpur, Dec. 23: Kerala Public School is set to change the adage
After TERI Award for HIV/AIDS initiatives this year, Tata Steel has now bagged CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2008 for its corporate social responsibility efforts. Competing with many business organisations, the company bagged the award after a two-part assessment process involving a site visit followed by jury investigation. It is not the …
Traffic movement came to a halt today when residents of Kandra and Gamharia in Seraikela-Kharsawan district blocked the road for over four hours, protesting against the rising pollution level because of sponge-iron units. The protesters squatted on the road blocking it with their cycles and tractors and refused to budge …
Doomsday focus in green talks - Debate shows how ill-informed People are about environmental hazards OUR CORRESPONDENT The debate in progress at the Tata Auditorium in Jamshedpur. Global warming, deforestation and other environmental issues might be pushing the world towards its doomsday and haunting the green army, but we tend …
Jamshedpur: With the state recording an increase in the number of malnourished children, the government has embarked on a project to set up malnutrition treatment centres (MTCs) in the districts on the lines of Rajasthan. The first such centre will start functioning in Ghatshila from mid-December. Another will open in …
Jusco: New feather in cap Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited (Jusco), a Tata Steel subsidiary that takes care of water supply and other civic amenities of the city, has bagged a Rs 152-crore, six-year-long water management contract for Mysore, the city of the famed Vrindavan Gardens. Said to …
