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, Nov. 30: Industrial units are now facing a fresh challenge. The fixed power tariff plan of the Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) is adding to their heavy burden of losses. The fall in the demand of their products has either limited production or led industrial units of the Adityapur …
Not everything was bright during the festival of lights last week. Both Ranchi and Jamshedpur earned the dubious distinction of recording the highest noise and air pollution levels in recent years. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, which carried out twin surveys on the decibel level and the ambient air …
Delhi-based NGO will help in mapping corridor of migratory elephants of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. The NGO, which has expertise in drawing routes of elephants with meticulous details, including food habits, would work on the project from January when the migratory season comes to an end. Shidharth Tripathy, the Dalma divisional …
The Subernarekha basin in Jamshedpur A long-standing dispute between the state government and Tata Steel over the cess on water from Subernarekha and Kharkai basin in Jamshedpur seems to have reached an amicable solution, with the steel major agreeing to pay Rs 40 crore. Till August this year, the state …
Jamshedpur: Outsourcing the job of sanitation at Tatanagar to a private party has become a bane for both railway passengers and local residents. The road leading to Khasmahal from the station has literally turned into a waste dump. Heaps of garbage litter the half-kilometre stretch and raise a stink that …
Jamshedpur: Cement major ACC Limited has decided to extend waste management solutions to local industrial units in the steel city and its adjoining areas. Director (alternative fuels and raw materials business) of ACC Limited Ulhas V. Parlikar who was in the steel city today said that a facility for waste …
The participants of Tata Steel Rolling Trophy debate. Picture by Bhola Prasad Jamshedpur: The panel discussion was a fitting finale of the Tata Steel Rolling Trophy debate today. The discussion had the audience glued to their seats. Organised by Jamshedpur chapter of Association of British Scholars (ABS), the panellist at …
Jamshedpur, Sept. 15: Pollution has been a cause of concern for people for some decades now, but few steps have been taken to control it. Tata Motors Limited today organised a seminar on carbon emission reduction as part of an awareness campaign at Management Training Centre in Telco today. S.B. …
Jamshedpur, Sept. 15: The East Singhbhum administration has sent a proposal to the government requesting for the gradual introduction of emission norms for passenger vehicles in the steel city. The district transport department (DTD), after receiving a request from the district environment committee, recommended the implementation of Euro-III, followed in …
ANKUSH SINGH Work in progress at a park opposite Vikas Bhavan in Adityapur; PCC road developed by Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority. Picture by Bhola Prasad Jamshedpur, Sept. 7: The Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority (Aiada) would be constructing 10 parks in the New Housing colony at Adityapur. Apart from …
ANKUSH SINGH Posers on canal project Jamshedpur, Sept. 7: Four large and medium irrigation projects of the state water resources department in Kolhan have failed to take off in the absence of land clearance from the forest department. While the Sunwa, Jharjhara and Natki projects fall under West Singhbhum, the …
Jamshedpur, Sept. 5: BJP legislator from Jamshedpur (west) Sarayu Roy today served an ultimatum to the state government asking them to start the Mango drinking water project by September 20. The water project has been hanging in balance for the past three years.
Jamshedpur, Sept. 4: The list of the displaced under the Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) is all set to swell with the state government deciding to initiate fresh survey for identifying the beneficiaries who had been left out after the earlier process. At present, around 14,000 people have found a place …
PINAKI MAJUMDAR Jamshedpur, Aug. 28: The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) would invest Rs 12 crore this fiscal under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. Director (personnel) and in charge of SAIL's raw materials division, Ganatantra Ojha, said majority of the funds earmarked for CSR would be spent towards …
Jamshedpur: Work for the Adityapur Auto Cluster has gained momentum after the Centre announced 75 per cent subsidy for the Rs 65-crore project. Pushpak Management Services has been appointed as the consultant. Officials said a team of industrialists would soon leave for Pune and Nagpur to study auto clusters. The …
Radioactive waste spills over into fields in Jharkhand about 4 hectares of agricultural land in Talsa village near Jamshedpur looks jaundiced. The soil has turned light yellow and villagers fear it might have gone barren. On June 17, radioactive waste from a pond of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited …
Elite schools lend campuses to poor children Every noon a merry bunch of children from low-income colonies of Jamshedpur cross the Subernarekha in a boat to study at the elite Carmel Junior College. They get dedicated teachers, books and a clean campus without paying exorbitant fees. Some even get vocational …
