Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Salboni Apartment Owner’s Association Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to restoration of the Salboni Jheel, Kolkata, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to place …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Prerna Singh Bindra & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/11/2018 regarding use of fireballs and spikes to drive away elephants. It has been pointed out by counsel for the petitioner that the State of West Bengal …
KOLKATA: The air quality in the city has deteriorated over the past few days and experts put some of the blame on the festivities. With about a month or so to go for winter, Kolkata’s ambient air quality has already started nosediving. In the last few days, the finest particulate …
A strong demand of a separate time zone by northeast populace has been a matter of great debate for a very long period. However, no implementable solution to this genuine problem has yet been proposed. The CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, CSIR-NPL (the National Measurement Institute, NMI, of India and custodian of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Public (People United for Better Living in Calcutta) Vs. East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority & Others dated 09/10/2018 regarding illegal structure belonging to the Vaidik Dharma Sansthan Trust, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. National Green Tribunal directs the East Kolkata …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 08/10/2018 regarding discharge of untreated effluents from the stables of Royal Calcutta Turf Club located in the Hastings area of Kolkata. National Green Tribunal directs Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC) …
Disease is spreading fast in northern part of Bengal At least a dozen people have died due to dengue in West Bengal in the last two months. Last week, the vector borne disease claimed two more lives in Kolkata. In north Bengal, over 50 people are hospitalised in suburban and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs. Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal & Others dated 01/10/2018 regarding pollution of Tarapith area, Birbhum District, West Bengal. The government counsel submits that substantial work has been done which includes construction of the electric cemeteryas well …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 01/10/2018 regarding hot mix plants operating in Kolkata, West Bengal. Counsel for Kolkata Municipal Corporation that the hot mix plants in operation are being operated outside thhe Kolkata city limits. …
KOLKATA: It took the death of a 21-year-old girl for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to go hard at dengue in Lotus Park, an area close to the Bijoygarh-Golf Green-Baghajatin belt where dengue had wreaked havoc last year. After Mou Mukherjee died of dengue at MR Bangur Hospital on Saturday, …
The bans, however, do not feature as a recommendation by an expert committees that had been formed to look into the question of dealing with air pollution. Meanwhile, the green court reprimanded the state government for citing lack of funds for its non-compliance in these recommendations. The National Green Tribunal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 18/09/2018 regarding air pollution caused by the method used for road repairing, fire in Dhapa Dumping ground, plying of old vehicles, burning of solid waste and other related issues. NGT …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bijay Krishna Sarkar & Others Vs Inland Waterways Authority of India & Others dated 14/09/2018. In this Original Application the applicant has sought relief and compensation for the damages caused to river Ganga and its aquatic life by hydraulic structures …
KOLKATA: Duttabad area under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has been badly hit by dengue this year and the civic authorities are taking all measures as possible to prevent the disease to further spread in the locality. Another 95 persons had attended the two medical camps in Duttabad on Sunday out of …
Civic workers clear a pile of garbage at DuttabadCivic workers clear a pile of garbage at Duttabad KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation on Saturday started collecting blood samples of patients suffering from fever and dengue-like symptoms. The civic body also started cleaning ponds and roads in Duttabad to tackle the …
Salt Lake: A 10-year-old boy from Duttabad who had tested positive for dengue and been suffering from fever for a week died at NRS Medical College and Hospital on Thursday morning. The child's mother and one-and-a-half-year-old sister are down with dengue, too. This is the second time the mosquito-borne disease …
Salt Lake: At least 100 of the 144 wards in Calcutta are vulnerable to dengue with 109 cases reported between August 15 and 22. The government has hardly ever accepted that dengue is a problem but now a survey by a government agency has shown how widespread the problem is. …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved USD 620 million loan to boost irrigation projects in Madhya Pradesh and supply clean water in West Bengal. ADB inked USD 375 million loan agreement with the Madhya Pradesh government that will be used to contribute to double farming income by expanding irrigation networks …
Calcutta: Around 75 people have been infected with the dengue virus in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation area over the past month, the mayoral council member in charge of health said on Thursday. Atin Ghosh, the mayoral council member, also said 173 people had contracted the mosquito-borne disease in the city …
Calcutta: Five hundred pairs of all-weather night-vision cameras will be installed across the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve and South 24-Parganas division for the second round of tiger census in the mangroves post monsoon. The cameras will be installed in the western part of the national park and Sajnekhali range in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. Union of India. The proceedings were initiated on an allegation of severe pollution of river Churni passing through Nadia district in the State of West Bengal. The untreated effluents from factories were being released …
