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 …
Dalhousie: The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the state government for its failure to bring down the city's vehicular pollution level by restricting BS III vehicles and phasing out 15-year-old ones. The eastern zonal bench of the tribunal has also observed that the government has tabled an unsatisfactory report …
Calcutta: The National Green Tribunal ordered the Bengal government on Thursday to allow the supply of the environment-friendly compressed natural gas to major parts of the Calcutta Metropolitan Area (CMA) and not just the area under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. CMA comprises the area under the Calcutta civic body as …
Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/04/2018 regarding appointment of Lokpal/Lokayukta in states of India. Supreme Court directs all the states to expedite the process of appointment of Lokayukta at the earliest and inform the Apex Court …
Concerned about the rising pollution levels in Siliguri, a voluntary organisation on Tuesday sought measures to be taken against the same. Members of the Green Forum also demanded that authorities concerned find a solution to the problem. “Siliguri, once one of the cleanest and greenest towns in India, has witnessed …
KOLKATA: A squall lashed Kolkata with a wind speed of 98km an hour — the third fastest to hit the city since Aila — and brought life to a halt at the end of a scorching Tuesday. The maximum temperature had surged to 37.8°C — the season’s highest so far …
KOLKATA: A 28 year old IT employee was recently rushed to a private hospital near city's EM bypass road. The young woman, who had initially complained of acute chest pain, showed symptoms of a heart attack. However, doctors were unable to find any blockage in her arteries during the angiography …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Biswajit Mukherjee Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2018 regarding fire cracker units operating in West Bengal. An affidavit filed in NGT gives information that the State Government is taking steps to establish clusters for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench) in the matter of Abdullah Sardar Vs Divisional Forest Officer & Others dated 16/04/2018 regarding illegal bandhs and fisheries detrimental to the existence of Sundarbans. NGT directs the State of West Bengal to file status report on the removal of illegal …
KOLKATA: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to spray Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) , a kind of bacteria that destroys mosquito larvae, to prevent dengue outbreak in the township. NKDA officials said that BTI will be sprayed using a hand compression machine having a tank capacity of …
East Calcutta Wetlands, a significant part of which falls within Salt Lake and Rajarhat, needs to be assessed immediately to finalise its roadmap for survival, observed a panel of experts during a World Water Day programme on March 22 held at the auditorium of Institute of Public Health Engineers (IPHE) …
Under the programme, a dominant female elephant will be identified. “After she is tranquilised, we will put a radio collar on her. She will then be released back to her herd. The radio will send a signal to a satellite which will enable us to track the movement of the …
KOLKATA: It has been suspected ever since dengue outbreaks started turning frequent earlier this decade. Now, it’s official. Kolkata and Bengal are now more prone to dengue serotypes II and IV, instead of I and III that have traditionally been predominant in the region. An analysis of blood samples collected …
KOLKATA: World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. But still, there are some misconceptions about this disease. A commonly held belief is that only economically weaker sections of the society …
Ajoynagar: The mosquito that causes dengue is so undemanding when it comes to a breeding environment that a teaspoon of fresh water is enough for it to lay eggs, residents of a housing complex off the Bypass were informed on Sunday by a vector control expert deputed by the Calcutta …
Salt Lake: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has decided to divide the area under its control into three zones as part of its strategy to combat dengue this year. To further add teeth to its fight against the mosquito-borne disease, the civic authorities are planning to formulate a policy of imposing …
Calcutta: Calcutta has ranked sixth among seven Indian cities in a Quality of Living report prepared by Mercer, a global consulting firm that has been doing the survey for two decades. The last on the list is Delhi. The survey covered 450 cities across the world. Apart from Calcutta and …
KOLKATA: A draft notification issued by ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) to ease green norms for building and construction sector projects has drawn a sharp response from urban planners and green activists who view the change as regressive and disastrous. On March 13, 2018, MoEFCC issued a …
As many as 26 cases across 11 states show that forest land is being acquired by the government for development projects like mining and dams by forging consent of tribespeople or by ignoring it, according to a new analysis. Public hearings were either not held or were conducted at far-off …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s South City Projects (Kolkata) Ltd. Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change regarding environmental clearance for building projects, Kolkata, 16/03/2018. NGT disposes of the Applications with the direction to MOEF & CC / SEIAA (whichever is the Competent …
Calcutta: Mosquito-control measures will get a boost if councillors join health workers in making door-to-door visits, mayoral council member Atin Ghosh said during a discussion on the Calcutta Municipal Corporation budget in the civic house on Tuesday. Ghosh urged all councillors to visit the houses in their respective wards and …
