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 …
The population structure of the Phytophthora infestans populations that caused the recent 2013–14 late blight epidemic in eastern India (EI) and northeastern India (NEI) was examined. The data provide new baseline information for populations of P. infestans in India. A migrant European 13_A2 genotype was responsible for the 2013–14 epidemic, …
Speaking at a programme - 'Green cities mission: a dialogue on urban sustainability' - CSE executive director Roychowdhury said Saturday the web of interconnected lanes in the densely populated cities makes travelling faster. The executive director of Centre for Science and Environment, Anumita Roychowdhury, has said “high-density cities can sustain …
Calcutta: The air in the city is more toxic than in Delhi in February, data collected by pollution-monitoring bodies reveal. During the period under study, Calcutta's average air quality index (AQI) - based on the prevalence of the most potent pollutant, PM2.5 - was 260. Delhi's AQI stood at 243. …
KOLKATA: BJP workers on Thursday took a pitcherful of Hooghly water to the Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s vandalised statue to “purify” it. Though the cops prevented them from reaching the statue site, the politicians’ aborted act prompted environmentalists and Calcutta’s citizens to focus on the state of the river in the …
Calcutta: The Assembly passed on Tuesday a bill that seeks to empower the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to impose a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh on the owner or occupier of a property where mosquito-breeding grounds are found. The bill also seeks to empower civic health workers to forcibly …
KOLKATA: The diagnosis is out and it does not sound very pretty for the city as it heads for another season of vector-borne diseases. Kolkata and Bengal are now more prone to the more dangerous dengue serotypes II and IV instead of serotypes I and III, which have hitherto been …
Food safety offenders will now be booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) with criminal charges while Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will continue to conduct food safety drives in collaboration with the Enforcement Branch (EB) and state police. The KMC health department on Thursday held meeting with state police and …
Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will preside over a meeting to discuss vector-control measures on Wednesday. Representatives of the municipal corporations of Calcutta, Bidhannagar and Howrah will attend the meeting, among others. Government officials failed to recall the last time a meeting to take stock of vector-control measures was held …
The original version, dated May 23, 2017, had notified a ban on sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets, triggering an outcry over its effect on trade across the country. In a significant rollback, the Centre is all set to remove any reference to the term “slaughter” in its …
NEW DELHI: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) - key central body which takes decision on the government’s ambitious Ganga rejuvenation programme - has approved a number of projects worth nearly Rs 4,000 crore for various cities\towns of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. The projects, approved in the …
The passing away of Dhrubojyoti Ghosh, the engineer-turned-internationally acclaimed ecologist, on February 16 has left the East Calcutta Wetlands more vulnerable than ever. Ghosh, who discovered, named and introduced the unique 12,500 hectare spread to the world, was the most vocal opposition to attempts at landfill in the wetlands area, …
KOLKATA: It’s a tale of two water sources at Bagha Jatin — A KMC-piped water tap at D Block and a tubewell at J Block. During the diarrhoea outbreak, the civic body had advised residents not to use water — contaminated with coliform bacteria — from both the sources. After …
“Cow dung cakes are more environment-friendly. Secondly, there is a religious angle. Some people consider it holy to cremate in cow dung cakes. We have given them an option. They can use electric furnace or wood or cow dung,” Atin Ghosh, member, KMC Mayor-in-Council (Health) said. A crematorium in Kolkata …
Plans to raise offshore funds, and rope in strategic partners and investors AMPL Cleantech, a subsidiary of Kolkata-based Atha Group, is looking to invest about ₹3,000 crore to increase its total renewable energy capacity to 1,000MW (1GW) by 2022. The company, which is scouting for projects in India and across …
KOLKATA: The air that you inhale inside the warmth of your home could be as poisonous or even worse than the outdoor air, warns a study conducted by a group of city environmentalists and the Calcutta University's economics department. It has found the indoor air quality (IAQ) or the pollution …
KOLKATA: After a brief respite, the PM2.5 count again rose above 300 g/m3 on Tuesday morning. For more than two hours during the peak morning hours, when kids go to school and office-goers to their work, PM2.5 count taken at US Consulate Air Quality Monitoring station stood at 310 — …
KOLKATA: The gap between male and female child mortality rates has reduced considerably in Bengal, propelling the state to the list of the best five Indian states in terms of this key developmental index. The latest Sample Registration Survey (SRS 2016) has found 28 deaths per 1,000 among girl children …
KOLKATA: City residents on Sunday hit the streets to spread awareness on the dangers of Kolkata's declining air quality index. The march organised by Kolkata Clean Air (KCA) — an umbrella body for several green organizations campaigning for city's better environment — witnessed hundreds of concerned citizens, including schoolgoers, university …
Calcutta: The state government stands accused of sitting for around a year and a half on recommendations on how to curb air pollution filed by an expert committee set up by the National Green Tribunal. "The tribunal had on August 11, 2016, directed the state government to implement the recommendations …
Howrah: The average air quality index (AQI) of Howrah, home to Bengal's administrative headquarters, during the week starting January 15 was found to be worse than Delhi's. Data recorded by the pollution control board's manual measuring station at the Howrah Municipal Corporation reveals that the AQI during the period from …
