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 …
KOLKATA: Dengue on Wednesday claimed its fourth victim in south Dum Dum this year with the death a 43-year-old homemaker. Ranjita Mondal, the victim, had tested positive on July 15. Mondal, a resident of 126 MC Garden Road under ward 14 of South Dum Dum Municipality, was being treated at …
Group in advanced talks to rope in foreign major Sajjan Jindal’s $11 billion JSW Group plans to set up 200-250 MW land-based solar project at Salboni in West Bengal to meet captive requirements. The group is in advanced level of discussions to rope in a foreign solar major for the …
KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday allotted Rs 205 crore as compensation for farmers hit by unseasonal rain. "Farmers here suffered losses owing to storm and hail before monsoon. Based on central government norms, we have decided to distribute Rs 205 crore among farmers in 11 districts, including Burdwan, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrato Mookherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/07/2017 regarding bio-medical waste management of hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal. NGT grants the erring hospitals a final opportunity to comply with the pollution norms …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dwaipayan Sengupta Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change & Others dated 10/07/2017 regarding encroachment and filling up of a waterbody commonly known as Nayanjuli which extends from Ultadanga to Lake Town crossing on the …
KOLKATA: Residents of Mominpur, South Kolkata have successfully put an end to sound pollution in the vicinity courtesy Imam Mohammad Ashraf Ali Qasmi (40) of the mosque adjacent to Hussein Shah Park of Mominpur. Imam has created history by leading the movement against the sound menace. Months ago, an elderly …
PWD issues set of rules to be followed at construction sites. Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government is taking a slew of strict measures to prevent air pollution during construction activities. The Public Works Department (PWD) has enlisted a number of do’s and don’ts that have to be complied with while …
Take a deep breath. Fringes of Calcutta that you thought had cleaner air than the city's choked heart are even more polluted than the core, reveals a recently published document of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board. The findings are based on an analysis of PM10 (fine particulate) and PM2.5 …
Kolkata: The Calcutta high court judge who was on the bench that barred the entry of cars into Rabindra Sarobar has questioned the necessity of a road through the Lake area that serve as the lungs of south Kolkata. "Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee and I passed an order against entry …
Is climate change affecting the quality of Darjeeling tea and its production process? A team from IIT Kharagpur and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) are jointly conducting a study to find an answer. The department of architecture and regional planning of IIT-KGP and the department of geography and regional planning …
The State of Environment Report–West Bengal (2016) provides a complete overview of the environmental scenario in West Bengal. It aims to serve as a reference document that will help environmental decision making while also providing useful information to researchers, non-governmental organisations and all those interested in the current state of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Department of Public Health Engineering - Govt. of West Bengal Vs Society for Direct Initiative for Social & Health Action (DISHA) dated 31/05/2017 regarding digging of tube wells falling within CRZ area, Mouza Dadanpatra, District Purba …
KOLKATA: When Aradhya Dhanuk lost her battle to swine flu early on Saturday, the world fell apart for the 18-month-old's parents. Emotions ran high as relatives started arriving at the Institute of Child Health (ICH). Few among them even tried to create a ruckus. But the father of the child …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs Ministry of Railways & Others dated 26/05/2017 regarding waste management of Howrah Railway Station. Subhas Datta, applicant in person, points out that the report of the PCB indicates certain deficiencies in respect of …
We are executing a three megawatt rooftop solar project for eastern railway at a cost of Rs 21 crore which will probably be the largest rooftop solar project in the Indian Railways: RaysExpert director Howrah railway station is set to go green with the installation of three megawatt rooftop solar …
- India fails to reach even half of target, blame on Centre's policies Faulty policies prevented India from achieving even half its solar energy target during the last fiscal year, experts say, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's projections of the country as a future global leader in the sector. Many …
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the state pollution control board to carry out surprise checks on cruise vessels operating in the Sunderbans to find out whether they discharge waste in the ecologically fragile zone. The NGT had taken up the issue of environmental degradation in the …
KOLKATA: Alarmed by the uprooting of 23 full-grown trees in Saturday evening's 60-second squall, botanists, environmentalists and ecologists have called for a tree management plan to save the city's greenery, which is facing rapid depletion threat. Green experts seem unanimous in their view that human factors cause most trees to …
There is increasing evidence of the importance of multi-use landscapes for the conservation of large carnivores. However, when carnivore ranges overlap with high density of humans, there are often serious conservation challenges. This is especially true in countries like India where loss of peoples’ lives and property to large wildlife …
Bengal is going solar this time to run generators that will pump water to a reservoir uphill in Purulia's Ayodhya Hills during off peak hours, 10 years after the successful installation of Purulia Pumped Storage Project. The state power department will set up a 1,000MW solar-hydro power project when the …
