Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: T N Godavarman Thirumalpad Vs Union of India & Others. The Supreme Court said that that the allotment of 11.89 hectare of reserve forest land in Survey No.21 Kondhwa Budruk in district Pune for agriculture purposes on August 28, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Qamaruddin Gazi Vs Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal dated 16/02/2016 regarding environmental pollution and injury to the human health, particularly to the people living nearby a poultry farm established in a residential area, District- 24 …
DEHRADUN: In a report unprecedented in its detail, the Wildlife Institute of India finds out that among 44 tiger reserves of the country, Corbett Tiger Reserve has the maximum number of 215 tigers. Corbett is followed by Bandipur and Nagarahole reserves in Karnataka with 120 and 101 tigers respectively. Leopard …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dipak Mondal Vs Pollution Control Appellate Authority West Bengal & Others dated 23/12/2015 regarding grant of consent to Establish to Sri Pranab Mondal to establish a Poultry Farm who allegedly has breached the conditions laid down …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sukumar Ballav & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/11/2015 regarding use of microphones/amplifiers for religious functions during the holy Ramjan month.
Poll-wary govt fears effect on 3 lakh kiln workers The state government has for a year put on hold a set of environment guidelines that could lead to the closure of 90 per cent of brick kilns across the state and leave about three lakh people unemployed. Nabanna officials said …
MGNREGS Cell of North 24- Parganas in collaboration with Sunderbans affairs department has taken up mangrove plantation to prevent soil erosion and protect river banks in Sunderbans areas, which has assumed alarming proportions since Cyclone Aila hit the belt. Mangrove plantation is under way on the banks of Raimangal and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. dated 07/09/2015 regarding consumption of arsenic contaminated ground water resulting in suffering from various diseases, West Bengal. Different newspaper reports have been annexed including a recent one …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Thursday ordered a blanket ban on construction in the Sundarbans. Only the work permitted under Coastal Regulation Zone - I (CRZ-I) guidelines can henceforth take place within the world's largest mangrove delta, the bench ordered. It also held that expansion and …
At least 26 people have lost their lives as the flood-like situation continued in various parts of Gujarat and Odisha on Wednesday. In Gujarat, Army and NDRF teams were called for relief operations. Some districts of Rajasthan too stared at a similar crisis. Army and NDRF teams and IAF helicopters …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal On Its Own Motion Vs Union of India & Ors dated 01/07/2015 regarding pollution caused by motor boats using adulterated fuel and thus polluting the Sunderban atmosphere. Subhas Datta, Advocate (Amicus Curiae) of the Applicant …
After a gap of almost two months, swine flu claimed another life in West Bengal. A 32-year-old woman resident of Barrackpore of North 24 Parganas succumbed to the H1N1 virus at a private medical facility here in the city on Wednesday, West Bengal Health Services Director Biswaranjan Satpathy said. "We …
34 new cases of swine flu, highest reported in a day since January, today surfaced in West Bengal even as no death was recorded in the last 24 hours due to H1N1 virus, officials said here. "In the last 24 hours we do not have any death due to swine …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion regarding Sunderbans Forests Vs Union of India and Ors dated 04/03/2015 regarding construction of houses on the mudflats of the river Matla under the Gitanjali Scheme of Housing. The Applicant has …
Once forced to drink arsenic- contaminated ground water, residents of a remote hamlet in West Bengal near Indo-Bangla border are now purifying water from ponds and selling packaged safe drinking water to neighbouring villages. Using a new innovative technology from France, village co-operative society Madhusudankati Samabay Krishi Unnayan Samity has …
KOLKATA: The Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to close down three units in Ganganagar in North 24-Parganas that were operating without the pollution watchdog's clearance. Electricity to these three units has already been disconnected. The three units …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Dutta Vs State of West Bengal & Ors. dated 22/07/2014 regarding environmental pollution caused due to discharge of chemical waste, waste water and air pollutants by some of the industrial units in West Bengal. The …
Of the 341 blocks in the State, 81 blocks have water with more arsenic than the permissible limit and 49 blocks with more fluoride than the standard value. North 24 Parganas district, where about 20 blocks are affected with arsenic contamination, is the worst affected and is followed by Nadia, …
Calcutta, Sept. 4: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has scrapped the four-laning of NH35, which connects Barasat and Bongaon in North 24-Parganas, because of the state government’s failure to arrange for land in the past six years. The NHAI informed the government about its decision during a recent …
Prawn and fish farming is an important source of income and employment for the local populace in the Sunderban region in West Bengal. These have led to a dynamism in the local economy in these areas. The results of this study suggest that the impact of this development has been …
DURGAPUR, 6 JUNE: Animals trapped inside a closed factory here must be rescued, former minister and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has told the Burdwan district administration. On Monday, Mrs Gandhi called Burdwan district magistrate Onkar S Meena seeking a detailed status report on animals occupying the closed Mining & …
