Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sushovan Saw Vs MoEF& Others dated 05/01/2024. The Original Application has been filed by the applicant, seeking direction to protect and preserve the forest land in Mouza Madumpur, J.L. No. 51, Plot No.473, Durgapur, West Bengal, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sushovan Saw Vs MoEF& Others dated 05/01/2024. The Original Application has been filed by the applicant, seeking direction to protect and preserve the forest land in Mouza Madumpur, J.L. No. 51, Plot No.473, Durgapur, West Bengal, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Atindranath Chatterjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 08/09/2021. The allegation is that M/s SRMB Srijan Pvt. Ltd., unit is operating an induction furnace factory and rolling mill producing TMT bar at Sagarbhanga, Durgapur, within Durgapur Municipal …
Compensatory afforestation is a dubious and controversial environmental “offset” that is adding to environmental damage instead of mitigating or compensating it. Compensatory afforestation may actually be accelerating the invasion of India’s forests by big corporations, in collusion with a permissive state, by legitimising the destruction of forests, greenwashing the land …
Durgapur: Scientists at a Durgapur-based research institute have developed a 'solar tree' made out of photovoltaic panels at a cost of Rs 3 lakh each. The 'tree', which will require less than 4 sqft space, can power about five households. Union science and technology minister Dr Harshvardhan, on his maiden …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern zone bench, on Thursday, wanted to know from state authorities why a decision was taken to chop down over 8,000 full grown trees on a green verge in Durgapur. The NGT also passed an interim order, directing that no further degradation of ambient …
The state Assembly’s Standing Committee on Forest & Environment, while inspecting the secondary steel units in and around Durgapur, caught one unit flouting the West Bengal Pollution Control Board norms and ordered the authority to install devices to check air pollution immediately. The Standing Committee headed by Mr Srikanta Mahato …
Amid West Bengal government's repeated appeal to lift moratorium on environment clearance in highly-polluting industrial regions of Haldia and Asansol, a top Environment ministry official on Tuesday said the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) would take a decision on the same after evaluating the ongoing study in the region. “The …
The Indian Oil Corporation’s R910-crore LPG pipeline project has hit a 20-acre sticky patch in Haldia. The land is crucial since the oil major has planned a pumping station on it which would enable gas flow through a 300-km-long pipeline from Haldia to Durgapur and right up to Kalyani. An …
Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has rejected the steel ministry's charge that her department was delaying mining clearances that could potentially lead to law and order issues in forested tribal areas. "It is somewhat unusual and new, the argument that complying with environmental and forest regulations leads to …
SAIL unit, Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP), recorded a five per cent steel output growth in the first half of 2012-13 against the first-half production of the previous year. The production of special steel and value-added products, however, grew by 17 per cent over H1 of last year and constituted 77 …
Durgapur Steel Plant, a unit of SAIL, on Wednesday met a number of downstream coal chemical (tar and benzol products) users in an interactive session. A cross section of the customers from across the country attended the meet to provide their inputs. P. K. Singh, CEO of DSP said: “This …
Durgapur Steel Plant of SAIL achieved record August performance since its inception in all important product categories. The production of hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel were 105 per cent, 103 per cent and 96 per cent of the targets, respectively. The plant also witnessed the best August performance …
The first proposed power plant was planned in Durgapur with a capacity between 100-350 MW In view of coal crisis in thermal power plants, the West Bengal government has mooted a plan to set up gas based power plants in the state in the PPP model. "There is a preliminary …
DURGAPUR, 31 JULY: Mining operations in certain coalmines under Eastern Coalfield Limited (ECL) was affected, but no miners remained trapped due to today’s power disruption. Auxillary power was used to evacuate around 1,000 miners from three mines ~ Moira, Chapuikhash and Luchipur. Around, 3 MPA auxillary power was drawn from …
DURGAPUR, 18 JULY: The Durgapur police has asked freight services operators to intensify use of Global Positioning Satellite(GPS) technology across the Asansol – Durgapur industrial hub. This, the police believe, “would help to detect hijacked vehicles and improve freight flow and contribute to reduced congestion and pollution.” The police also …
Cos to use Kobe’s patented technology; plant to come up on SAIL’s alloy steels plant in Durgapur. India’s largest steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Japan's Kobe Steel have signed an agreement to set up half a million tonne iron nugget plant using the Japanese steelmaker’s patented technology. …
NEW DELHI, 6 JULY: State-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will ink the final pact with Japan's Kobe Steel next week to set up a 0.5-million-ton (MT) capacity specialised steel plant at Durgapur, West Bengal, entailing an investment of Rs 1,500 crore. “India's largest steel producer SAIL and Kobe …
Durgapur, June 24: Farmers in a Durgapur village who had not accepted compensation for land acquired in 1964 and had apparently been promised by Trinamul before the Assembly elections last year that their grievances would be looked into have demanded return of their plots or compensation at the present market …
Coal India (CIL) has withdrawn the authorisation for Letters of Assurance (LoAs) for two independent power plants (IPPs) and 60 captive power plants (CPPs) due to their failure to submit Commitment Guarantees (CGs) within the stipulated time. The move is bound to impact big companies like Tata and SAIL as …
Durgapur Steel Plant, a SAIL unit, has bagged Greentech Safety Award 2012 in ‘Gold’ category within metals and mining sector, a DSP communiqué said. The annual safety awards are given in various categories by a Delhi-based non-profit foundation.
