Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Major economies would boost their prosperity, employment levels and health prospects if they took actions that limited global warming to 2c, according to the first analysis of emissions pledges made before the UN climate summit in Paris later this year. Europe has promised a 40% emissions cut by 2030, compared …
The national green tribunal bench in Calcutta on Monday directed the high court registrar-general to send it the files of a case related to night pollution in the city at the earliest. The eastern zonal bench of the tribunal wants the files so that it can take up the case …
Normal life in most parts of State was badly affected due to incessant rains being witnessed for past 48 hours. Flood threats also loomed large in some coastal as well as northern districts. Heavy rain lashed almost all districts. It battered whole Cuttack district which received an average rainfall of …
Calcutta high court on Monday directed the Kolkata Police, the state transport department and the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to file status and action-taken reports on night-time pollution in Kolkata, on the basis of suggestions made by environment activist Subhas Datta, within four weeks. The division bench of …
With city's only solid waste disposal ground at Dhapa becoming overburdened, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has found a plot at Rajarhat New Town for setting up its second one which will also generate energy. The KMC has selected an area of about 20 acres in Action Area III of …
A PIL has been filed at Calcutta High Court against the ban on cycles from 174 Kolkata thoroughfares. NGOs and activists in the city have been campaigning intensely for the last few months, seeking a revoke of the restriction. The Union urban development ministry has also asked the Mamata Banerjee …
The five-member committee, formed by Calcutta high court in response to a PIL filed against rampant felling of trees on Camac Street, will probe into the diminishing greenery at areas where development works have taken a toll on full-grown trees. The committee has also been empowered to monitor ongoing as …
The most polluted city among the metros being crowned the country’s lung cancer capital is no coincidence, but Calcutta failed — or rather refused — to see it coming. This “congenitally dust-prone” city has done little over the years to lower air pollution from multiple sources, mainly automobile exhaust. Metro …
Diwali is likely to push up toxicity in Kolkata's air to an unprecedented high early next month. According to projections by the state pollution control board (PCB) and green NGOs, the city could record a suspended particulate matter (SPM) count five times higher than the permissible limit. Poisonous gases and …
Cabinet, on Tuesday, approved establishing International Centre for Drinking Water Quality in Kolkata focusing on research and development on drinking water quality related problems. An official release said that the aim of this centre will be to work in the area of identification, mitigation and management with focus on research …
The Bengal IT department has initiated the process of setting up an e-waste management and processing unit in an adjoining district of Calcutta. It is scouting for a suitable plot of land in North and South 24-Parganas and Howrah. Sources said this would ideally require not more than two acres, …
Power plants producing 50,000 mw, or nearly a quarter of India’s total capacity, will have to cut tariffs as the Calcutta High Court has said regulators cannot fix provisional tariffs for new units, which consumers say are abnormally high. The court has quashed the regulation that empowers the Central Electricity …
Dhaka has been ranked the top city in the world to face the highest climate change risks in the coming years. The Bangladesh capital came top in the ranking of 50 cities by Maplecroft, a British firm specialising in risk analysis, as the changing temperatures and weather systems are forecast …
Despite repeated requests, the central government is yet to lift the moratorium on the expansion of industrial projects, or new projects, in important factory clusters in West Bengal, the state's Minister-in-Charge at the Environment Department said today. “In spite of my personal visit ... and several applications to them, they …
KOLKATA, 15 OCT: Two cyclists and a tableau covered 1,200 km in 10 days to create awareness about solar energy, rainwater harvesting and other issues related to sustainable development. The rally, entitled “Sabujer Abhijan ~ Pahar Theke Sagar” was organised by Sulekha and Sulekha Solar along with the NGO Freed. …
The civic spending on setting up pay-and-use toilets has come down by over 100 per cent, prompting officials and opposition leaders to allege corruption in the earlier projects and link the drop to the furore over “inflated” bills for trident lamps. The civic finance department has recently cleared an allotment …
KOLKATA, 3 OCT: The state government is considering a proposal to set up underground car park in the city for smooth flow of traffic. A meeting to discuss the matter was held at Writers' Buildings last week. Beside the ministers senior officers of city police attended the meeting. Senior police …
KOLKATA, 3 OCT: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation did not find arsenic contamination in the city. Water samples from 334 deep tube wells and 76 hand tube wells were tested by the KMC, West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and State Water Investigation Directorate (SWID) and none of the agencies could …
KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)'s drive to set up community toilets in the city has received a major setback following objections from various quarters. The Centre has given Rs 17 lakh to set up each community toilet. The two-storeyed buildings will house toilets and wash room for …
KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The much-touted West Bengal Highway Development Corporation (WBHDCL) may end up as a non-starter due to the land-acquisition policy of the state government which has made the expansion of highways almost impossible. Officials have ruled out any land acquisition for the improvement of the existing highways and …
