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 …
KOLKATA, 24 MARCH: The Kolkata Municipal corporation (KMC) will deploy more voluntary field workers and Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) providers to prevent drug resistant Tuberculosis (TB). Mr Atin Ghosh, member mayor-in-council (health) said the health department is worried over the drug resistant TB as the treatment is very costly and …
no action taken to clean canals KOLKATA, 15 MARCH: Occupants of houses situated on both sides of the Beliaghata canal have urged the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to conduct the anti-larvae drive in the area after many people were found to be suffering from malaria. The state Irrigation and waterways …
KOLKATA, 13 MARCH: About 33 water bodies in the Ramsar-protected East Kolkata Wetlands were filled illegally for the construction of the Newtown-Rajarhat Township. A letter (No. Hidco/planning 13/99) dated 19 November, 1999, written by the erstwhile managing director of Hidco, West Bengal, Mr Sanjay Mitra, to the secretary of the …
KOLKATA, 10 MARCH: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will ply nine boats for spraying mosquito repellent to destroy the larva in some canals. A senior health official said those who have their dwellings beside the canals urged the KMC to take preventive measures against malaria. The decision for plying the boats …
Calcutta is generating much more electronic waste than a few years back and very little of it is being recycled, increasing the risk of an environment disaster. A recent study by the state pollution control board along with the central pollution control board, the Indian Chamber of Commerce and German …
The pollution control board on Friday issued a set of guidelines for election campaigners but major political parties do not seem to attach much importance to them. The guidelines, which will soon be sent to all political parties, are related to the use of microphones, vehicles and generators during the …
Five large water bodies are allegedly being filled up illegally in the pocket borough of chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who had once famously threatened to
KOLKATA, 3 March: In a bid to keep the environment clean and free from pollution during the campaign of the political parties prior to the Assembly poll, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has decided to make an appeal to all the parties to follow a set of
Kolkata, 1 March: India has moved closer to eradication of polio, recording only 42 cases in 2010 compared to 741 in the previous year. Till February this year, only a single case has been reported from Howrah, according to the India National Polioplus Committee of Rotary International. A special polio …
KOLKATA, 14 FEB: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) receives several complaints against radiations from mobile network towers, but it is unable to act on them as it has not been delegated any power to deal with electro-pollution. The WBPCB officials said that harmful effects of non-ionizing radiation from …
KOLKATA, 14 FEB: Alarmed at the detection of a fresh polio case in the state in the midst of intensified campaign against the diseases the state government has been compelled to conduct a polio immunisation drive in selected five districts, including Kolkata. Officials said the polio immunisation drive has been …
- Road rules trampled by feet and wheels as green zone takes a pounding Forget the high court ruling, the cadres would not even listen to their leaders. Lakhs of supporters who had descended on Brigade Parade Ground for the Left Front rally on Sunday blatantly violated every rule in …
KOLKATA, 10 FEB: The CESC today indicated that despite the rise in demand over the past one year, the power situation in Kolkata will be better this summer. This is primarily due to the successful commissioning of the company's 3rd thermal power unit at Budge Budge in 2010, which is …
KOLKATA, 9 FEB: Indian Railways will do everything needful to save the main temple at Belur Math from getting damaged due to pollution, said railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today. She was speaking at the foundation stone laying programme of the 1-km long new railway line between Belur and Belur …
KOLKATA, 7 FEB: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will set up another 22 parking lots in the city, member, mayor-in-council (parking, drainage and sewerage), Mr Rajib Deb, said. He said the KMC already floated tenders for seven parking lots. Tender for the remaining parking lots will be floated within March. …
KOLKATA, 4 FEB: Despite an increase in incidences of cervical cancer in the country, the Union health ministry has failed to provide human papillon virus (HPV) vaccines for women under the BPL category, free of cost. Till date administration of HPV vaccines could not be incorporated into the national immunisation …
KOLKATA, 4 FEB: Criticising railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee, CPI-M Politburo member Mr Sitaram Yechury said: “Miss Banerjee is the first railway minister who has brought the ministry to such a sorry state of affairs. She is announcing railway projects without any clearance from the Planning Commission or any budgetary …
KOLKATA, 4 FEB: The Union ministry of power would be launching a scheme ~ Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) ~ to enhance cost effectiveness in improving industrial energy efficiency under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) from April this year. The scheme is likely to save 9.78 metric …
