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, 15 JULY: The state health department has decided to make public announcements in railway stations to make people aware of the precautionary measures needed if they are suffering from influenza. They are also planning to meet the railway authorities so that they can screen passengers coming from other states …
KOLKATA, 12 JULY: The state pollution control board strictures on operation of gold smelting units in the Bowbazaar area has done little to stop the practice that is not only harmful for the environment, but also a health hazard for the workers. While the toxic metal, cadmium, is used unabated …
Citizens and realtors planning to construct buildings will have to shell out a drainage development fee to the civic body while getting their plans sanctioned. The Trinamul Congress-run civic body has reintroduced the fee scrapped two years ago, though the groundwork for the move was done by the previous Left …
KOLKATA, 8 July: The state government's shortsightedness may result in disaster in vast areas of south Kolkata surrounding Rashbehari that face threats of caving in. Experts say that if there is subsidence, the magnitude of the disaster will be too great for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to manage. Besides, …
More than 99 per cent of the commercial vehicles plying on Calcutta roads after 10pm failed the foul fume, noise or age test over three months of random pollution policing ordered by the high court. The results of the February-April quarter not only make a mockery of the campaign against …
There are several methods to communicate the use of different environmental quality parameters. This research communication discusses the use of Air Quality Index (AQI) describing air pollution in Choudwar area. AQI is computed for ten air quality sampling stations in the Choudwar area within the radius 10 kms from the …
Soma Basu KOLKATA, 17 JUNE: Many shops from narrow lanes to up market malls in the city are doing brisk business by selling banned aquatic animals and products procured from black markets on the city outskirts that are seldom checked by the authorities. Even after the environment ministry issued a …
The Division Bench of Mr Mohit S Shah, Chief Justice and Mr Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta of Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to take people from other departments to monitor the checking of automobile pollution level during night hours. The action taken report …
Green activist Subhash Dutta alleged on Monday that cases related to environment issues were not being heard by the high court for a long time. Dutta has written to Chief Justice M.S. Shah, requesting him to take measures for early hearing of at least 10
KOLKATA, 18 May: Despite the Mayor, Mr Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, promising an improvement in the supply of potable water in the city, water woes continue to haunt city dwellers. Projects worth over Rs 300 crore have been mooted and initiated during the five years of the Left Front's tenure ~ …
KOLKATA, 18 May: The state pollution control board has given closure notices to 11 pollution under control certificate issuance centres (PUC) in and around Kolkata, as they
With easy availability of technology, it seems the day is not far when traffic in the entire city can be easily managed from one particular place, said Ms Kasturi Bhattacharjee, head (telecom) of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today. She was speaking at a Press conference on
Projects worth over Rs 300 crore have been mooted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to ensure a comprehensive solution to the water scarcity problem in different pockets of the city, but faulty planning coupled with lethargy and legal complications have ensured non-completion and faulty implementation of these schemes. With …
SMALL FARMERS WHO SUPPLY THE TUBER TO PEPSI HAVE BENEFITED A LOT SUNIPA DAS GUPTA & ASHOK GULATI WHEN POTATO PRICES CROSSED THE Rs 20-per-kg mark a few months ago, the consumer had to pay through her nose and cried for relief. In tandem with general expectation, arrival of the …
KOLKATA, 12 MAY: The perception that Bengalis are intelligent because they eat fish may ebb away soon. Next time when a child fails an examination, a youth commits suicide because of depression; people get more agitated, or suffer from Parkinson
