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 …
The state environment department has ordered police to close down the Shibpur botanical garden cafeteria that had hosted a wedding reception on January 24. Food was illegally cooked in the open for the party, organised by a Howrah trader with political connections, and the invitees ate and littered on the …
When all else fails turn to Ayurveda. This has become the norm among researchers lately. From turmeric for cancer to the fig bark remedy for joint pains, modern medical practitioners have been nodding their heads in approval. The latest addition to the list is snake venom and it shows promise …
The past fortnight was a busy one for those tracking Bt brinjal. Union minister of state for environment, Jairam Ramesh, held public consultations in three cities to garner support for Bt brinjal even as Union agriculture minister asserted the approval by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) for commercial cultivation …
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has taken up a project to lay a mastic asphalt coat on all motorable roads in the city proper before Puja. According to civic engineers, laying bitumen on the surface is the cheapest way to metal a road. Bituminous roads are good in dry weather. …
Calcutta, Feb. 8: Sajjan Jindal today provided steam to the proposed Salboni steel project that could bring Bengal its biggest private investment yet, but hived off a power plant from its original plan. His company now plans to build the power plant near its coal reserves in Burdwan
The state environment department today issued a notification asking police to confiscate loudspeakers fitted on vehicles that are found guilty of noise pollution. The notification was issued by the principal secretary of the state environment department after it was brought to the notice of police that loudspeakers, used in vehicles …
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 105 crore for the upgrade of the Hooghly banks in the state, as well as the Nimtala burning ghat and the adjoining Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Garden. The CMDA will execute the projects, with the Centre bearing 70 per cent of the cost and the state …
This can happen only in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Apparently, malaria clinics of the civic body are being run not by doctors but by laboratory technicians and pharmacists, with the latter also prescribing medicine to patients who visit these clinics. A senior official of the health department of KMC said, …
A Malaysia-based infrastructure solution provider has evinced interest in setting up a monorail connection between Majherhat and Joka, recently proposed by railway minister Mamata Banerjee. Scomi Engineering Bhd, the Malaysian company, had joined hands with Larsen & Toubro to set up India
About 50 Trinamul Congress supporters today stopped work on a fencing around the land acquired for the first phase of the airport city project in Burdwan
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has finally realized, after carrying out an elaborate survey, that drivers in Calcutta love to put car horns to good use. Together with rickety, old vehicles spewing deadly fumes, endlessly honking traffic has been unbearably real for Calcuttans for far too long. The PCB …
The air quality in some public places in the city that includes restaurants, bars and pubs, is harmful, says a study conducted by the Voluntary Health Organisation of India in association with Cancer Foundation of India. The study has also implied that ban on smoking could not be enforced in …
The air quality in hotels and restaurants in Calcutta that follow anti-smoking laws is much worse than in similar eateries in the rest of the country, a study conducted in 214 establishments across 16 cities has revealed.
The replacement of foul-fumed vehicles is far from complete through the high court ban on them came into force six months ago. Sources said it would take another three to six months for the city to get rid of the entire foul fleet. According to government data, a total of …
Calcutta has honked its way to the top of the decibel charts even as stricter noise norms take effect nationwide with a reminder to drivers: no horn please, it
A Hidco team engaged in a hush-hush night operation to install electricity towers in New Town was forced to beat a hasty retreat early on Sunday when villagers stalling the project over land compensation got wind of their plan. It was the 15th time that Hidco has attempted
Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 28 JAN: The state health minister, Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra, said there is a need for uplinking telemedicine facilities with doctors of well known institutes in the country including All India Institute of Medical Sciences( AIIMS) to treat critical patients. He was speaking at a programme …
