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 …
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Calcutta began the week as a polluted city but will end it as a critically polluted city. The new standards for air quality announced by the environment ministry on Wednesday have pushed Calcutta firmly into the hall of shame, with the toxic count of at least two major pollutants being …
The civic authorities on Tuesday deferred the planned two-day drive to free the city markets of banned plastic bags under pressure from traders. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation had declared last week that officials would visit markets on Tuesday and Wednesday and slap fines on traders and customers found using plastic …
Rising air pollution levels in the city and its outskirts have also taken up the incidence of respiratory distress among humans. More and more cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) are being reported in the city on a day-to-day basis. Negating the common belief that smokers are more susceptible …
Railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today announced a slew of proposals that included Metro Railway extension to Howrah and Hooghly districts and computerised reservation counters in city and district courts. The minister announced the proposals at the inauguration of the renovated computerised railway reservation centre at Rabindra Sadan this afternoon. …
New Delhi: Fuel worth Rs 100-150 crore is wasted on highways annually due to inter-state and intra-state checkpost delays and elaborate checking of documents, a recent study by logistics major Transport Corporation of India (TCI) and IIM-Calcutta has found. The joint study also claimed bad road condition resulted in reduction …
three hundred new buses bought by the state government with central funds have found no takers. Of the 900-plus semi-low floor and low-floor buses purchased under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme, 600 have hit the road. About half are being run by private operators and the rest …
- Enforcers blame confusion over who will pocket fine for lack of action The ban on smoking in public places has gone up in smoke with enforcers citing confusion over the
Cyclone Phyan spared Mumbai when it was at its fiercest but its dying residue has made eastern India warmer and turned the region around Calcutta into a temperature hotspot that may precipitate respiratory illnesses. The minimum temperature in Calcutta today was four degrees above normal at 22.6 degrees Celsius, making …
Kolkata is the fourth Asian city that is most vulnerable to the effects of climate change according to this latest WWF report. Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta top this ranking of 11 most climate vulnerable Asian cities and are followed by Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh and Shanghai. Asia is arguably …
Calcutta figures high on the list of Asian cities most vulnerable to climate change in a report to be released on Thursday by WWF-International in Gland, Switzerland. On a day when all eyes were on Mumbai
The ministry of health and family welfare today launched a nationwide televised campaign against tobacco chewing. The campaign has been launched by the tobacco control wing of the ministry, along with World Lung Foundation and Bloomberg Initiative to reduce use of tobacco. The campaign called Surgeon and will be telecast …
Environment activist Subhash Dutta moved the high court on Monday seeking the promotion of bio-diesel and withdrawal of a petroleum ministry circular barring the use of the fuel in vehicles. Bio-diesel is an eco-friendly fuel alternative for diesel engines. The petition stated that while the Centre had exempted bio-diesel from …
Residential houses and commercial establishments in Calcutta are responsible for more than one-fourth of its carbon dioxide emission, an international study has found out. Industrial units and vehicles together contribute close to three-fourth of the city
If Delhi is battling freak fog, fluctuating temperatures in Calcutta over the past few weeks have left the city flu-struck. Patients with fever, cold, cough and respiratory distress have been flooding clinics and the outpatient departments of government and private hospitals ever since temperatures dipped below normal a couple of …
Report: Capital Failed To Introduce E-Governance, Community Participation Law New Delhi: The Capital has failed to show the way as Delhi is lagging way behind other metros when it comes to execution of path-breaking reforms under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), aimed at revamping infrastructure and urban governance in …
College students will take the mandatory environmental science exam at the end of their third year once the Calcutta University syndicate ratifies a proposal. Environmental science currently makes up the Part I syllabus (under the 1+1+1 system) of the university
A 50-acre plot in Action Area III of Rajarhat, with no infrastructure in sight, is the land of hope for the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government desperate to resurrect the bruised Brand Bengal. The state government has earmarked this plot for Wipro, the IT major is yet to accept the proposal. But …
