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, March 30: Unable to complete its slum development projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme on time, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) now faces a cost escalation of around Rs 80 crore. This amount will be borne by the civic body. A civic official pointed …
KOLKATA, March 29: The state government has accepted that misdiagnosis and erroneous treatment has helped the spread of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis. The state health department is all set to issue an order directing the doctors to follow the norms of the revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in their treatment …
KOLKATA, March. 29: At a time when tuberculosis cases - including multi-drug resistant strains of the disease - are on the rise in the state, the state health department is gradually reducing the intake capacity of tuberculosis sanatoriums in the state. Senior health department officials are defending the reduction in …
The environment department on Wednesday banned polluting vessels on state waterways after a prod from the Union government. Nearly 100 vessels that broke down and were left on the Hooghly, perennially polluting the water, will face penal measures if the ban is implemented. More than 50 of these vessels can …
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has finally decided to preserve water bodies after allowing more than 50,000 buildings to come up by filling up ponds. The director-general of the CMC
KOLKATA, March 23: The state transport minister, Mr Subhas Chakraborty, admitted today that the state government have delayed a crackdown on the huge number of unregistered auto-rickshaws plying in the city and its outskirts due to anticipated stiff resistance from their operators. Mr Chakraborty said only 30,000 of the 45,000 …
KOLKATA, March. 19: Calcutta High Court's extension of deadline for phasing out petrol and diesel run auto rickshaws into LPG fuelled four stroke ones by a few months, does not seem to have pleased the auto-rickshaw operators. Leaders of auto-rickshaw operators union today said, even after the extension of the …
KOLKATA, March 17: The last date for phasing out two-stroke auto rickshaws from the city and acquiring four-stroke ones was extended from 1 January to 31 July by the Division Bench of Mr SS Nijjar, Chief Justice and Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh of Calcutta High Court today. Also, the 1 …
Damage to trees during the dredging of Kestopur canal has prompted the forest department to ask the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) to stop the work, if necessary.
A project larger than the Nano that Bengal lost to Gujarat is going waste because the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government is bungling in Bantala after slipping in Singur. At 1,200 acres, the Calcutta Leather Complex
Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, March 14: Despite the Supreme Court's directive on making students aware of the environment, Environmental Studies (EVS) is being treated in a casual manner by both teachers and students of most undergraduate colleges. Many teachers consider the subject to be a burden and a majority of students …
KOLKATA: The Sunderbans tiger is falling prey to poaching. Thousands of families in the tidal region are losing their homes and livelihoods due to rising sea level and tidal currents. Unscientific construction and illegal felling is denuding the Himalayan foothills of its forest cover and triggering landslides. The Bhagirathi is …
KOLKATA, March 10: Responding to a complaint lodged by an NGO, the sub-divisional officer of Diamond Harbour has asked the assistant engineer of the irrigation and waterways to initiate an inquiry into the alleged attempts of a person to encroach on a portion of an irrigation canal joining Mograhat and …
A variety of vegetables available in city markets can pose serious health hazards as they have been found to be high in toxic content. The root cause? Rampant use of banned pesticides. A recent study by the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute has revealed that many vegetables, instead of providing nutrients …
- GUZZLE KATATEL, SPEW POISON Calcutta might not see the last of its polluting two-stroke autos for at least another decade if the pace of Operation Phaseout remains what it is. Of the 40,000 registered two-stroke autos that need to be replaced with LPG-compliant green autos, only 450 have been …
An overwhelming 99 per cent favour enforcement of a smoke-free environment at the work place Bindu Shajan Perappadan 92 per cent believe exposure to second-hand smoke is a serious public health hazard NEW DELHI: Bollywood biggies might disagree, but a vast majority of Indians (98 per cent) support the ban …
The chief minister on Tuesday asked transport department officials to start preliminary work for the proposed East-West Metro. Transport secretary Sumantra Chowdhury later announced that Gammon India Ltd was awarded the contract for constructing the elevated 6km tracks between Sector V (near Wipro) and Phoolbagan. Chowdhury, along with state chief …
