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 …
JAYANTA BASU TT for City - Poison Air Sunita Narain in the city on Thursday. (Rashbehari Das) A diesel and katatel combo is deadly for Calcutta, according to researchers studying fuel consumption in various cities.
KOLKATA, Feb. 26: The state government sanctioned Rs 35 crore last evening itself to ensure that the imminent announcement of the dates for the Lok Sabha polls doesn't do their sop ~ supplying rice at Rs 2 a kg ~ in. A senior Writers
The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government is gunning for the Maidan but Subhas Chakraborty is behaving as if he already owns the greens. The minister plans to hold a meeting on March 4 at Netaji Indoor Stadium to help decide what to do with the Maidan. He will call
(Top) Curzon Park has more rats than blades of grass; (above) a part of Howrah Maidan resembles a litter bin. Pictures by Pradip Sanyal Team Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee laying claim to the city
ONTHESPOT - NRS HOSPITAL The pond at NRS; (above) litter dumped on the bank. Pictures by Bishwarup Dutta To battle the mosquito menace on its premises, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRS) will use its 1.3-acre pond for pisciculture. The NRS authorities had written to the Calcutta Municipal …
Civic engineers are exploring the possibility of laying an underground pipeline from Subhas Sarobar to the Hooghly, alongside the proposed East-West Metro tunnel, to solve the waterlogging problem in the city proper. Over 20 waterlogging-prone city pockets, from Camac Street to Shyambazar, could benefit from the project, according to the …
KOLKATA, Feb. 20: Unable to pull up its own people for their failure to prevent an outbreak of diarrhoea in areas of Garden Reach due to drinking water contamination, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to put the Garden Reach Waterworks, under Kolkata Metropolitan Water & Sanitation Authorities, a …
The chief minister presents a lifetime achievement award to R.K. Pachauri at the environment meet. (Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya) Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee lauded the high court for banning polluting autorickshaws and old diesel vehicles from the city before goofing up on his green facts at an environment summit on Thursday.
The civic body has taken up a Rs 255-crore scheme to lay pipes and set up three booster pumping stations to supply water from the proposed Dhapa treatment plant to Bypass households. The proposal has been sent to the Centre for approval under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. …
The civic body on Tuesday claimed that overflowing drains and use of mono-block (household) pumps in illegal buildings had caused the outbreak of diarrhoea in Garden Reach, while residents continued to protest water contamination in the area. A four-year-old girl had died on Monday, allegedly after drinking water contaminated with …
Calcutta, Feb. 16: Suspected sewage contamination of drinking water supplied by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to Garden Reach has made many children sick and prompted allegations that the toxic mix caused the death of a four-year-old. At least 30 people, most of them children, have been affected by an outbreak …
This new study on the environmental impact of lifestyle at West Bengal's Raj Bhavan by Global Change Programme of Jadavpur University reveals that bulk institutional consumers can significantly reduce carbon emissions through voluntary initiatives. This report submitted to the Governor of West Bengal by Global Change Programme, Jadavpur Univerity, Kolkata, …
HST-1 helps manage side-effects of cancer treatment an antioxidant called resveratrol, found in plants like grapes, peanuts, spruce, lily and mulberries, is known to be a good anticancer agent but it decelerates ulcer healing. Cancer patients are given pain killers that cause ulcers as side-effects. Hence resveratrol cannot be given …
SOUMEN BHATTACHARJEE The pond that was being filled up. Picture by Amit Datta An anonymous complaint has saved a pond spread over 15 cottahs in Narayantala (West). The letter to state fisheries minister Kironmoy Nanda last month led to a joint inquiry by officials of his department and Rajarhat-Gopalpur municipality. …
