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 wetlands of east Calcutta have become focus of environmentalists in the recent past when the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation proposed to build a water park by filling up a 50-year-old bheri (shallow fish pond) off the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. The move is in complete violation of the West …
On when the green bench of the Calcutta high court was formed: The green bench was formed in June 1996 when a case was filed by the Howrah Ganatantrik Nagrik Samiti in the Supreme Court. At that time, Justice Kuldip Singh of the Supreme Court was known as a "green …
THE use of disposable syringes - which is a standard recommendation of the World Health Organisation - is being discontinued to make way for the old glass syringes in Calcutta's government hospitals. This move is in response to the fact that disposable syringes are not broken properly before throwing away …
calcutta's air is highly polluted with polyaromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) such as benzene, toluene and xylene (btx), which are carcinogenic. Levels of these pollutants in the ambient air have been assessed for the first time in an urban environment in India. The study was conducted by a team headed by Dipankar …
Officials of more than 100 Durga Puja and Kali Puja committees have been fined by the Calcutta High Court for the use of microphones making noise exceeding the permissible sound level. The division bench of Justice Bhagabati Prosad Banerjee and Justice S B Ray passed these orders and imposed fines …
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court has ruled that artists who use loudspeakers in their performances between 9 pm and 6 am and disturb the peace will be punished. Earlier, the same bench of justice B P Banerjee and justice S Barman Roy said that nobody would be …
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to consider all aspects of the manufacture and sale of fireworks and pass an order fixing the sound level of fireworks in the state. Burrabazar Fireworks Dealers' Association had filed a writ petition challenging the recent imposition of …
The first thing that strikes about them is their eyes: questioning the unfairness of this world. They are child labourers employed by the carpet industry of Pakistan (Rights and Wrongs). In Nigeria, the Ogoni led by writer Ken Saro Wiwa protest against the denudation of their fertile land at the …
The green bench of the Calcutta High Court has directed the state health secretary to submit a report on the quality of drinking water supplied in the city. The order was passed on the basis of an old case filed by Gour Kishore Ghosh, a journalist who alleged that due …
The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for the closure of the hundreds of tanneries operating in Calcutta to December 15. According to the earlier order, the tanneries had to be closed down by September or move out.Justice Suhas Sen and Justice S Saghir Ahmad rejected the West Bengal government's …
On why he is interested in Calcutta's transport problems: I have been interested in transport and the environment for the past 25 years and have worked in Europe, Australia and North America. Three years ago, I decided to work in a situation where there was rapid growth in population and …
A unique system for immediate restoration of power and rectification of damaged transmission lines has been developed by the Power Grid Corporation Ltd (pgcl), Calcutta. Usually, repair of transmission lines that collapse in high storm conditions or hurricanes, takes a long time. The new system repairs damaged transmission lines very …
Dust and fungal spores thrown up during earthquakes can cause respiratory infections, say researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, US. Three years after a quake in the north of Los Angeles, people have been suffering from respiratory problems. Researchers found that inhaling airborne spores of …
• Indians living near the Myamnsr border face a high risk of contracting HIV virus, according to the latest report released by the Southeast Asian information Network recently. HIV infection rate among drug users is the highest in Manipur. • The minister of state for environment and forests, Rajesh Pilot, …
There is growing evidence that the recent outbreak of the malaria (plasmodium falciparum) epidemic in Calcutta is related to the clogged drainage system of the city. And this is because the state government has been reclaiming the East Calcutta Wetlands since the '60s. Some citizens, at the initiative of the …
Scientists at the Indian Institute 01 Chemical Biology OICB), Calcutt are grappling wil , killer: Laishmania Donovani. It is protozoa that derives its name from its discoverers, Laishman an Donovani who discovered the pathogen at the turn of the centu !I soon after Ronald Ross isolated the malaria parasite. Just …
"IMAGINE: going to the office, wading through streets piled with muck, wearing sloshboots boats ... faces in the crowd hidden behind gas masks ... long queues in front of fair price shops rationing out weekly portions of fresh water (5 litres per head), vegetables and fishImutton. The last homes for …
The School of Environmental Sciences (SES), at the Jadavpur University, Calcutta, has established itself rapidly since its inception in 1989. D Chakravarti, the School's mentor, says, "Every institution in India should be self-sufficient. The SES almost earns its livelihood." By consultation and providing solution to environmental problems, in the last …
The issue of shifting the tanneries from Calcutta to the new Calcutta Leather Complex at Bantala, which has been one of the Supreme Court's (SO main concerns, has become a paradox of sorts. The NGO, Nagarik Manch, which has been the most vocal organisation on the pollution issue, has been …
