Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Salboni Apartment Owner’s Association Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to restoration of the Salboni Jheel, Kolkata, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to place …
KOLKATA: Though they have earned appreciation from none other than the chief minister Mamata Banerjee for successfully combatting dengue outbreak in Kolkata, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department officials are keeping their fingers crossed to think of a possible outbreak because they have been fighting a losing battle against a …
Private hospitals have been asked to keep the state health department updated on the number of patients they are receiving. WITH THE death of another person, the toll due to dengue in the state rose to 23 on Tuesday. A resident of Kasaribagan in Barrackpore’s Agarpara, Sunita Das — in …
KOLKATA: Even as dengue and malaria cases continue to spiral in Kolkata, an 'unclassified fever' is on the prowl as well. With symptoms similar to the twin mosquito-borne diseases, the viral has made it difficult for doctors and hospitals to identify and distinguish it quickly from the two more dreaded …
KOLKATA: Heavy rain lashed Kolkata on Wednesday evening, flooding large parts of the city, but it won't be enough provide relief from dengue, fear experts. Though such rain usually washes away mosquito larvae, it won't work in Kolkata where irrespective of heavy or light showers, water accumulates at the innumerable …
KOLKATA: At a time when the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is struggling to combat outbreak of dengue in the city, scrub typhus, a type of mite-borne infectious disease has kept the civic bosses on their toes. This mite-borne disease is transmitted to humans from the bite of an infected chigger (pest …
The eastern bench of the National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the state pollution control board to "continuously measure PM 2.5", the tiniest and most potent air pollutant, in Calcutta and Howrah. The directive is based on a report by an expert committee that the bench had formed. The pollution …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 11/08/2016 regarding auto-emission and high air pollution in the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. The Applicant also mentions about the reports of West Bengal Pollution Control …
Kolkata: With two city students having succumbed to dengue and at least two more testing positive, schools are on high alert. The latest victim is a Class-VII girl from a Salt Lake school, who was reportedly admitted to hospital with high fever that has been detected to be dengue. LMG …
A 10-year-old girl, who was infected with the virus and admitted to a hospital, died on Sunday morning. Two more persons have died of dengue in West Bengal, taking the toll to 13 in the vector-borne disease since January, with 112 new cases reporting in the last 24 hours, officials …
KOLKATA: A 22-year-old resident of Howrah's Tikiapara, Fahim Ahmed, died of dengue on Tuesday evening. The official dengue death toll is now seven. Sources at NRS Medical College, however, said there may have been another death earlier -Bijoya Bera, a 45-year old-woman from Jhargram, West Midnapore.She was admitted on July …
‘Taking my name won’t save you,’ was the message the West Bengal CM gave. Cracking down on the illegal filling up of water bodies for real estate development, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said such acts would not be tolerated. “Whenever any incident of illegal filling up of water …
KOLKATA: With its rich scientific program and renowned faculty, and the theme "Expanding the Horizons of Allergic Diseases and Asthma: From Epigenetics to Treatment and Prevention" IAACON 2016 (Indian Academy of Allergy Conference 2016), organized by the Indian Academy of Allergy over the last three days in Kolkata to present …
KOLKATA: The UK-India partnership is strong, Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner to India, has said. He said, during Prime Minister Modi's visit to the UK last year, our two Prime Ministers agreed to strengthen our collaboration even further. "And when your Chief Minister visited, West Bengal-UK ties were further strengthened …
For a city that boasts of a priceless 6% of road space, parking has always been a nightmare in Kolkata. Chaotic traffic, unscientific space management, cunning parking attendants -everyone who drives in this city knows that finding parking space, especially during office hours, is a matter of sheer luck and …
This bottom-up modeling study, supported by new population census 2011 data, simulates ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on local to regional scales. It quantifies, present-day premature mortalities associated with the exposure to near-surface PM2.5 and O3 concentrations in India using a regional chemistry model. We estimate that …
One of the first announcements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi pertained to cleaning the Ganga. But this is not the first time an attempt has been made to clean the river. River cleaning schemes initiated in 1974, 1985, 1993, 1996 and 2008-09 have been monumental failures. While the Prime Minister's …
Bakery associations in West Bengal on Tuesday claimed tests conducted on bread samples produced by around 4,000 establishments in the state have revealed their products are "safe" for consumption. The West Bengal Bakery Co-ordinators Committee and West Bengal Baker's Association said tests showed the absence of certain harmful chemicals which …
More people died in Bengal from acute respiratory infection than in any other state every single year from 2009 to 2014, according to a Union government report. Experts described the trend as a revelation, associating the deaths with rising air pollution, caused particularly by motor vehicles in Calcutta and surrounding …
KOLKATA: Ola, India's most popular mobile app for transportation, today shared details on how its shared mobility solutions are making a significant contribution towards reducing vehicular pollution and addressing traffic congestion in cities across India. As per the latest statistics put together by the Company, Ola Share, India's first social …
Kolkata: Bread in Kolkata has passed the fitness test, with laboratories examining samples from different bakeries across the city declaring that there was no need to panic. Officials indicated that the "hazardous" chemicals in question were found to be in much less quantity than the permissible limits. Though the report …
