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 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is set to consider, on Monday, whether to impose a ban on the sale of large diesel-powered vehicles in 11 more cities, worrying auto makers who say such a move will be unscientific and uncalled for. The 11 cities are likely to include metros such …
Nearly 40 million Indians will be at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, with people in Mumbai and Kolkata having the maximum exposure to coastal flooding in future due to rapid urbanisation and economic growth, according to a UN environment report. The Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6): Regional Assessments said …
US Official Lauds Centre, Delhi Govt Efforts Michael P Pelletier, the chargé d'affaires of the US embassy, said promoting development and combating air pollution were the two sides of the same coin and that there was no conflict between the two. “Without one, you cannot have the other.“ Pelletier was …
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad men top the charts when it comes to suffering from `very high' level of hypertension, in comparison to their counterparts in other cities such as Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Dehradun, Bhopal and Patna, a Union health ministry survey says. The data, collated from the ministry's recently released National …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/05/2016 regarding dumping of municipal solid waste (MSW) on the Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam. Tribunal notes that the affidavit filed by the State of Assam lacks …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/05/2016. The issue deals with losses to biodiversity and livelihood of fishermen from abstraction of excessive amounts of water for irrigation and from alteration of Ganga …
Visva Bharati University (VBU) acting registrar Mani Mukut Mitra informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench through an affidavit that the university doesn't have adequate resources to tackle the pollution that occurs during the three-day Poush Mela organised in Santiniketan every year. The bench was hearing a petition …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/S Casa Toscana & Others Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 05/05/2016 regarding air and noise pollution caused by the restaurant namely M/s Casa Toscana, located at 14 Sarat Chatterjee Avenue, Kolkata Municipal Corporation …
Delhi is leading the major metropolises of India in controlling air pollution, a study by the think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) suggests. In a study that mapped the 10 most populous cities - Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Jaipur - which comprise 24 …
Sunita Narain, one of the country's leading writers and activists on environment and sustainability, plans to engage with the state government post the election to thrash out an action plan on improving the city's foul air. "Political leaders and administrators in Kolkata must wake up and smell the air. It …
Kolkata: The city has failed absymally when it comes to dealing with the environment but political leaders are not yet ready break sweat to mend ways. And it seems Trinamool Congress is leading the pack when it comes to ignoring pollution issues plaguing the state. Ahead of assembly elections, the …
KOLKATA: The state's first and country's second solar slum was inaugurated on Tuesday by state power minister Manish Gupta at Topsia's Majdoor Para area falling under ward number 66 of the Kolkata municipal corporation. As many as 800 families doting the slum area where sunlight hardly enter the rooms will …
The article sheds light on the Adi Ganga, one of the most significant streams of the Ganges in its lower course, and narrates how the stream (later Tolly’s Canal) which was once the life line of Kolkata transformed into a mere sewer and was ruthlessly slaughtered with the changing politicoeconomic …
The quality of breeding sites is reflected through the pupal productivity and the life history traits of Aedes mosquitoes. Using nutrient reserves and pupal productivity of Aedes as indicators, the larval habitats including sewage drains were characterized to highlight the habitat expansion and vector management. The pupae and adults collected …
Is the battle against emission limited to judicial activism? At least that is what claimed by the officers responsible for controlling pollution at the ground. This raises serious questions about the intention of the government in battling the growing pollution of Indian metropolitan cities including Kolkata. The Central Motor Vehicles …
Cr, Pb, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu, Co and Fe content in the surface sediments was studied at three sites along a 20 km stretch on the Bidyadhari River (situated at the gateway to Indian Sundarban mangrove ecosystem) starting from the sewage outfall zone of the Kolkata metropolis (northern limit of …
Kolkata: Solar power has now found a new 'hub' at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur. IIEST is conducting experiments to develop indigenous, cheaper and more energy-efficient solar cells. The project, funded by the department of science and technology, has already received Rs 12 crore for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tapan Kumar Bhowmick & Others Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 05/02/2016 regarding pollution caused by a bakery, Kolkata, West Bengal. The consent to operate is valid upto 31.12.2017. However, since the directions …
Delhi is the country's pollution capital but Calcuttans are breathing in more toxic air because of higher exposure, a study has shown. Conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the survey reveals that the pollution level has leapt by over 60 per cent between 2010 and 2013. …
CSE has recommended that Kolkata should start acting on emergency pollution control measures like Delhi. The city's air pollution level is much higher than the permissible limit, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found and recommended that Kolkata should start acting on emergency pollution control measures like Delhi. …
