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), Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to restart eight air monitoring stations that were closed down after 2011. The pollution watchdog will also have to monitor air quality at its nine existing manual monitoring stations on all days …
KOLKATA: The UK government will help Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) reduce carbon emission in the city and make it climate-resilient. A roadmap to achieve this was launched by UK's Employment Minister Priti Patel and KMC mayor Sovan Chatterjee in the state capital last week. The city will soon have a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/01/2016 regarding illegal construction of pathway on the river bed of river Ganges in the name of river front beautification programme along the stretch of river …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/01/2016 regarding diseases as a result of pollution majorly generated by air pollution. Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jharkhand would file a comprehensive affidavit stating …
KOLKATA: Environment activist Subhas Datta has written to the vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati University , Santiniketan, and the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, drawing their attention to the huge amount of plastic waste generated at this year's Pous Mela, which also created immense pollution. The fair, which draws visitors from …
KOLKATA: The city has been dropped from the air quality index (AQI) carried out by the environment ministry due to an inefficient system and alleged non-cooperation from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board. AQI notifies the public about the declining air quali ty level of each city and what the …
KOLKATA: The real extent of pollution in the city remains undetected in the absence of enough monitoring devices, admits the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB). While all the 11 monitoring stations in Kolkata and 12 in the rest of the state are supposed to be armed with PM2.5 samplers …
KOLKATA: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the landmark judgment from the Chief Justice bench of the Supreme Court of India banning registration of luxury diesel cars and SUVs with engine size of 2,000 cc in the entire national capital region of Delhi till March, next year. …
Transport sector has always been a significant contributor in emission estimates of cities. The source apportionment studies conducted in the six major cities of the country have shown that transport has significant contributions in PM2.5 and NOx concentrations. Moreover, the lower height of release of vehicular emissions leads to higher …
Expressing concern over the ambient air quality of Kolkata and Howrah, the Kolkata Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday named the principal secretary (home), the principal secretary (environment), K N Agarwal, a scientist of the Central Pollution Control Board, Kolkata region, and Prof S C Santra of Kalyani …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Monday, decided to set up a technically competent committee to monitor the pollution level in Kolkata. The bench of Justice V R Kimbaonkar and Prof P C Mishra was hearing a petition on ambient air quality in the Kolkata Metropolitan …
Brandy, a Golden Retriever, has refused to step out for his morning and evening walks. Aatish, a German Shepherd, has lost his appetite. Maggi, a Labrador, is not his usual active self. Even his favourite, biscuits with dollops of peanut butter, has not been able to draw him out of …
Ambient Noise Level assessment has been conducted at 70 locations in seven cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bangalore and Hyderabad) reveals following observations: Out of 70 locations, only 07 locations at Peeniya (Industrial) and Whitefield (Industrial) in Bangalore; Jeedimetla (Industrial) and Addapotharam (Industrial) in Hyderabad; Tartala (Industrial) in Kolkata; …
The 90 decibel limit for firecrackers will remain in force in Bengal. And all crackers that are noisier than that will stay banned, the National Green Tribunal ruled on Thursday, just 12 days before Kali Puja. The tribunal ordered West Bengal Pollution Control Board to issue a fresh order to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dwaipayan Sengupta Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 29/10/2015 regarding restoration and reclamation of the Nayanjuli, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Kolkata Giant Wheel Pvt. Ltd & Ors Vs Subhas Datta & Ors dated 08/10/2015 regarding the ferris wheel project (Kolkata Eye) on the Hooghly waterfront. NGT in its order dt. 13.2.15 passed an order restraining any …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs The Chairman Pollution Control Board & Ors dated 08/10/2015 regarding pollution of Adi Ganga, Kolkata, West Bengal. Kolkata Municipal Corporation has agreed to comply with the order passed by the Tribunal on 06/10/2015 …
With two dengue deaths reported from the state this year, including that of a 5-year-old boy in Kolkata, the government on Friday claimed that though there has been a spurt in the number of cases, the situation was under control. Five-year-old Sayan Dey was the first to die from dengue …
In another 10 years, Delhi will record the world's largest number of premature deaths due to air pollution among all mega cities in the world. However it will be another Indian city - Kolkata that will record the highest number of such deaths by 2050. Kolkata will see its number …
The government’s attempts to use renewable sources of energy for domestic purposes serve as a blessing in this era of global warming and climate change. Compared to developed countries like Germany, the average per capita consumption of energy in India is quite low. No industry is free from causing pollution …
