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 …
Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will preside over a meeting to discuss vector-control measures on Wednesday. Representatives of the municipal corporations of Calcutta, Bidhannagar and Howrah will attend the meeting, among others. Government officials failed to recall the last time a meeting to take stock of vector-control measures was held …
“Cow dung cakes are more environment-friendly. Secondly, there is a religious angle. Some people consider it holy to cremate in cow dung cakes. We have given them an option. They can use electric furnace or wood or cow dung,” Atin Ghosh, member, KMC Mayor-in-Council (Health) said. A crematorium in Kolkata …
KOLKATA: The air that you inhale inside the warmth of your home could be as poisonous or even worse than the outdoor air, warns a study conducted by a group of city environmentalists and the Calcutta University's economics department. It has found the indoor air quality (IAQ) or the pollution …
KOLKATA: After a brief respite, the PM2.5 count again rose above 300 g/m3 on Tuesday morning. For more than two hours during the peak morning hours, when kids go to school and office-goers to their work, PM2.5 count taken at US Consulate Air Quality Monitoring station stood at 310 — …
KOLKATA: City residents on Sunday hit the streets to spread awareness on the dangers of Kolkata's declining air quality index. The march organised by Kolkata Clean Air (KCA) — an umbrella body for several green organizations campaigning for city's better environment — witnessed hundreds of concerned citizens, including schoolgoers, university …
Calcutta: The state government stands accused of sitting for around a year and a half on recommendations on how to curb air pollution filed by an expert committee set up by the National Green Tribunal. "The tribunal had on August 11, 2016, directed the state government to implement the recommendations …
Howrah: The average air quality index (AQI) of Howrah, home to Bengal's administrative headquarters, during the week starting January 15 was found to be worse than Delhi's. Data recorded by the pollution control board's manual measuring station at the Howrah Municipal Corporation reveals that the AQI during the period from …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhash Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 25/01/2018 regarding air pollution in the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. NGT directs that a comprehensive study of the ambient air quality should be undertaken by a Committee which shall …
About 22 per cent Indian adults in urban areas suffer from constipation, a gut health survey by a multinational healthcare firm has suggested. Kolkata tops the chart at 28 per cent among eight cities where the survey—done by Abbott in association with a global market research firm—was undertaken. Chennai is …
KOLKATA: The persistent early morning fog — innocuous though it may seem — has left a trail of illnesses in Kolkata, including a drug-resistant cough that has been affecting children. Ever since pockets of the city started getting shrouded in a haze from last week, cases of severe respiratory distress, …
CHENNAI: The health of homeless people is worse than that of others, as indicated by a recent study. the pilot study of tuberculosis among a small group of the city's homeless adults has found the disease's prevalence to be at least five times higher, compared to the normal population. Chennai …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrato Mookherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 22/01/2018 regarding waste management of hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal. NGT makes it clear that establishment of ETPs in the hospitals is unavoidable which has …
Calcutta: Calcutta's air is unbreathable in the current season, figures thrown up by the measuring stations of the state pollution control board reveal. Metro has accessed the pollution data generated by the 16 manual stations of the board across the city in the second week of January and found that …
KOLKATA: The city's air qual-ity index (AQI) finishing ab-ove 450 at 10am, when most of Kolkata's working popula-tion and students are out on the street, has prompted environmentalists and health experts to flag the dangers of the AQI's quirky behaviour. The AQI generally spikes after midnight till daybreak, with the …
KOLKATA: Air pollution levels shot off the charts in Kolkata early on Tuesday, earning for the city the unenviable distinction of having the most foul air in the world. According to the US Embassy & Consulate that monitors particulate matter emission around the globe, Kolkata's PM 2.5 count shot up …
KOLKATA: Pollutants hung heavy in the ambient air of the city and refused to dissipate even in the evening when the ambient air tends to get cleaner. Throughout Sunday, according to US Co nsulate air-quality monitoring station, the air was hazardous (301-500 g/m3) with the PM2.5 count of city's air …
KOLKATA: The state government has set up an inter-departmental committee, under the chairmanship of environment minister Sovon Chatterjee, for a concerted effort to combat air pollution. The committee will come up with a detailed road map — short-term and long-term — to maintain ambient air. Kolkata has hit the headlines …
Environment ministry bats for real estate exemption Calcutta: The Union environment ministry is planning to move the Supreme Court against a recent National Green Tribunal verdict that quashed its notification allowing exemptions to the real estate sector from environmental laws. "We are contemplating moving the Supreme Court.... After all, the …
KOLKATA: The city is experiencing its longest cold spell since 2004. With the minimum temperature remaining 10.9°C on Wednesday, it turned out to be the sixth consecutive day of sub-12°C in Kolkata. The last time the city had seen a longer chilly spell was 14 years ago, when the mercury …
KOLKATA: Struggling to get control over the dengue situation, Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Thursday used a drone to find out if there was stagnant water or garbage on rooftops and complexes of high-rise buildings in and around South City mall, including the South City residential towers. This is the first …
