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) on Tuesday asked West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to monitor the noise level in the city's silence zones. The eastern zone bench, comprising Justice Pratap Kumar Ray and expert member Ranjan Chatterjee, expressed dismay over the state government's failure in controlling the noise levels …
Nairobi has been ranked the second-worst city in the world with the most traffic congestion. According to the website numbeo.com based in Serbia, 2017 Traffic Index lists Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India as the most congested city in the world. Mumbai, also in India, in ranked third, followed by Jakarta …
For power producers it's time to rejoice. Thermal power companies including NTPC, the biggest of the lot, would be paying less for their coal requirement this month onwards as the Coal Controller, after a mammoth exercise, has reassessed and downgraded quality of about 177 coal mines across the country, sources …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of People United for Better Living in Calcutta & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/03/2017 regarding preservation and development of the water bodies in the State of West Bengal, more specifically, in Dankuni at …
KOLKATA: A climate-sensitive Scania future bus that has almost zero-emission while travelling long distances with its AC on was flagged off in the city on Tuesday. The bus, belonging to Royal Cruiser, left with passengers for Asansol at 7.30am. This is the city's first hybrid bus that runs on ethanol …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sunit Kumar Mallick Chowdhury Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 07/02/2017 regarding filling up of a waterbody (Ukil Bheri) by a housing society in Kolkata to construct a building. NGT directs the Additional District …
Breathing is injurious to health: this should be the statutory warning to party animals out to claim the night. And morning walkers, do not venture out too early, for Calcutta is experiencing unprecedented pollution levels this winter with air toxicity at its worst between midnight and dawn. A thick blanket …
KOLKATA: New Delhi may be reeling under severe air pollution, but Kolkata has not only touched the country's capital city but have also surpassed the city quite a few days in terms of air pollution. A joint study by the British Deputy High Commission, UKAID and Kolkata Municipal Corporation that …
As per section 5.2.8 (IV) of National Environment Policy (NEP) - 2006, Ambient Noise is included as environmental quality parameter and is being monitored in specific urban areas regularly. The National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network comprises of 70 Noise Monitoring Stations spread over 07 metropolitan cities which include Bengaluru, Chennai, …
This report focuses on the regulatory and operational aspects of Intermediate Public Transportation (IPT) in Kolkata, India. The Kolkata Metropolitan Region was chosen because it arguably has the most varied and complex set of transport systems, public and private, among the megacity regions in India, offering citizens ferries, trams, buses, …
KOLKATA: The city's air was more toxic than Delhi's on four days last week. Kolkata's PM2.5 (finer particulate matter that goes straight into the lungs) count was consistently more than five times the safe limit since Wednesday. The count dipped a bit on Sunday because of fewer vehicles on the …
The capital is recording its best November-end air quality in three years. Meteorologists say strong winds and higher than normal temperatures have managed to lower smog to an extent but conditions may turn hostile soon. The air quality index (AQI) has been oscillating between "poor" and "moderate" categories in Delhi, …
KOLKATA: For several years now, pollution in Indian cities has reached levels that are genuinely hazardous, with the situation this year being particularly dire. Worse, barring the well-intentioned - if eventually ineffective - odd-even initiative, little by way of serious policy action is being contemplated, let alone acted upon. As …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Thursday, sought explanations from the West Bengal Environment Department, director general of West Bengal Police and commissioner of Kolkata Police on why regulations of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) regarding noise are not imposed in the state. The …
Kolkata traffic police — long criticized for carrying out a sham in the name of pollution checks — seem to be getting its act right. It has got cracking against vehicular pollution by asking the special anti-pollution cell — that's checking vehicles using four wheels and above for pollution especially …
If pollution scenario in Delhi is 'dreaded', Kolkata is not far behind. By Tuesday 5pm, Kolkata emerged as the second worst polluted city in the country as far as respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) pol lution is concerned. The gap between pollution of two cities is also narrowing. At 5pm, Kolkata's …
KOLKATA: Though a National Green Tribunal (NGT) glare on Rabindra Sarobar lake saved the waterbody from being polluted deeply, rules set by the green body were grossly flouted on the occasions of performing Chhat puja on Sunday evening and Monday morning. From allowing plastic materials to bursting of crackers, the …
KOLKATA: Golpark in its southern part of Kolkata emerged noisiest locality in the country on the night of Diwali. On Diwali night, the noise level ranges between 54 dB in Delhi, Mandir Marg (Silence) to 81 dB Golpark in Kolkata. The Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) study of noise level …
Kolkata: Night pollution in the city continues to remain high, even three days after Diwali. Pollution Control Board's (PCB) automatic centre data indicates that people are still igniting fireworks, leaving ambient air dirty by three times the permissible limit. Doctors warn morning walkers not to venture out in the morning …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) no-entry-to-Rabindra-Sarobar order for Chhath devotees has put the Mamata Banerjee government in a bind. The government can't go against the order but at the same time, it doesn't want to hurt the sentiments of the 57lakh non-Bengali population in Bengal, of which a major …
