Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rizwan Tanning Industry Vs. U.P.P.C.B. dated 23/02/2015 regarding industrial pollution of river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh.
Rapid industrialization is adversely impacting the environment globally. Pollution by inappropriate management of industrial wastewater is one of the major environmental problems in India as well, especially with burgeoning small scale industrial sector in the country. To address the pollution coming out from industries, adoption of cleaner production technologies and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs. M/s. Hindustan Cocacola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Mehdiganj, Rajatalab, Varanasi dated 20/01/2015 regarding Ganga pollution caused by industries. The Court observed that "It is unquestionable that 700 tannery industries in Kanpur which are located on …
Abu Alam, a worker of a tannery belonging to a famous brand, has been residing in a slum in Hajaribag for five years. He has been suffering from gastrointestinal and dermatological problems. Alam has been unable to go to his workplace for the last couple of days. He lies in …
Violating the laid norms, the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society has been operating a common effluent treatment plant at the Leather Complex here without having requisite permission from the pollution authorities. Inquiries made by The Tribune found out that the sanction by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to operate the …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken to legal recourse against tanneries operating from the Leather Complex here. Sources said the PPCB had filed a criminal case against the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society (PETS), its directors, secretary and two others in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The …
A mobile court yesterday sealed off four factories at Hazaribagh for using tannery waste in poultry and fish feed that contains hazardous chemical chromium. The court also ordered the agencies concerned to destroy 300 tonnes of so-called “feed” made with toxic tannery scraps generated from nearly 200 tanneries at Hazaribagh. …
Many international companies don't give adequate attention to pollution caused by their supply chains in China, although they have contributed a lot to China's pollution, a new report says. The report, jointly released by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Natural Resources Defense Council, covered 147 brands …
A study was conducted to characterize Bahir Dar tannery effluent and determine its impact on the head of Blue Nile River using selected physicochemical parameters. Samples were taken from the direct effluent stream and four sampling sites (one upstream and three downstream) were selected along the river to determine its …
DHAKA: Bangladesh imposed a radical new "green tax" on Thursday to force polluting factories to pay extra levies as it looks to clean up the country's increasingly dirty rivers and air. The environmental tax was announced as part of a $32 billion budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which also …
The relocation will be made in several phases and will take time before all the tanneries are shifted The leather sector people said they will start shifting tanneries in the capital’s Hazaribagh to Savar from the first quarter of next year. They said it at a press conference yesterday, which …
Earning from leather industry in Pakistan is 13,000 million per year. It is the third largest export sector of Pakistan whereas Kasur is the second largest leather producing city of Punjab. Kasur city is 55 kilometers away from Lahore. It is famous for the production of raw material which is …
Hhuge amount of Rs44 million released by the Governor Sindh to Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB) is feared to be buried in the rubble due to negligence of the KWSB. Chairman, Pakistan Tanners Association (S.Z) Fawad Jawed has severely criticized KWSB for wasting Rs44 millions released by the Governor …
The government has directed the related agencies, including the contractor firm, to begin work within a week on setting up the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Savar leather estate to ensure the relocation of the much-talked tannery industries. “Nobody will be spared if dilly-dally is noticed in complying …
AGRA: After hundreds of petha (sweetmeat) units were forced to shut down in Agra last fortnight, Uttar Pradesh's pollution control body has now shifted its focus to pollution causing leather shoe units here. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has issued notice to 74 pollution causing leather shoe units, many …
The Council of Leather Exports has made a strong pitch for funds to upgrade tanneries and adopt Zero Liquid Discharge technology to meet pollution control norms. Rajendra K Jalan, Chairman, CLE, said: “I’d would request EM Sudarsana Natchiappan, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry to kindly accord sanction under …
Ordering shut down of all units in the leather complex here after its effluent treatment plant was found discharging toxic water into the rainwater drain, Punjab Pollution Control Board has also directed the units to install meters on their effluent discharge pipes. A pipe, which was draining untreated water directly …
Following the detection of discharge of highly toxic effluents in the kala sanghia drain and non-operation of the common effluent treatment plant (CEPT) of the Leather Complex on Tuesday, the Punjab Pollution Control Board Chairman(PPCB) Ravinder Singh, on Wednesday ordered 'shut down' of all tannery units for 15 days from …
Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland have published the 2013 report of the world's worst polluted places, The Top Ten Toxic Threats: Cleanup, Progress, and Ongoing Challenges. The report presents a new list of the top ten polluted places and provides updates on sites previously published by Blacksmith and Green …
Environment and forests minister Hasan Mahmud slammed Transparency International, Bangladesh for its recent investigation report on the government’s climate change trust fund utilization. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Bangladesh State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share. ENVIRONMENT …
