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 …
The State Board has issued detailed guidelines from time to time to facilitate the process of grant of consent to establish/consent to operate and also to suitably guide/advice the stone crushing industry for taking appropriate measures for abatement of pollution.
P J Joychen | TNN Jaipur: Despite the state government and Rajasthan High Court prohibiting any blockage or obstruction of a natural water channel in the state, the government itself is accused of violating the norms by allotting a marble slurry dumping site in the water channel of a valley …
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat:To safeguard the health of thousands of artisans working in the agate stone processing industry in Khambhat region, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) plans to provide financial and other aid to them for setting up a non-hazardous stone processing system. The agate industry …
Anantapur, May 11: Hundreds of unregistered granite and slab industries have been evading taxes in Tadipatri in Anantapur district for some years. There are about 200 granite and 1,500 slab industries in Tadipatri, of which 61 are granite and 632 slab industries are unregistered. But these industries are operating by …
Stone crusher units instructed to provide telescopic chute at the product unloading conveyor PERAMBALUR: The Collector, M. Vijayakumar has urged the stone crusher units to comply with the air pollution control measures. Speaking at a meeting of the personnel of the stone crusher units in the district to discuss the …
Bihar government’s budget has introduced measures to protect the environment. The budget passed for 2010-2011 includes sales tax and value added tax on old vehicles and halves the tax on battery-run vehicles. The state’s finance minister, Sushil Kumar Modi, also announced a blanket ban on mining hills for quarrying stones. …
The State Board has issued detailed guidelines from time to time to facilitate the process of grant of consent to establish/consent to operate and also to suitably guide/advice the stone crushing industry for taking appropriate measures for abatement of pollution. However, some issues have been raised regarding procedural/technical aspects in …
It was in 2002 that Perry Gottesfeld, a public health professional, started Occupational Knowledge (OK) International in San Francisco in the US. His outfit helps developing countries curb illnesses caused by exposure to hazardous materials and environments in places of work. To fulfill its mission, OK International assists NGOs in …
Dennis Selvan Five persons were killed and six injured in a premature explosion triggered by a lightning flash in a stone quarry at Mathur village near Salavakkam, some 15 km from Chengalpattu, on Thursday. A flash of lightning triggered explosion, which was planned to occur two hours later FIVE persons …
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed a Government Order issued on September 22 to supply waste material generated from a stone quarry managed by Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited (TAMIN) at Pokishamalai, a hillock at Keezhavalavu of Melur Taluk near here, to a self help …
ANANTAPUR, Sept. 22: Industrial pollutants are contaminating the Penna river in Anantapur district. Many industries located along the banks are indiscriminately releasing effluents into the river at Tadipatri which has constant groundwater levels in the district. There are 200 granite and 1,000 blackstone industries concentrated in and around Tadipatri. Major …
The district administration has made special arrangements to put an end to illegal sand mining and stone quarrying in the district, and vigilance squads comprising officers from the revenue, police, forest, and mines and geology departments have been formed. Getting tough: Deputy Commissioner N Prabhakar speaking at a meeting convened …
Environmental pollution study was undertaken in the stone crushers of Chitrakoot area, U.P., to assess the dust exposure risk in stone crushers. The stone available in the area is igneous rock based granite.
SALEM: Salem Corporation seized a large quantity of magnesite stones which were being illegally mined from its land in Chettichavadi on Tuesday. The civic administration conducted a raid in Chettichavadi following widespread complaints that a few persons were illegally mining the stones in the land earmarked for the establishment of …
As the monsoon retreats and the flood waters recede, the flood bank and bed of the River Dikrong in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh becomes a humming ground of the human activities. Temporary labour tents or huts, crusher machines, movement of trucks and other vehicles all along the length and breadth become …
A person has been feared dead and at least two critically wounded in a blast that occurred at a stone quarry in Tulasipura at Talghatpura, on Tuesday. Sources said there was a blast at the quarry at around 2.30 pm and a profusely bleeding Mahantesh, a worker, was shifted to …
