Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Discarded waste damages ecology of the hills Long considered by many as the best time of the year to visit this hill station, summer is also viewed as the worst from the environment and pollution point of view. The reason: Many among the tourists coming to ‘enjoy’ the season here …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the city police and the Delhi Pollution Control Board (DPCB) to decide a plea seeking to declare Ramlila Maidan as a ‘Silence Zone’ because noise created during the protests, rallies and dharnas affected the lives of nearby residents. A bench of Chief Justice …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday referred to National Green Tribunal (NGT) a batch of petitions alleging that noise pollution generated by aircrafts at the IGI airport is affecting health of the residents of nearby areas. “Considering the provisions of the Environment Protection Act, the Environment Protection Rules …
Rampant use of diesel-powered backup systems are not only burning holes in the pockets of residents, but excessive use of generator sets has resulted in massive noise and air pollution in the city. Heavy duty generator sets have been posing a health hazard. While generator sets with low-height chimneys emit …
Kanakwal (Talwandi Sabo), April 11: Octogenarian Hakkam Singh, a 1962 Indo-China war veteran, is on the forefront of another battle. He is determined to rescue his village, Kanakwal, and the adjoining Phulokhari village from the pollution caused by the Bathinda refinery. Accompanied by fellow residents, he has been squatting on …
Increasing attention is being paid to the subject of air pollution, with the bulk of previous work being done in animal models suggesting that exposure to air pollution causes atherosclerosis—stiffening and calcification of the arteries—in rabbits and mice. The findings of Sara Adar and colleagues, published in PLOS Medicine, take …
The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) in collaboration with the transport department will launch a drive from the next month to keep a strict vigil on commercial and private vehicles plying in the state to tackle the rising level of pollution. Polluting vehicles will be impounded during the drive. …
National Green Tribunal Hauls Up Industries For Not Having Proper Pollution Control Systems Noida: A six-member expert committee constituted by National Green Tribunal to determine ‘sources’ and ‘extent’ of pollution in Noida has taken cognizance of diesel generators operating in large numbers, due to lack of adequate power, for causing …
Sparing a thought for traffic congestion against the backdrop of a spurt in the vehicular population, the Haryana government has allowed stilt parking for plots measuring six marlas and above. While the stilt parking would be allowed for all licensed colonies and plots granted changed of land use (CLU), it …
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Environmental Protection Agency (AJK-EPA) has served ‘last notice’ on Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for “continuous serious violations of its conditional environmental approval” for the 969-megawatt Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHP). The notice served through the managing director/CEO of NJHP has advised Wapda to …
THE proposed 1,320-megawatt Rampal power plant is an outcome of the Bangladesh prime minister’s visit to India from January 10-12, 2010. As per article 35 of the 51-point joint communiqué issued at the end of the visit, a memorandum of understanding was signed in Dhaka on February 20, 2010 between …
Noise pollution in the capital metropolis has jumped up to 35 percent causing serious hazards to human health especially school going children due to lack of coordination among the Punjab Environmental Protection, Transport and Traffic Departments. The alarming raise of pollution is causing widespread hearing defects, insomnia, indigestion, heart burn, …
Uncontrolled sound pollution continues to endanger public health as the rules formulated to curb the nuisance are laxly implemented by the authorities concerned. Venting concern over the deteriorating sound pollution situation, environmentalists and health experts have alleged that callous use of horns by vehicle drivers, brick chips machines, mills, factories, …
Sri Lanka Minister of Wildlife Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysa said a code of ethics will be introduced soon to the safari drivers in the island's wildlife parks. The Minister said that it has been observed that the safari drivers searching for rare animal sightings communicate among each other via mobile phones …
The industries in the Bhairahawa-Lumbini road, the area along the highway between Bhairahawa and Lumbini in Rupandehi district, have a major impact on water, soil, air, flora and fauna, health and heritage of Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, says a study conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature …
Hundreds of heavy trucks, entering and leaving the industrial area everyday, are causing air and noise pollution in the federal capital and disturbance among the sector’s residents. Resident of the industrial areas told APP that the number of noise, dust and smoke complaints from the area were steadily increasing with …
Pune: The environment department of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) came under severe attack from corporators at the civic general body meeting on Monday. Shiv Sena corporator Ashwini Chinchwade Patil had sought to know the functioning of the environment department, environment conservation works implemented, if the civic body had …
A significant implication of increasing urbanization is anthropogenic noise pollution. Although noise is strongly associated with disruption of animal communication systems and negative health effects for humans, the study of these consequences at ecologically relevant spatial and temporal scales (termed soundscape ecology) is in early stages of application. In this …
Mumbai: Bureaucrats, senior officials and even visitors are knocking at the door of a leading developer to protest against the unprecedented air and noise pollution in the wake of the ongoing Rs 138-crore Mantralaya repair and reconstruction work. A senior official from chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s office on Monday confirmed …
Setting Up Saw Mills, Industries May Soon Be Banned Pune: Activities such as commercial mining and setting up saw mills, large hydroelectric projects and pollution-causing industries may soon be banned in the eco-sensitive zones around the main sanctuaries in the state, including the Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserve, Melghat tiger reserve and …
