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 …
A post-graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to shift Delhi Zoo, located adjacent to the medieval monument of Purana Quila, to the outskirts of the Capital to provide a more congenial environment to the wild animals and birds kept there. …
Kolkata, 23 Feb: The West Bengal government today called upon NGOs to help create awareness about environmental issues, saying that the government alone did not have enough public reach for the job.
A WIND farm project under way in Khed and Mawal talukas of Pune has partially destroyed protected forests and threatens farmland in the area. On December 16, 2010, the Bombay High Court, responding to a public interest petition by a people’s forum, ordered a halt on tree felling. But blasting …
- Road rules trampled by feet and wheels as green zone takes a pounding Forget the high court ruling, the cadres would not even listen to their leaders. Lakhs of supporters who had descended on Brigade Parade Ground for the Left Front rally on Sunday blatantly violated every rule in …
The Environment Depart-ment on Wednesday fined the Uttara Automobile Manufacturers Limited at Nasirabad in the Chittagong city Tk 30 lakh on charge of causing environmental pollution. A team of the department, led by director (monitoring and enforcement) Moham-med Munir Chowdhury, conducted a raid on the factory and found it causing …
Illegal communication towers in the Mohali urban estate are under threat. As the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has initiated action against 98 such towers identified to be installed illegally in different residential, institutional, commercial and industrial areas of the city, the signals of cellular service providers are likely …
Aizawl city has witnessed a slight increase in air pollution during this month compared to the same month last year. The Mizoram Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has revealed that the level of Suspended Particulate Matters (SPM) in the state capital has gone up to 78 per cent from last year
After ensuring the successful implementation of guidelines prohibiting noise and other types of pollution in resorts bordering the Corbett National Park during the New Year
The members of Special Economic Zone Birodhi Prachar Manch today gave a memorandum to the chief executive officer of Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL), Mr Subrata Paul, opposing the establishment of the Aerotropolis at Andal. In the memorandum, they stated that the land for the 3,500- acre project area, spread …
The Directorate of Environment on Monday fined eight establishments Tk 2.5 lakh for the first time in Chittagong for sound pollution. Director (enforcement) of DoE Mohammad Munir Chowdhury led the sudden drive at Pahartali area and imposed the penalty on eight establishments for causing health hazard to the public by …
Pramod Panwar | TNN Palanpur: Thol Lake bird sanctuary in Mehsana district, about 50 km from Ahmedabad on Kadi-Sanand road, has long been a favourite abode for variety of birds. But, the famous wetland has of late been losing popularity among the winged visitors.
New Delhi: As road connectivity to Faridabad improves, residents of the subcity are now looking forward to the new Delhi Metro line to get operational soon to bring the National Capital Region (NCR) town closer to Delhi. According to sources, the proposal to build a Metro line through Faridabad has …
CHENNAI: The rapid growth in the number of automobiles in the city has turned the focus on the need for the authorities to take stringent measures to contain air and noise pollution. The number of motor vehicles has been steadily growing over the past 12 years, according to the Transport …
Patiala: It seems that awareness drives, campaigns and other programmes initiated by the government agencies and the NGOs for celebrating Divali without busting crackers, which pollute the environment have brought some fruitful results. The figures of pollution level (air and noise) recorded during Divali days by the Punjab Pollution Control …
After a dip in 2009, Diwali noise levels in Mumbai have gone up by around 10 decibels this year, according to the data collected by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). THE MPCB had carried out ambient noise monitoring during Diwali at 115 locations in the state and Mumbai seems to …
