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 …
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided not to consider new development projects for Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Singrauli, Noida, Agra and Varanasi-Mirzapur for the next eight months following directions from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). An environmental assessment of industrial clusters conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and …
Back in 2006 Newsweek ranked Ghaziabad as one of the world’s “ten most dynamic” cities, waxing eloquent about its potential to emerge on the world map among counterparts such as Las Vegas and Toulouse. But now, in a drastic turnaround, Ghaziabad finds itself in an unenviable listing of the country’s …
NEW DELHI: The Centre has imposed temporary restrictions on new development projects in industrial clusters that score more than 70 points on the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The restrictions on projects from critically polluted industrial clusters will be applicable for eight …
Cops Drawing Up List, Working On Policy To Tighten Screws New Delhi: With Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) seeking stricter penalties and punishment for those flouting noise pollution norms, Delhi Police on Friday said it was ready to step up prosecution.
Anupam Apt in Saket, Ashram Chowk worst hit, finds CPCB study New Delhi, January 14 Residential areas along major roads in the Capital are enduring extreme noise levels with most of them reporting 20 to 25 per cent more than the permissible limit, says a study by the Central Pollution …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is setting up a network for national-level monitoring and reporting of noise pollution. Based on the pattern of existing air and water networks, the setting up of the National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network and development of infrastructure for noise mapping in the country are …
RASHME SEHGAL No more loud bands at weddings or loud playing of musical instruments that can drive neighbours up the wall. A National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network (NANMN) has been created to come down with a heavy hand on car drivers honking in zones of silence or in residential colonies …
Bangaloreans may expect more peaceful nights soon as the Centre has come out with new noise pollution standards clearly spelling out up to what time horns, loudspeakers and sound-emitting construction equipment and firecrackers can be used in the night. Night time has been defined as the period between 10 pm …
NEARLY 10 years after the noise pollution regulation was notified, the government has decided to put in a place a mechanism to systematically monitor noise.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests today imposed an eight-month moratorium on new projects in 43 industrial hubs identified recently by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as
Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi January 14, 2010, 0:10 IST The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) plans to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for projects to control municipal and industrial sewage generated in the country. The SPV, a joint venture between the Centre and the states, will …
The Centre on Wednesday decided that it would not consider any development project proposed in the country's top 43 identified 'critically-polluted' industrial clusters and pending with it for an environment clearance for the next eight months. In fact, it has even decided to return all such proposals received by it …
Thirty five cities in India are pumping as much as 7,604 million litres of sewage daily straight into rivers, notably the Ganga, and the sea. A new report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on water consumption and sewage disposal patterns shows that the biggest cities in India are …
Seventy per cent of the total municipal sewage and effluent from over 900 cities and towns are being discharged untreated into rivers which are a major source of drinking water, a recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said. In absolute terms, these cities and towns together …
2 Gujarat clusters top the PCB pollution list. Ankleshwar in Gujarat topped the list with a CEPI score of 88.5, followed by Vapi (88.09), Ghaziabad (87.37) and Chandrapur (83.88). The Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) of the Central Pollution Control Board has found that the Greater Cochin industrial cluster area …
Hyderabad, Jan. 3: Visakhapatnam overtook Patancheru and Bolarum as the most industrially polluted cluster in the state as per the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (Cepi). The comprehensive environmental assessment of industrial clusters was conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board and the state pollution control boards in 88 clusters across …
