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 …
Hyderabadis are victims of perpetual noise pollution according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board. Data pertaining to ambient noise level from continuous monitoring stations set up by the CPCB concludes that the city residents are subjected to high noise levels at all times. These stations set up at …
West Bengal has the highest number of red category industries causing high pollution, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, while 43 industrial clusters have been identified as “critically polluted”, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. The Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, said during Question Hour …
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has issued show-cause notices to three unauthorised dyeing units near Perur and action is to be taken on these units soon. An official of the board here told The Hindu on Tuesday that in the last six months as many as six unauthorised dyeing …
Even though e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules have come into force from Tuesday, the AP Pollution Control Board is still gearing up for implementation and strict enforcement of these rules with a framework of guidelines to be followed by manufacturers of e-products. The Union ministry of environment and forests had …
Twenty-one iron and steel plants, having capacity of 0.5 million tonnes a year and above, are up for an independent “green” rating. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based NGO, has completed a survey of the country's top steel-sector players for the environmental ratings. The results of …
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Central Pollution Control Board to file a comprehensive affidavit on the “character and content” of reported contamination of ground water in Bhopal's Arifnagar area due to the 1985 Union Carbide gas tragedy. A Bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J. Chelameshwar also …
Prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), the report flashes a red light with regard to the hydroelectric projects that add up to 2,600 MW and make for about a tenth of all small and big dams on the anvil in the state. NEW DELHI: A report commissioned by …
The environment ministry will not accept any proposal for new and expansion projects in four major coal fields — Korba, Asansol, Chandrapur and Dhanbad — as no measures have been taken to reduce environmental pollution. The four coalfields are among the 18 industrial clusters with a high environmental — air, …
The National Green Tribunal has ruled no fresh environmental clearance would be granted to new industrial units or for expansion of any operating industry in Noida without its consent. The tribunal passed the interim orders taking note of a “lackadaisical attitude exhibited” by the Central Pollution Control Board and Noida …
Existing Ones Can’t Expand. The National Green Tribunal ordered a ban on environmental clearances for any new industry or expansion of the existing ones in areas falling under New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) on Thursday. The order was in response to a petition filed by an area resident Sanjay …
If BRT corridor was meant to be a panacea for the never ending traffic woes and ever increasing automobile pollution of the national Capital, it failed in its objective. The idling time at the Chirag Dilli intersection on BRT corridor is double the time vehicles spend idling at ITO, perceived …
A quick glance at the city’s pollution data of the last few months would leave any green activist happy. The real story is, however, starkly different — the figures are misleading since 17 of the 20 pollution measuring units have not been working since January. Calcutta High Court on Thursday …
The ministry of forest and environment has refused to lift the moratorium on environmental clearance to set up new projects in the Visakhapatnam industrial cluster. In January 2010, the Centre ruled that projects meant for critically polluted areas and industrial clusters, as identified by the Central Pollution Control Board, would …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Ministry for Environment & Forests, the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Jal Boad on a petition by a social activist alleging that the release of effluents from the Capital's sewage treatment plants into water bodies was polluting …
The Centre was asked by the Delhi high court on Wednesday to respond to a PIL seeking a ban on treated effluents entering water bodies. The PIL urges HC to issue directions to environment ministry to take steps to stop flow of treated effluent from sewerage treatment plants (STPs) into …
Awareness education & effects low in face of sustained marketing, regret activists In recent months, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have had frequent run-ins with regulators and activists over issues pertaining to the presence of harmful chemicals such as lead and cadmium and the adverse impact of caramel. Yet, consumers have given …
NEW DELHI: Environmentalist GD Agarwal, 80, who is on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river on Friday agreed to end his fast after the government agreed to his demands, his supporters said. "He will break his fast today (Friday) as we got a communique from the …
Following strong protests by the Maharashtra government, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed that hazardous waste at Bhopal's Union Carbide chemical plant, now owned by Dow Chemicals, will be incinerated at a facility at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh. Replying to a calling attention motion in the Assembly …
