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 …
NEW DELHI: Environment-friendly Euro-IV quality petrol and diesel will be sold in seven more cities by March 31, government and industry officials said. The seven cities where fuel of Euro-III specifications will be phased out are: Puducherry, Mathura, Vapi, Jamnagar, Ankaleshwar, Hissar and Bharatpur. The oil ministry has also directed …
Citing the latest findings of Central Pollution Control Board on deteriorating conditions of Aami river in Gorakhpur district, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, seeking “stringent action” against the defaulting industries, and has offered central assistance for taking …
New Delhi: As many as 345 industries continue to violate pollution norms in various parts of the country despite strict pollution norms and closure of polluting industries in the past. Of the 2,600 highly polluting industries across 17 sectors like fertilisers, thermal power, sugar, petrochemicals, cement and integrated iron and …
Union Environment Ministry has asked the state government to take strict action against those industrial units that are polluting river Aami in Gorakhpur making groundwater in adjoining areas unfit for drinking purposes. In her letter to Chief Minister Mayawati, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment and Forest Jayanti …
Sheila writes to Haryana to resume work on Munak Delhi has sent yet another reminder to Haryana asking it to complete work on the long-pending Munak Canal. A simmering issue between the two States, the canal has been delayed for a long time for various reasons, mostly to do with …
Once the present foggy conditions settle down, Delhiites will again have to battle with pollution-laden smog. While the temperature is still on the higher side and humidity levels are falling, Met officials and environmentalists say that the conditions are ripe for formation of heavy smog, especially since particulate matter levels …
After The Tribune highlighted the failure of the state government to implement the much-hyped bio-remediation project to clean the Budha Nullah, in spite of the fact that it was launched seven months ago amid much fanfare, the local Member of Parliament, Manish Tewari, has urged the union environment ministry to …
AHMEDABAD: The data of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) show that Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh contribute to around 80 per cent of hazardous waste including heavy metals in the country. This was stated by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in an official release. The ministry further …
New Delhi: After the early 2000s, when Delhi’s air became dramatically clean after the introduction of CNG in public transport, it has once again turned into a deadly cocktail of various pollutants. High levels of particulate matter (PM) that fired the original ‘clean air’ campaign 15 years ago, are no …
NEW DELHI: The Environment and Forests Ministry may stop halting industrial and government projects for minor lapses of conditions stipulated under the Environment (Protection) Act to escape the blame of slowing down the economic progress. For instance big dumps built up around the mining areas, pollution of nearby rivers and …
For the past week, thousands of residents of New Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area have been enjoying a good night’s sleep, a luxury they’ve fought hard to win. After they approached the Delhi high court for respite against noise pollution near the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), the HC directed airport …
For the first time, the Environment Ministry is set to categorise violations of conditions of ‘green clearances’ given to commercial projects in a way that a variety of violations, conventionally considered grave, may end up being viewed as “not so serious”. An expert committee, set up by the ministry to …
While you could be booked for bursting crackers in a silence zone, you could zip through the same area with your vehicle roaring at 90 decibel. Reason: It is mandatory for all vehicles in the country to keep gas emission below limit, but there is no law to check noise …
MINISTER OF State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan could land in a soup in the Lok Sabha for breach of privilege, for no fault of hers. On 29 August, in a written reply on the status of bio-medical waste in India, she submitted incorrect data — statistical evidence supplied …
CPCB figures indicate lesser pollution, govt claims it is due to anti-cracker campaign Increased awareness and favourable meteorological factors have led to a decrease in overall air pollution this Diwali compared to last year’s figures, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said. Sustained anti-fire-cracker campaign initiated in Delhi has …
Mumbai figures on noise pollution in the civic body’s annual environment report are a far cry from the results of a four-year survey conducted by Jai Hind College researchers, a fact that has not gone unnoticed. A survey conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in 2010, the findings of …
Minister questions Mines department's description of excess production as handling of dumps Leader of the Opposition and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manohar Parrikar on Thursday expressed shock over what he described as a “blatantly false” affidavit filed in the High Court by the Goa Mines and Geology Department early …
Noise pollution levels have touched alarming levels in India’s big cities, making even nights as noisy as days in several areas and exposing people to a 24X7 assault on their eardrums, the apex pollution watchdog has found. The data reflected in a yet-to-be released, half-yearly analysis of continuous noise monitoring …
Dhubri, Oct. 12: The Jogighopa unit of Ashok Paper Mill is likely to reopen in April 2012 after nearly three decades. Many organisations, including AASU and AKRSU, have been demanding the reopening of the unit, which had stopped operation in 1983. AASU, AKRSU and various other organisations had also taken …
India may be willing to block any consensus among the international community to ratify a ban on import and export of hazardous waste as sought by the Basel Convention on the control of cross-country movements of hazardous wastes and disposal — a treaty of which India is a signatory along …
