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 MoEF has been implementing a centrally sponsored scheme for Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) since 1991. In the light of the operational deficiencies in the earlier scheme, the development of pollution control technologies and the recommendations of SPCBs related thereto, a need was felt to revise the earlier guidelines for …
The Madhya Pradesh government envisions Singrauli district, a part of the coal belt it shares with Uttar Pradesh, as the Singapore of Central India. But protection of the environment in the region has taken a back seat because of the race between power companies to set up coal-based thermal power …
Reluctant to take a decision on the issue of the garbage processing plant, the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has prepared a report on the functioning of the plant and sent it to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The board has been asked to take further action on the …
in conservation of environment as well as leads to sturdier roads, is catching up in the northern region after a successful initiative by the Himachal Pradesh government. Waste plastic material, including carry bags, are sorted, cleaned and shredded and then mixed with bitumen to be used in road construction. Experiments …
The Greenpeace fact finding report states that Singrauli is the ninth highest in the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) amongst 88 highly polluted industrial blocks in the country. The index value of Singrauli (81.73) clearly indicates that the area is critically polluted owing to power plants established in the region. …
New Delhi: In the first step towards streamlining and managing Delhi’s water, Delhi Jal Board and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) organized the first consultative workshop on formulating ‘Water Policy for Delhi’ on Wednesday. Stakeholders from agencies like Delhi Development Authority, Central Pollution Control Board and …
The Central Pollution Control Board has set alarm bells ringing with its latest findings of nearly 7.5-fold increase in generation of e-waste material in the country by 2012. From the estimated 1.47 lakh MT of e-waste that was generated in the country in 2005, it is expected to rise to …
New Delhi: Reacting to a TOI report on the conflict of interest of Central Pollution Control Board chairman, environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan has said she will inquire into the facts. On Thursday, TOI had reported the attempt by CPCB chairman S P Gautum to cash in on a …
Gandhinagar: Hope has finally dawned for lifting the ban, imposed by the Government of India, over industrial expansion in Ankleshwar, one of the most industrialized regions of the country. The Gujarat government has asked the Centre to lift the ban on expansion, development and diversification of industries in Ankleshwar and …
New Delhi: Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board S P Gautam sold a patent he held privately on a technology to the apex authority on a revenue sharing basis and then passed a directive in his official capacity asking the leather industry to buy the expensive and untested know-how. …
SHILLONG: At a time when Meghalaya is finding ways and means to comply with the Union Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Management Rules, 2011 to curb the plastic menace, the cement plants in the State can come forward with a process of incineration. This idea was presented by the senior …
The Gujarat government will soon request the Union Environment Ministry to lift the ban on the expansion, development and diversification of industries in Ankleshwar and surrounding areas, about 100 km from here, a senior State government official said. The Additional Chief Secretary, Mr Sudeep Kumar Nanda, said, “We will make …
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, will spend £7 million on the 2012 London Olympics. The same company has refused to clean …
Urgency Clause Invoked To Develop Leather City New Delhi: After quashing acquisition of land in Noida Extension, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside acquisition of 71 acres by UP government in Ghaziabad's Hapur area for setting up Leather City to relocate all bone mills and allied industries there. Governments …
The chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), CP Gautam, on Sunday said more than 60% of distilleries in the state do not comply with pollution control laws, becoming a major source of soil pollution. He was delivering the keynote address at a day-long workshop on ‘Zero liquid discharge …
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, will spend £7 million on the 2012 London Olympics. The same company has refused to clean …
New Delhi The proposed Environment Appraisal and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA), once it comes into existence, may subsume the existing environment appraisal committees (EAC) and forest advisory committee (FAC) of the environment ministry. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is working on the modalities of the independent regulator, which is …
Following Delhi High Court’s intervention, the air safety regulator has prescribed maximum permissible noise levels in the vicinity of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. It has also put the onus of monitoring and reporting of erring airlines on the airport operator, on a monthly basis. The Directorate General of Civil …
Over a year ago, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) undertook an exercise to assess pollution levels in some of the highly polluted industrial areas of India. It then released a list of 43 most polluted areas, terming them critically polluted, and imposed a moratorium on their expansion. …
