Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

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 …

How eco-friendly is your green bag?

Lab tests show not all green bags self-destruct or get dissolved in soil. The

Environmental regulations, air and water pollution, and infant mortality in India

  Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India’s environmental regulations. The air pollution regulations were effective at reducing ambient concentrations of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. The …

Fish wealth depleting in Periyar River

KOCHI: Once Chinese nets and fishermen catching fish using this traditional gear was a common sight in Eloor situated on the banks of the River Periyar. Fishery resources from this region used to be a major means of income for thousands of families belonging to this area. However, effluent discharge …

TERI sounds ozone alarm for 2030 Delhi: vehicle fleet to be blamed

New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute has rung alarm bells for the rising ozone levels in the country. Delhi has reason to be especially worried as not only does it suffer from extremely high ozone levels but also tops the list of cities with the highest levels of oxides …

Streamlined e-waste policy is need of the hour

State's annual e-waste likely to touch 35,000 tonnes in 2 years Chennai ranks fourth among the top 10 e-waste generators in the country Huge amount of imported e waste in Chennai CHENNAI: For the past three years, the month of June has been the only time when Jai Krishna and …

Immersion: HC seeks details on pollution control

The Bombay high court on Monday directed the environment department of the Maharashtra government, the state pollution control board, BMC and other authorities to file affidavits on the steps taken to control pollution during immersion of idols.Thecourtwashearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the NGO, Janhit Manch, and its …

Mumbai, worlds noisiest

A survey by the Central Pollution Control Board has labelled Mumbai as the world

Instant quality check of rivers

IN THE first week of April, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) oversaw an experiment to monitor, minute to minute, the water quality of the river Yamuna. The two-week trial at the water intake point of the Wazirabad water treatment plant in north-east Delhi was conducted by a private firm …

Union Carbides toxic wastes can be burnt at Defence Research Laboratory

Tons of toxic wastes strewn in and around Union Carbide factory ever since the happening of industrial disaster can be disposed of by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). It is believed that the Organisation can easily destroy the waste materials without posing any threat to environment. Union Minister …

Four-stroke complements CNG

VEHICLES and fuels must be seen as a system and not in isolation. Even a clean fuel like CNG may emit high air pollutants if the vehicle engine technology is inefficient to burn the fuel. This is the message from the first detailed testing of CNG three-wheelers in Delhi by …

Jairam out of sync with his ministrys line

CHENNAI: Responding to an Express article titled

CPCB seeks details on Okhla plant

New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board has told Jindal Ecopolis, the company setting up the waste-to-energy plant at Okhla, that it would not be permitted to operate if it fails to provide technical details on pollution control at the incineration plant. At a meeting held on Tuesday, CBCP raised …

Pollution monitoring infrastructure inadequate

RAJESH RANGARAJAN & The India Pollution Map, a website project at the Centre for Development Finance (CDF), has tracked the government pollution monitoring regime and has mapped aspects of air and water quality through an online mapping tool. Data and information directly received from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) …

Delhi govt firm on energy plants despite protests

New Delhi: The Sheila Dikshit government will have none of the protests and Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh's green concerns and stands firm on commissioning the waste-to-energy projects in Timarpur-Okhla and Ghazipur. The residents and ragpickers were up in arms against the projects, while the Union minister had requested the …

Parichha power units wait for mandatory renovation

LUCKNOW: The two units of Parichha thermal power project, which are under the scanner of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for snuffing out fly-ash, thereby causing health hazard to thousands of villagers living around, have been waiting for almost five years for a mandatory renovation exercise, top sources in …

Okhla plant not a health hazard: CM

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today assured the resident welfare associations of Okhla that there would be no health hazard due to the waste-to-energy plant being built in the area because only domestic waste would be used to generate power. The CM gave the assurance to the RWAs at a …

Coal Blocks Part of 11th & 12th Plan May Go Unhindered

The Planning Commission has said that steps for ensuring domestic coal production for the Eleventh and Twelfth Plan period should be allowed to go unhindered. This forms part of the recommendations of the Plan panel submitted to the Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, which is considering …

Jairam meets activists over waste project

Minister of environment Jairam Ramesh met a group of protesters living in colonies located around the controversial Timarpur-Okhla waste to energy project, owned by Jindal Ecopolis, at Paryavaran Bhawan on Friday. They demanded that the minister take immediate steps to stop these waste to energy projects coming up in Okhla, …

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