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 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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
