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 …
GAUGING a river’s health need not be complex. Taxonomists can make the job very simple. These biologists, who have specialised in the classification of organisms, can determine a river’s health with the unaided eye by simply studying the organisms present. There is little need, therefore, for bottling samples and rushing …
With many private and most commercial vehicles staying off the roads for the Commonwealth Games, Delhi has reported a steep fall in pollution levels in the last two weeks. As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), while the permissible levels of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are around 80 …
An advanced notification system on daily air quality is developed for the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi, under the "Clean Air for Delhi 2010 and Beyond" program. The program is being developed with technical collaboration between two French firms - Aria Technologies SA and Leosphere SA, and the Central …
B. Aravind Kumar Chennai: The port town of Tuticorin is once again in the pollution spotlight, with the Madras High Court ordering immediate closure of a copper smelting plant run by Sterlite Industries (India) Limited. Tuticorin has been a sulphur dioxide (SO2) hotspot in the country for sometime now. The …
Sometimes you might go to a shop and in spite of protests handed a plastic bag. The bag will perish naturally, the shop attendant might tell you. In the past three years, different kinds of plastics claiming to be biodegradable, have entered the Indian market. But most of these brands …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has adjudged Goa as the State which was second in the country in taking steps to curb air pollution under the National Ambient Air Monitoring Programme (NAAMP). Mizoram was named the best State in fighting air pollution, while Kerala and Pondicherry followed Goa. These …
RELIGIOUS rituals may have to make some compromises for the sake of environment. Ahead of Ganapati Visarjan and Durga Puja, the environment ministry has put in place guidelines for idol immersion. Concerned about the increase in pollution of water bodies at the end of the festival, the ministry has suggested …
Bhopal, Sept 15: The Environment and Forest of Central Government, Zonal Office, ,Bhopal, Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal, Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization , Dainaver Institute Bhopal and Centre of environment education of MP on a joint venture organising World Ozone Day programme on 16th of September 2010 at 1.00 …
Kuldip Bhatia Ludhiana, September 6 Making it clear that there will be no compromise on the issue of environmental pollution, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh today said that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) would invoke section 5 of the Environment Protection Act (closure notice) if the …
Polluting industries along a 500-km stretch of the Ganga between Kannauj and Varanasi might soon face the axe. Minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday told the chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board and member-secretaries of state pollution control boards to take immediate action to …
Kanpur: Days after environment minister Jairam Ramesh expressed unhappiness over its inaction in cleaning the Ganges, the UP Pollution Control Board said it was working towards cleaning the river and had closed down 65 industrial units polluting it. Ramesh, who was here to participate in 'Ganga river basin management workshop' …
Rajahmundry, Aug. 27: Environmentalists called for the intervention of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to stall bauxite mining in Visakha district by the Jindal group as it is going to affect the livelihood of inhabitants of Seethapalli and other villages and cause health hazards to them. Taking the cue from …
These rules may be called the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2010. They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of September, 2010.
Civil society must prevent any attempt to clean up Bhopal without establishing Dow's remediation liability and analysing the contamination fully. THE endgame has begun. The present moment, coming after the extraordinarily shoddy Group of Ministers (GoM) report on Bhopal and the Madhya Pradesh government's manoeuvres to hammer a lid on …
The Coast Guard today plugged the two ruptured tanks of the MSC Chitra which were spilling oil into the sea off the Mumbai coast since the ship collided with another vessel, MV Khalijia III, on Saturday morning.However, with an estimated 400 tonnes of oil already having leaked into the water …
Kartikeya | TNNMumbai: That the Mithi has been reduced to a filthy nullah is well-known. However, now a report of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) shows that Maharashtra has the largest number of polluted river water stretches in the country. The CPCB draws up a list on the basis …
The pollution load on rivers has increased over the years due to rapid urbanisation and industrialization. Domestic sewage is the major source of pollution of rivers besides industrial and other non-point sources of pollution. Abstraction of water for irrigation, drinking, industrial use, power etc. compounds the challenge. Based on the …
Neha Sinha Enkempt roads, covered with construction waste and dust, are harming us more than just being eyesores. The pall of dust often seen hanging over the city owes much of its existence to the dirty Capital roads. The Central Pollution Control Board (part of the Union Ministry of Environment …
