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 project titled ‘Scope, Structure and Processes of National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA) given by MoEF to IIT Delhi consortium had the broad mandate for developing the objectives, structure and core processes of the proposed NEAMA. The findings and recommendations of the project are based on: an analysis …
Tirupur: It turned out to be a noisy and polluted Deepavali in Tirupur city this year. This was revealed in the ambient air quality and noise pollution surveys conducted by the District Environmental Laboratory (DEL) of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board here during the Deepavali day and on the …
The Central Pollution Control Board has asked all the state boards to test the noise level of crackers available in the market and submit a report after fireworks from Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu were found to violate norms. The directive, signed by a senior official, was issued after a bulk …
Bhopal: Prior to Deepawali festival public awareness programme is being organised regarding environmental pollution under the joint aegis of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), regional office Bhopal and Environment Education Institute, Bhopal. As part of this exercise by going personally to various schools of City students are being given information …
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 …
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.
