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 …
Not ready for any compromise with dyers Stance conveyed to government Tirupur: Farmers living alongside River Noyyal, who faced the brunt of the indiscriminate effluent discharge from dyeing units, are firm on their decision that they would not be ready for any compromise with dyers other than ensuring of zero …
Putting the onus of re-cycling of electronic wastes (e-waste) on the producers, the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has for the first time notified e-waste management rules. The e-waste (management and handling) Rules, 2011 would recognise the producers
Mysore: Intensified anti-plastic drive has dealt its first blow with Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Mysore regional office ordering for the closure of a plastic cover manufacturing industry. Mahadev Industries at Yadavagiri here has been ordered to shut shop, an official on condition of anonymity told Deccan Herald. This …
Dust levels have gone up in mixed urban pockets Bangalore: Residential and commercial areas are more polluted than industrial areas in the City, which has the highest levels of both air and noise pollution. According to a study by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), dust levels with chemical …
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 …
The State government will make an announcement banning the manufacture and use of plastic bags with thickness less than 60 microns soon, said Vishwanath Shegaonkar, Secretary, Labour and Employment department, who is holding additional charge of Environment and Forests department. Consultations with plastic bag manufacturers have already been held regarding …
The Odisha government on Saturday decided to close down the sponge iron plants failing to install electro-static precipitators (ESP) to stop pollution by end of June, said forest and environment minister Debi Prasad Mishra. He said of the 107 sponge iron plants in the state, so far thirty percent of …
For the first time in the state, a unique step is being taken to check environmental pollution. Not only is the Kala Sanghia drain being cleaned but also its sludge would be disposed of in a scientific way at Nimbuan, a place in Dera Bassi, near Chandigarh instead of being …
Pollution is an unremitting problem that could be tackled with combined efforts of society, NGOs, municipal councils, industrial units and government organisations. Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) chairman Rajat Aggarwal stated this here today during a state-level function on the World Environment Day. Though one lakh trees have been planted …
MCC, KSPCB?undertook joint operation inspecting five firms MCC?officers inspect plastic at an industry in Mysore on Friday. In-charge Health Officer Sudha, environmental engineers Girijamma, Rekha,?Shafinaz and Shakuntala are seen. A team of officers attached to Mysore City Corporation (MCC) and Karnataka State Pollution?Control?Board (KSPCB), Mysore region, jointly undertook a surprise …
The World Bank has approved $1 billion as credit and loan to support India's efforts to clean up the Ganga river. The sprawling river basin accounts for a fourth of the country's water resources and is home to more than 400 million people. The $1.556 billion National Ganga River Basin …
CHENNAI: The Chennai Auto Ancillary Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Company (CAAIIUC) held an interactive meeting with the unit holders of the Ambattur Industrial Estate on Saturday, to discuss various issues including stop sending treated water into Cooum river and Korattur lake. Infrastructure problems in the area and measures taken towards it …
Despite the increasing pollution levels, the city is yet to implement the Euro IV fuel deadline that was set for October last year. Petrol bunks in the city have not received the fuels conforming to Euro IV till date and most of them are unaware of the existence of such …
KOCHI: Thousands of fish washed up dead overnight in the Periyar just below the Pathalam bund on Thursday morning. It could be due to the high-level of pollution in the river, say environmentalists. It was the local fishermen who first noticed the dead fish floating in the Periyar and many …
MARGAO, Pollution in the Cuncolim Industrial Estate has come back to haunt the citizens and the authorities once again. At a meeting called to discuss the recent incident of ammonia leakage in an industrial unit in the Cuncolim Municipal Council, citizens raised apprehensions over rampant pollution inside the Estate in …
Industrial discharge and urban sewage are responsible for the pollution in Sutlej River. This has become evident from a report of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) prepared after various tests on the river
MARGAO, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat on Sunday assured a delegation of social activists that heavy machinery stationed at a closed mine at Cavrem would be removed forthwith and that police would take the ongoing investigations into the Nilesh Gaonkar case to its logical conclusion. In another development, Nilesh was on …
