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 …
SHILLONG, Residents of Mawshynrut, West Khasi Hills were prompted to rise up in unison against the setting up of the ferro alloy industry by Meghalaya Ferrous Limited near the Wah Blei river in view of the alleged connivance of the traditional heads with the industrialist who completely disregards the environmental …
JAIPUR: The committee, which was constituted by the Sawai Man Singh hospital, presented its report on Thursday on the bio medical waste, which was seized from a scrap dealer shop in Jhalana area around seven days ago. "The committee stated in the report that everything from collection and segregation of …
PANJIM, Crime Branch sleuths investigating the illegal mining scam allegedly involving NCP leader Jitendra Deshprabhu and top bureaucrats, have sought assistance from mining experts to locate the illegal mining operation. Sources said that the investigating team has approached Mines department and local Panchayat office for assistance in the probe.
The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) on Tuesday ordered the closure of the Kochi unit of Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL), a PSU under Union Ministry of Fertilisers and Chemicals, which manufactures endosulfan and other pesticides. The immediate provocation for the decision seems to be the Left government
CHANDIGARH: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has lifted the moratorium for setting up of new projects in Faridabad and Panipat towns on the basis of the
The Indian port sector is facing choppy waters as big-ticket expansion projects worth close to . 10,000 crore have been stranded, awaiting environment clearances. The major port projects stuck due to environmental clearance include the . 3,600-crore container terminal project at Chennai, . 400-crore coal terminal at Marmagao Port, . …
Demand to shut down mining company at Velichikala, Study reveals health hazards, Compensation sought for victims KOLLAM: The Velichikala agitation in protest against the polluting clay-mining activities at Velichikala near here is entering sixth year on Monday. Those on the agitation have been demanding the closure of a clay mining …
PORVORIM, Shiv Sena has complained to the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) that Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) is yet to undertake most of the measures suggested by the Board following an inspection on Assagao plateau where garbage is being dumped. In a letter to GSPCB chairman, Shiv Sena Ad-hoc …
NOIDA: The city may be undergoing a change due to various infrastructure development works, however if figures released by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) are to be believed, the widespread digging has resulted in increase in the suspended particulate matter (SPM) resulting in various problems to the residents. …
HC gives another chance to state govt Pollution board told to file list of offending units The court cannot be a silent spectator to a situation where a whole new industrial township is set up without giving the proper infrastructure of common effluent treatment plant (CETP), municipal solid waste plant …
KOCHI: State Pollution Control Board has started collecting samples from the Periyar River to ensure the water quality based on a directive by the Kerala High Court that it should hand over one set of sample to the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) at Thiruvananthapuram for a …
Two-wheeler riders, traffic policemen among worst affected by vehicle emission KOCHI: Automobiles and industries cause the maximum damage to air quality. Vehicles that run on clean fuel and have a well-tuned engine let out much less toxic emissions than those that use adulterants and are ill-maintained. Foremost among the noxious …
Says sewage plant not source of contamination Asserting that the Margao sewage treatment plant is not responsible for the contamination of the River Sal, the Goa Sewerage Corporation has roped in experts from BITS Pilani to inquire into the causes of river pollution and suggest remedial measures to put a …
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) …
Report prepared by Baba Seechewal based on survey in four dozen villages set along the rivulet Member of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal has prepared a startling report about hundreds of cancer cases which have come to light after a survey in the villages …
Garbage collection and disposal dominated the gram sabha meeting of the coastal village of Majorda-Utorda-Calata on Sunday. In fact, the acute problem of waste disposal was deliberated threadbare with members demanded to know the measures undertaken by the Panchayat body to solve the menace. Sarpanch Visitation Da Silva explained to …
Jamshedpur, April 15: Vandalism by political workers this morning stalled a public hearing on pollution and green issues organised by Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), as protesters objected to the venue. No sooner than the hearing began at Michael John Auditorium around 8.15am, 20 protesters led by BJP worker …
Ranchi, April 13: Biomedical waste upping the hazard quotient in the capital and elsewhere will soon be a thing of the past, courtesy Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), which has decided to set up not one, but five new incinerators for quick disposal. To be christened the Central Bio-waste …
