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 …
KOCHI: The expert committee formed to assess the pollution mitigation measures in Greater Cochin area will recommend to the Central Pollution Control Board to lift the moratorium on new industries. The committee, which assessed the progress of some long and short-term measures, felt that the pollution levels have come down …
Most mining operations in the state disregard ethical practices, leading to severe ecological damage and loss of valuable ore. West Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Mar 8: Most mining companies in West Singhbhum in Jharkhand could be equated with predators -making af astkillwithnoregard for ethical practices. There are 41 big and small iron …
Jamshedpur, March 7: The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) is treading with caution to ensure that its public hearing for the expansion of Turamdih mines in Sundernagar gets over smoothly. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has fixed March 10 as the new date of the hearing after …
Calcutta is generating much more electronic waste than a few years back and very little of it is being recycled, increasing the risk of an environment disaster. A recent study by the state pollution control board along with the central pollution control board, the Indian Chamber of Commerce and German …
Pollution board, JP and Ambuja firms to blame: Study Solan: With the detection of particles of several heavy metals far exceeding the safe limits in an air sample taken from the villages around two cement plants
The pollution control board on Friday issued a set of guidelines for election campaigners but major political parties do not seem to attach much importance to them. The guidelines, which will soon be sent to all political parties, are related to the use of microphones, vehicles and generators during the …
Panjim, March 4: The new industries in Goa will not get the clearance from Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) unless they have rain harvesting facility. In a significant decision today, the board decided that the units will not be issued consent to establish unless they carry out rain water …
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday accepted the report of a committee it constituted to examine the ground realities and prepare an action plan for the preservation of lakes in Bangalore. During the hearing of PIL by Environment Support Group, challenging the privatisation of lakes in Bangalore by the Lake …
Ludhiana industry set to grow With the Central Pollution Control Board lifting a moratorium on new industries in Ludhiana, the industry in the city is set to flourish while giving a boost to the already existing units. The Punjab Pollution Control Board has started giving "No-Objection Certificates" from March and …
PANJIM: The state Mines and Geology department on Wednesday issued order to a controversial mine at Caurem Pirla to remove all the machinery from the site. Mines director Arvind Lolienkar said that the order has been issued to M/s Devapan ou Devadongor Iron and Manganese mine to withdraw all the …
The district administration is exploring ways and means to streamline usage of air horns in vehicles and the public address system in order to declare Kanyakumari as a noise-pollution-free district The Collector, Rajendra Ratnoo, said on Tuesday that even as it was a Herculean task, following the successful implementation of …
Agitated residents of Cavrem village descended at the Margao residence of Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat on early Tuesday morning, demanding an immediate closure of a mine in the village. The residents, including a large number of women activists, took out a morcha to the residence of the Chief Minister and …
The 12-hour-long ordeal of the residents from Cavrem in Quepem taluka in the capital city of Panjim was capped with the order of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) which ordered to cease all the activity at the controversial mining site. The order which was issued late night by GSPCB
With a view to establishing an online environmental monitoring system in the critically polluted areas of industries, a one-day meeting was organised by Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board today. Representatives from Cement Industries and Thermal Power plants attended the meeting. Board member secretary R.K. Jain apprised the representatives of objective …
Kolkata, 23 Feb: The West Bengal government today called upon NGOs to help create awareness about environmental issues, saying that the government alone did not have enough public reach for the job.
The Tourism Department was on Tuesday preoccupied with the ensuing Carnival festivities, while an inspection conducted by the Goa State Pollution Control Board of Colva
In summer last year, Tamil Nadu created history by becoming the country's first state to formulate a policy for safe disposal of ewaste. Nine months later, there has been no movement, as its implementation hit a roadblock. Authorities reason thus: the policy has been put on hold till the Centre …
Nitta Gelatin India Limited (NGIL) at Kathikudam, near here, has refuted the charge that the untreated effluents released by the company have been polluting the Chalakudy River. Treatment plant Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, NGIL managing director G. Susheelan said that the company's effluent treatment plant had always …
Bhubaneswar: Three private companies have evinced interest to set up 2490-MW thermal power plants at an estimated cost of Rs 10,000 crore in Bhdrakh districts, energy minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak informed the State Assembly here on Tuesday. Replying to a question during the Question Hour, he said that while L&T; …
