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 …
Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Friday evening ordered closure of 54 dyeing units, attached to three common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) here, for its failure to comply with the Supreme Court directive pertaining to pollution caused on water bodies. Effluents TNPCB District Environmental Engineer R. Kannan …
Pollution Control Board issues notification banning the insecticide THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Responding to a public outcry over the disastrous consequences of the use of Endosulfan in different parts of the State, particularly in villages of Kasaragod district, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has banned the use of the dreaded insecticide …
Jamshedpur, Nov. 19: The lifeline of Singhbhum has been poisoned. A recent study, carried out by Analytical and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, which is accredited to the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), has declared Subernarekha
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has asked all sponge iron industries in the State to follow pollution control measures as per the norms set by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The KSPCB organised its first ever workshop on
More than 300 commercial units in Madhya Pradesh are causing pollution by emitting harmful air and water effluents beyond the permissible limits, the State Pollution Control Board has said. In reply to an RTI query, the State Pollution Control Board gave details of about 313 such industries which flouted standard …
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has invited suggestions/objections to the draft coastal regulation zone notification. The draft notification was available at MoEF and TNPCB website. Board chairman R. Balakrishnan has asked the responses to be sent to Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi …
KOLKATA, 31 OCT: The $28.9 million capacity building project on identification and remediation of contaminated hazardous waste dumpsites in the state funded by the World Bank and implemented by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has made several officials of the board uncomfortable as it questions their competence. A …
Sevagram ashram in Maharashtra where Mahatma Gandhi spent many years of his life is threatened by pollution. Effluents from a pig iron plant are flowing in the drain passing through the ashram complex in Wardha district and have contaminated the groundwater. Villagers have stopped using the well in the ashram, …
THE Tripura State Pollution Control Board has ordered public sector company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), to suspend exploratory drilling at Aralia village near Agartala in mid- September. The move follows site inspection by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that found ONGC flouting environmental norms. The company is …
Ranchi, Oct. 29: The decibel demon may prowl around the capital once again this year with firecracker rules being blatantly ignored for brisk business ahead of Diwali and the administration doing precious little to rein in unauthorised dealers. A rough survey in the city revealed that more than 300 retailers …
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) guidelines to protect Subernarekha from immersion hazards were once again blatantly ignored in the steel city. A maiden survey conducted by the JSPCB
The fate of the Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel plant in Orissa will be discussed tomorrow when the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) will meet Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh to come up with a course of action on the proposed steel plant. The FAC met today to discuss the issue.
The Orissa government will reply to the queries made by the Centre on the Meena Gupta panel report on Posco project in the next three days, Chief Secretary B K Patnaik said on Wednesday.
The three-day national seminar on climate change and its impact on natural resources concluded here on Wednesday with a note that climate change would be one of the world
Mumbai: Union minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has asked Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to review the 49 mining leases given for excavation of iron ore and bauxite in Sindhudurg region. The move follows a TOI expose on the state government
Solan: With the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) directing induction furnaces and steel units to get their non-hazardous slag treated through the Shiwalik Hazardous Waste Plant, investors resent that the board had made it compulsory to get this waste treated from the hazardous plant which was contrary to the laid …
