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 …
KOLKATA, 2 SEPT: The state pollution control board has lodged an FIR against a person who operated an illegal biomedical waste dump yard in Chowbaga, South 24 Parganas and used to sell the waste from several big and reputed private hospitals and nursing homes of the city as plastic scrap …
Following The Indian Express report, building of Pinjore road put on hold, debris disposal gets priority The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to immediately stop work on the Pinjore-Shimla highway. In a two-part report published on August 25-26, The Indian …
Under Environment Protection Act, Penalty Can Only Go Up To 1 Lakh New Delhi: The tar balls floating up to Goa beaches and blighting the picture-perfect tourism hotspot have again brought to the fore how weak the environment and liability laws are in India when it comes to checking maritime …
KOLKATA, 1 SEPT: At a time when the state pollution control board has taken up a drive to phase out lead, a toxic-metal, innumerable lead-battery units in the city not only continue to cough out lead aerosols dust, but also ignore the safety of labourers working in these units. There …
FOR the past five years Hyderabad has been trying to clean the Hussain Sagar Lake, separating the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The efforts suffered yet another blow on June 20 when the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) denied permission to dredge the mouths of …
Councillor Chander Mukhi Sharma has moved a complaint against the garbage processing plant at Dadumajra to UT Adviser Pradip Mehra. The complaint talks of various issues including the plant not being fully functional as well as the ill-effects on the health of residents. The complaint states that the garbage processing …
Ranchi, Aug. 25: A day after the Centre rejected Vedanta’s $1.7 billion project in Orissa, the group’s “illegal” procurement of bauxite — the main raw material for aluminum— from private miners in Jharkhand has come under the scanner of the Union ministry of environment and forests and the concerned department …
Debabrata Mohanty The Orissa government has appointed a committee to look into cases of excessive mining of iron, chromite, and manganese ore by companies in disregard of existing laws. Headed by the Director of Mines, the six-member committee would submit a report on the companies who dug out the ores …
MUMBAI: Mobile service providers will have to submit an annual report of the electro magnetic radiations (EMR) level generated from mobile towers near schools and hospital zones. The state government and the department of telecommunication (DoT) will audit the report, according to the recommendations of the committee constituted to look …
On the directions issued by the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC), two service stations operating from Industrial Area, Phase II, were sealed today for causing water pollution, being operational without a valid license to operate and not complying with various other provisions.The two service stations Try Star Group of Companies …
The Suo Moto Statement made by Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State of Environment and Forests (Independent Charge) in Lok Sabha on environmental implications of the recent oil spill off Mumbai coast.See Also Report: Marine litter: a global challengewww.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/278021 Feature: How vulnerable is Indian coast to oil spills? Impact of …
New Delhi: The government on Monday said legal action has been initiated against owners of the two cargo ships which collided off the Mumbai coast, resulting in oil spill endangering marine life and environment. During zero hour, environment minister Jairam Ramesh told the Rajya Sabha,
Idol worship has been in the practice in India since ancient time. In present scenario, metals, ornaments, oily substances, synthetic colours,chemical are used to make polish and decorate idols for worship and when theseidols are immersed our aquatic and surrounding environment get severally affected. Hence, there is urgent need to …
