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 …
KANPUR: The tannery owners of Jajmau have rejected the proposal of zero discharge treatment plant to save Ganga from pollution. They alleged that officials are involved in discharging untreated tannery affluents into the holy river and blame them for polluting Ganga. Rejecting the zero discharge system, the tannery owners said …
KOCHI:The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Chennai, has asked the Kerala Government to file a status report and the steps taken to improve the drainage system in the State, which is notorious for water-logging, following Supreme Court order. The NGT Bench observed, “after hearing all the parties, an astonishing fact was …
Nagpur: Taking serious cognisance of various violations, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's (MPCB) Nagpur Regional office has recommended snapping power and water connections to one of the biggest housing schemes - Anandam World City Project. MPCB has gone on to name the developer of the project, Goldbricks Infrastructure Private Limited, as …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is planning to set up an online water checking facility at the Godavari soon in a bid to control pollution in the river. MPCB's member secretary P Anbalagan, who was in the city on Thursday, said besides the Godavari, a similar project will be …
KOLHAPUR: The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the textile units to make the common effluent treatment plant (ETP) in Ichalkaranji fully operational within nine months, precisely by March next year. Ichalkaranji-based union leader Datta Mane had approached the Bombay high court regarding release of untreated effluent in the Panchganga. …
Large number of industrial units in Dahej special economic zone (SEZ) and Vilayat Industrial Estate are staring at production losses after the main 12.5 km pipeline discharging effluents into the high sea was damaged on Wednesday morning. Officials said that the suction system at one of the four pumps at …
Pollution levels in Bengaluru have increased manifold, a recent analysis report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) shows. The average annual Repairable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) levels in Bengaluru are over 200 per cent higher than the national air quality standards prescribed by the Ministry of Environment and …
GANDHINAGAR: A high-level committee, headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian to review the various environment laws, has observed that they are not actually serving the purpose in the changed environment and that they need more teeth to be effective. The committee has said that there is a …
KOLKATA: The state land and land reforms department has issued guidelines for regularization and operation of all existing and new brick kilns in the state to prevent illegal operation of brick kilns in agriculture land. The authorities have come up with regulatory, location and operational guidelines for all brick kiln …
GURGAON: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the MCG and HUDA to submit by Wednesday a detailed action plan to check the discharge of untreated waste water into the Najafgarh drain that connects to Yamuna. The NGT order came a day after the Haryana State Pollution Control Board …
PANAJI: Goa's Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has urged the Union minister of state for environment and forests Prakash Javadekar (independent charge) to depute a team of experts to Goa to find a solution to the state's polluted rivers. He has written a letter to the Union minister following reports …
COIMBATORE: The district administration has received many complaints against several industries located in Chettipalayam near Podanur and Mettupalayam for polluting the environment. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials were asked to inspect the industries and take stringent action against them if they were found to be polluting the environment. …
The MGR Nalpani Mandram has urged Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to take steps to prevent pollution of the Cauvery in towns such as Erode, Tiruchi, Kumbakonam, and Mayiladuthurai. In a statement here, N. Ramakrishnan, founder secretary, of the organisation, said the Cauvery was subject to heavy pollution at Chinthamani where sewage …
KOLKATA: In a bid to boost the "industry friendly" image of the state before chief minister Mamata Banerjee's London visit slated for July, the environment department has made the green clearance process for new industrial units simpler and faster. Now, a unit of the green range category will receive environment …
GURGAON: The city's air could already be as foul as Delhi's, except there is no way to know. Gurgaon has once again released debatable figures on its air quality, numbers obtained through a mechanism that is both obsolete and inadequate, betraying the administration's indifference to an issue that has now …
Sarpanch says the panchayat will cancel the NOC if the GSPCB revokes the licence OLD GOA: Seeking to wash its hands off the 4G mobile tower issue that rocked the village over the past few months, Goa Velha Sarpanch Jagdish Bhobe stated that the panchayat issued the license based on …
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is planning to slap closure notices on three prawn processing units at Mancheswar Industrial Estate here for functioning without the mandatory 'consent to operate' (CTO). "The units were served notices and asked as why they did not apply for CTO. The replies were …
After the SEAC was constituted on February 14 last year, it has cleared as many as 200 projects, of which nearly half are industries. Even as the BJP-Shiv Sena government is keen on bringing more industries and investments to the state, the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) that gives environment …
KOLKATA: On the eve of World Environment Day, environmentalists slammed the state pollution control board for deliberately sidestepping issues related to environment and pollution. "The PCB has abdicated its role as a watchdog body that protects the environment. The very agency that once enforced laws against noise pollution and acted …
BENGALURU: The report card has arrived. Varthur Lake is frothing because of sewage. And it's high time the BBMP and BWSSB initiated measures to treat more than 600mld (million litre per day) of sewage entering the water body every day. These are the findings of the Central Pollution Control Board …
