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 …
Surat: Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) chairman Dr KU Mistry said more development means more responsibilities for the industries, adding that growth at the cost of environment can’t take place. He said pollution level has to be monitored and accountability of the industries fixed. “We are not against industries, but …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has granted relief to 39 malls, commercial buildings and residential complexes that were fined by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for causing air and water pollution. A division bench comprising Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Pratibha Rani upheld a single judge's order and …
NEW DELHI: Patel Chest Institute of Delhi University has been warned by Delhi Pollution Control Committee against improper disposal of bio-medical waste, failing which it may be penalized up to Rs 1 lakh besides a maximum prison term of 5 years for its authorities. The institute was found dumping bio-medical …
BHUBANESWAR: Four days after shutdown of two units at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), Odisha's State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has granted permission to operate them following anti-pollution measures and submission of a time-bound action plan. RSP sources said that based on a comprehensive time-bound action plan presented by it before …
WASHINGTON: Key steps on pollution control would slow down global warming by 0.5 degree Celsius, increase crop yields by 135 million tonnes and prevent thousands of premature deaths every year in India, Nepal and Bangladesh by 2050, reveals a study. The 14 steps, highlighted by NASA scientist Drew Shindell, are …
Rajasthan is rich in non-metallic and industrial minerals. The minerals found in the state include Limestone, Dolomite, Lignite, Barytes, Calcite, Clay, Emerald, Feldspar, Emerald, Fluorite, Garnet, Gypsum, Potash, Rock-Phosphate, Silica sand, Siliceous Earth, Soapstone, Wollastonite, Marble, Granite, Sand stone and Slates. The process of the mineral grinding industry involves generation …
NEW DELHI: For the next three months, the Delhi environment department and Delhi Pollution Control Board (DPCC) will intensively monitor operation of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant. Reacting to a TOI report about possible emissions from the plant since it became functional on January 3, the environment secretary visited the area …
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is the first of the three integrated steel plants set up by Government of India in 1959. It is the first steel industry, set up under Hindustan Steel Limited on 19th January 1954 which paved way for laying up of infrastructure for rapid industrialization of the …
As part of CAI-Asia's mission to promote better air quality and livable cities, CAI-Asia conducted an annual review of main events relevant to air quality, climate change and transport in Asia. The review, which started on 2008 and initially focused on sustainable transport, has now evolved to include air quality …
Clay bricks are produced in Rajasthan in small or cottage scale brick kilns and clamps which operate seasonally. The raw materials in the brick kilns include topsoil, coal, paddy husk, fly ash, wood & locally available agro wastes to some extent. Brick manufacturing process generates emissions discharged from the brick …
Urban local government is a vital part for the delivery of services to people. Along with other responsibilities, urban local government in Bangladesh is also responsible for environmental management. This study aims to identify the role of Paurashavas (which are administrative units at every municipality composed of elected members) in …
If you have been coughing, wheezing, finding it difficult to breathe and overall feeling rather blue during this change of season, blame it on the low wind speed and high levels of particulate matter being recorded in the Capital. “The high concentration of particulate matter being recorded in the city …
Despite 26 years implementation of programmes to control pollution, water in our rivers remains critically polluted says CAG in this first ever performance audit of water pollution in India. This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2011 containing the results of the …
Keeping in view the need to identify the various issues and formulation of recommendations for achieving the projected targets related to the industry and to focus on bringing out programs and their financial implications, a working group on cement industry for 12th Five Year Plan was constituted by the Planning …
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued contempt of court notices to the Delhi Government, the Delhi Development Authority and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi asking them to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for their failure to build enclosures along the Yamuna in the Capital …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Thursday demanded an explanation from the state government why contempt of court proceedings shouldn’t be initiated against it for failing to construct enclosures along the Yamuna so that garbage could not be dumped into the river, especially during the festival season. HC issued …
New Delhi The Cabinet will likely revise the ethanol price for the mandatory 5% blending with petrol later this month, renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah said on Monday, as the sugar industry which produces the bio-fuel out of the by-products of the sweetener intensified protests against the protracted decision-making process. …
The Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation is to set up a “multi-level manufacturing hub” for promoting non-polluting small and medium industries in the Capital. The complex, to be spread over 150 acres at Rani Khera in North-West Delhi, will cost Rs 3,100 crore, Delhi Industries Minister Ramakant Goswami …
After The Tribune highlighted the failure of the state government to implement the much-hyped bio-remediation project to clean the Budha Nullah, in spite of the fact that it was launched seven months ago amid much fanfare, the local Member of Parliament, Manish Tewari, has urged the union environment ministry to …
New Delhi: Four years after Master Plan Delhi (MPD) 2021 was implemented, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to carry out a sealing drive against 190 units in industrial areas like Wazirpur and Seemapur Badli. But the political wing of MCD is crying foul …
