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 …
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 …
Industries to chip in with 40 lakh plants and saplings To check pollution in the city, which has been listed as one of the most polluted places in India, an ambitious plan, “Green Visakha,” is being launched. Local industries will plant 40 lakh plants and saplings over five years in …
A Sessions court at Saket here has directed retail chain Shoppers Stop to appear before a trial court where a complaint was registered against it by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee under the Environment Protection Act, 1986, for alleged use of plastic carry bags. The retail company had filed a …
Visibility plummets but air and rail traffic unaffected, people complain of breathing problems The coming of winter was announced in the capital Friday afternoon with the sudden onset of smog, which left people complaining of breathing difficulties and a worsening of respiratory ailments. The gloom, caused by high concentration of …
This report by Blacksmith Institute reveals that worst pollution problems stem not from MNCs, but from poorly regulated small-scale operations and it also calculates for the first time, the health impacts of toxic sites. The World's Worst Toxic Pollution Problems 2011 report reveals that contrary to popular belief, most toxic …
