Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Units discharged untreated chemical effluents into creek Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued closure notices to two private companies near Mahul village for discharging untreated chemical effluents into a creek. Residents of Mahul have been complaining of high levels of air and water pollution for years due to …
Shimla's story from natural streams to water shortages is also the tale of indiscriminate constructions that turned the summer retreat of the then British rulers into a concrete jungle in the past few decades. Not many people know today that buried under the structures and layers of time is the …
PANJIM: National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), along with its affiliated union, Goenchea Raponkarancho Ekvott (GRE), on Monday protested the draft CRZ notification 2018 claiming that it is scaling back on safeguards for the coastlines. The forum also submitted a memorandum to Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) member secretary objecting to …
We are accustomed to the noise pollution level oblivious of the harms it can do to us. Believe it or not, but noise pollution has given us ailments like hearing impairment, sleep disturbance, aggressive behaviour, constant stress, headaches and hypertension. “Loud music, television, people talking on their phones, usin horns …
The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday ordered a stay on construction of all hydro-power plants in the state and directed the district magistrates to identify sites within eight weeks for disposal of debris from every project. The court prohibited waste disposal within 500 metres of rivers, sternly rejecting the state …
LUDHIANA: Following the directions of chief executive officer of Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Corporation (PMIDC) Ajoy Sharma, the officials of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) have recommended action against two dyeing units which were allegedly disposing of effluents from their unit directly in Buddha Nullah. The CEO had visited the Nullah …
Indore : A private healthcare organisation conducted a public awareness drive to encourage commuters and traffic police for reducing air pollution to keep environment clean, healthy and green at Palasia square’s traffic signal on Saturday. The objective of the drive was to motivate people to turn off the ignition until …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has rapped the tanneries located in and around Kanpur over the delay in setting up of common effluent treatment plants (CETP) and directed them to contribute 25 per cent of the cost as per its direction. A bench headed by acting chairperson Justice Jawad …
Panaji: The sunshine state is grappling with pollution on all fronts—air, rivers and beaches—not sparing even Goa’s major towns and cities. While mining areas witnessed increasing dust pollution due to transportation, the rivers, lakes and beaches saw presence of faecal coliform, the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) said in …
India, which was ranked 141 out of total 180 countries on the Global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) rankings in 2016, has slipped further to the 177th position this year. Failure to improve its air quality, protect biodiversity and cut greenhouse gas emissions has been cited as reason for placing the …
Five months after the Noida Authority relaunched its anti-plastic drive to implement the ban on plastics in the city, shop-keepers and residents are flouting the guidelines. "We hardly make any profit in our business, how do they expect us to spend money on expensive cloth bags?" said a local cloth …
MANGALURU: Results of a scientific study in India to evaluate the environmental impact of small hydropower projects (SPH) showed that SHPs, despite being touted as a clean energy option, are not without their harmful effects, and affect the flow of rivers, causing altered fish composition, and reduce the number of …
The effects of climate change is starting to be experienced in Tanzania following the decrease of monthly total rainfall between 2012-2016 when compared with monthly long term mean rainfall during 1981-2010. According to the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), mean monthly rainfall between 2012 and 2016 was 78.8mm, lower than 83.3mm …
The bench directed them to reply by the third week of July. Hyderabad: The National Green Tribunal at Delhi on Monday issued notices to the AP, Telangana state, Odisha and Chhattisgarh governments and the Centre on an application seeking inspection of claims of the AP government that the Purushothapatnam lift …
Mumbai: Activists protesting against the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project have written to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) asking it to seriously consider the environmental hazards and alleged human rights violations during the implementation of the ₹1.08 lakh crore train project. The way stakeholder consultations for the proposed high-speed rail …
Days after Kiri Afghana’s Chadha Sugar Mills entered troubled waters, the situation turned bitter for it with the Punjab Government slapping an unprecedented fine of Rs 5crores as “environmental compensation”, besides directing the company’s prosecution. This is the first-time ever that a fine of such a magnitude has been imposed …
The White Paper on Environment, cleared by the Cabinet on Wednesday, points to alarming indicators on environmental destruction. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s environment faces a major threat with its rivers and wells becoming highly polluted, area of dense forest and paddy fields decreasing rapidly and air in three major cities marking rise …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on the Railways for not filing a report on the gas leak that took place near Tughlakabad container depot in May last year. A Bench headed by NGT Acting Chairperson Jawad Rahim pulled up authorities for not …
NEW DELHI: Being at the centre of controversy since it was proposed in 1995, the four lakh tonne capacity of smelting plant of Sterlite at Tuticorin was rejected by three states – Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra – before it was finally allowed to be set-up in Tamil Nadu. Sharing details …
Fifty per cent of the plastic we use is single-use or disposable. Each year, at least eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans, the equivalent of a full garbage truck every minute. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats and countries need better waste management …
