Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on Taj Mahal dated 30/12/1996 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others. The judges noted that the Taj is threatened with deterioration and damage not only by the traditional causes of decay, but also by changing social …
PEOPLE of three hamlets in Alathur village near Avadi in Tamil Nadu are fac- ing the hazards of severe pollution caused by brick-kilns using poor quality crude. Despite repeated appeals by vil- lagers. two kilns continue to use last grade crude and waste oil as fuel. The kilns had brought …
The disposal of chrome-sludge continues to pose an environmental challenge. A tripartite collaboration between the Central Leather Research Institute in Madras, Regional Research Laboratory in Trivandrum and the TNO Institute of Applied Physics-Eindhoven in The Netherlands, has led to a major breakthrough in chrome-sludge utilisation for converting it into coloured …
ON MARCH 3, Navita Singh, senior sub-judge of Haryana's Kaithal district, created a precedent when she passed a permanent injunction restraining the working of one of Kaithal's 350 odd punjawas -- outdated brick kilns using coal dust that, resembling a hillock, have no chimneys that distinguish "modern" brick kilns. Singh's …
TRADITIONAL Indian potters face both low availability and high cost of firewood, which is used as fuel in kilns, forcing several of them to the brink of closure. Now, two scientists at the Regional Research Laboratory in Bhubaneswar have devised a low-cost pottery kiln that operates on coal and hope …
IMMEDIATELY after the monsoon, most of the paddy-fields in central Kerala are prepared -- not for cultivation, but for brick making! Brick-making has been gaining momentum during the last 15 years because it is easy money. From about one hectare of paddy-field leased from farmers, a brick manufacturer can rake …
The primary task of the Expert Group is to assist the High Power Committee who is to oversee the implementation of pollution control measures at Agra-Mathura Region, based on scientific and technical findings.
