There would be impact on these employees as well as auxiliary units, too. The spectre of permanent closure hangs over nearly 150 units in India’s largest ceramic cluster near Morbi town in Gujarat due to a recent order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to shut all these units that …
There would be impact on these employees as well as auxiliary units, too. The spectre of permanent closure hangs over nearly 150 units in India’s largest ceramic cluster near Morbi town in Gujarat due to a recent order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to shut all these units that …
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued notice to the central and state pollution control boards in response to a PIL complaining about pollution in the Morbi-Wankaner ceramic industrial cluster in Saurashtra. The petitioner, advocate K R Koshti, sought HC directions to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has directed the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to initiate the process of closing down ceramic units, which are using coal gasifiers of type-B in violation of norms, resulting Morbi-Wankaner cluster getting highly polluted. In the past, GPCB had in told the HC through affidavits that …
The National Green Tribunal has directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to close ceramic industries operating without approval and not adhering to mandatory pollution norms in Khurja city. The green panel also directed the UPPCB to prosecute ceramic industries, which have failed to comply with the Environment Protection Act, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jai Hind Vs. Central Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 05/05/2016 regarding the operation of the ceramic Industries situated in Khurja, District Bulandshehar, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant (Jai Hind) in his application has pointed out that 29 Ceramic Industries in …
Large open pits left behind after clay mining would cause serious threat to the ecological balance in the locality, says the Kerala high court. Deep mining of land to extract china clay (kaolin) has become common in many areas in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts, where large reserves of china clay …
An expert panel of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), after examining various gasifier technologies, has recommended certain measures if coal-fired gasifiers are to be in the ceramic cluster of Morbi, to bring pollution levels within the permissible limits. The committee of experts has also …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Tuesday granted two weeks’ time to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to come up with the report on inspection of five units of zero discharge machines installed with gasifiers to reduce pollution in ceramic industrial units in Morbi. According to the HC directions, …
Gujarat high court on Wednesday asked the state government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to inspect five units of zero discharge machines installed with gasifiers to reduce pollution in the ceramic industrial units in Morbi. The government has been asked to get these machines inspected through a nine-member …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the state government over the issue of coal gasifiers being used in ceramic industry situated in and around Morbi. As the issue of inspection of modified gasifiers has come up, the court has thought it fit to make …
A presentation by Priya Dutta, IIPHG, Ahmedabad at the Fourth National Research Conference on Climate Change held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from October 26-27, 2013.
The PIL has been filed by one Babubhai Saini through his lawyer Dhaval Barot A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking closure of ceramic and silicate units in Morbi, Rajkot, that are not adhering to existing pollution norms. A bench of Chief Justice …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined Hua Thai Ceramics Industry in Gazipur Tk 20 lakh for pollution due to its operation without effluent treatment plant. The verdict that fined the amount to the ceramics industry in the district's Hotapara area was issued by the director (Enforcement) of DoE, said …
Brick kilns in India must form cooperatives to implement new technology and thus save themselves from the onslaught of rising prices of input material and also the environment. This was stated by Alessandro Colucci of European Ceramic Technology Suppliers at a one-day international conference on
This report compiles a range of benchmark curves and indicators for energy intensive industries and products. The data presented cover approximately 55% of final manufacturing industry energy use including energy use in refineries. The analysis differentiates between ICs and DCs. Based on the benchmarking data, the study provides: an overview …
Disposal of sewage sludge is a common problem. Often the waste is dumped into waterbodies, severely polluting them. A better option may soon be available if a team of Korean ceramic researchers has its way: it is suggesting sludge be used to make cement. Scientists at the Seoul-based Korea Institute …
a group of researchers from the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, has developed a process to obtain glass ceramic material from the blast furnace slag generated in iron and steel plants. The innovation holds good potential for the cookware industry as the new class of materials has an …
fine ceramic fibres have been in use in a variety of forms since a long time. Finer fabrics are strong, flexible and, unlike coarser fibres, they do not irritate the skin. But in recent times, the question of ceramic fibre use has returned to haunt us as a major health …
Japanese workers have developed the first neodymium-doped yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser, based on ceramics. Nd:YAG lasers are used for micro fabrication and in medical work. Normally, lasers are made from monocrystalline material. The size and power of these is limited by the size of single crystals that can be grown. However, …
the smooth, white surface of your bathroom sink hides the fact that the process of making it is a notoriously dirty and polluting one. Aluminium oxide ceramics which find applications in a range of products (from sinks to lasers) are made by dissolving aluminium oxide powder in organic solvents and …
