Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Prerna Sodhi Posted: Friday , Jun 05, 2009 at 0050 hrs IST New Delhi: On the eve of World Environment Day, Tapas, an NGO, organised a public awareness event to protest the inadequate and improper implementation of the ban on plastic bags in Delhi. Senior journalist and writer Kuldeep Nayyar, …
This year Environment Day in Kashmir will be celebrated as anti-polythene day and throughout Kashmir, vigorous public awareness will be launched to protect environment and beauty of Kashmir. This was decided at a high level meeting of environmental experts and scholars held at SKUAST-K Saturday. Director Resident instructions, Prof. Sajad …
Residents of Jammu division will be relieved of the polythene problem as the manufacturing of polythene bags has been banned with the Jammu and Kashmir Non Bio-Degradable Material (Management, Handling and Disposal) Act 2007 coming into force from May 11. The government has issued a notification to various departments asking …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Minister of State for Environment and Forests Kiran Choudhry on Tuesday directed all regional officers of the State Pollution Control Board to strictly enforce the ban on use of plastic bags in the State and launch prosecution against the violators. Presiding over a review meeting of the Board …
PANJIM (HND): Wendell Rodricks, Chairman of Green Goa Works in a recently held press conference in Panjim, informed all villagers to commence weekly garbage collection programme and offered assistance of Green Goa Works for this programme and its execution. Till date Green Goa Works has cleaned four villages of Assagao, …
Over 2,000 eco-friendly bags distributed For a cause: Executive Director, IOB, G.Narayanan, distributing eco-friendly bags at the flower show in Udhagamadala on Sunday. Udhagamandalam:
Chief Secretary S S Kapur today called for a vigorous campaign for preservation of water bodies and other natural resources bestowed in the State. He urged the people to come forward and lend a helping hand in government
MUMBAI: Anita Prabhu, a 27-year-old computer professional working in Belapur, and her friends had an embarrassing moment at MTDC's Ganpatipule beach resort when they were about to leave the place last weekend. They were fined for leaving plastic bags and beverage cans around the `Konkani huts' they had hired for …
BHUBANESWAR: Call it creating wealth out of waste or innovation in converting a mere garbage material to eco-friendly polymers, the benefit is threefold: Helping the environment in manufacturing biodegradable material for a green planet, finding out ways for multiple uses of the bio-polymers with a vast array of human and …
Srinagar: Academicians, administrators, students and representatives of non-governmental organisations today discussed the need to root out the problem of polythene from the Kashmir valley on the occasion of World Earth Day here. Speaking at a seminar organised by the State Pollution Control Board at Kashmir University, Farooq Ahmad Renzu, commissioner …
Kurukshetra: The Election Commission has banned the use of plastic and polythene for the preparation of posters and banners by parties and their nominees during the election campaign. All presidents and secretaries of recognised parties have been directed to follow the directions strictly. Stating this here today, district election officer-cum-Deputy …
While noting that the ultimate solution to the environmental damage caused by non-biodegradable plastic bags is to introduce bags made of biodegradable materials, Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Askari Taqvi said on Thursday that a
Taking a step forward in rooting out polythene from the Kashmir valley, Green Dream, a group of young professionals and students, visited the Jamia Masjid area and appealed to traders there to avoid polythene in their daily operations. Green Dream members Khurram Wani, Kaunsar Bhat, Mehboob Jeelani and others asked …
New Delhi: With a ban on plastic bags enforced in the Capital, the largest ever project to utilise plastic is underway. The Public Works Department, with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), is working on a project to lay roads made from a plastic-inclusive hot mix. And helping them in …
SOURCE SEGREGATION: A Neel Metal Fanalca bin placed in an apartment complex in Chennai. CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation will create a separate network of non-governmental organisations, rag pickers and other agencies to collect non-biodegradable waste. The initiative, to be launched after Lok Sabha elections, is aimed at collecting waste, including …
