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 …
V NarayanaMurthi A CPCB report says the quality of air, land and underground water of the district is alarmingly polluted VELLORE has been rated among the top 10 `alarmingly polluted clusters' in the country. It has become an environmental time bomb, ticking away with the rise in industrial pollution here. …
Chinese authorities on Monday started administering health checks on all children living near a battery factory in the south of the country and closed the plant after more than 40 children were found with lead poisoning. The discovery of clusters of lead poisoning in recent months has sparked unrest and …
RASHME SEHGAL The National Capital Region, which includes Okhla, Naraina, Anand Parbat and Wazirpur, Noida and Faridabad, have been found to be heavily polluting Eighty-five per cent of big industrial clusters in India, including six in and around Delhi, are major health hazards in which high pollution levels are causing …
The pollution level in 10 major industrial hubs in the country, including Ludhiana in Punjab, Ghaziabad and Singrauli in Uttar Pradesh and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, have reached a
Till now, pollution levels in residential areas of Delhi were known to be dangerously high. But a new methodology to calculate the pollution in air, water and land has detected some new villains. A nationwide study by the Central Pollution Control Board on the most polluted industrial clusters shows that …
New Delhi: Amid rising concern about public health in industrial towns, the Centre has put on hold the expansion of 43 industrial clusters, including five in Maharashtra, that have reached alarming and critical levels of pollution. One industrial area in the state -- Chandrapur -- falls among the top 10 …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Thursday recommended a moratorium on new units at 43 highly polluted industrial areas in the country.
ROURKELA: Hearing a petition filed against the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), the Supreme Court in a recent order took the management to task and snubbed the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) for not adequately utilising its statutory powers to check environmental pollution. The indictment, among other things, ordered initiation …
ANGUL: The core committee for fly ash utilisation of Angul district has decided to use void coal mine and low-lying areas across the district to dump huge quantity of dry ash generated from the power plants in the district. Six districts in the State, where power is generated, have formed …
The Odisha State Human Rights Commission (OSHRC) has sought a report from the Dhenkanal Collector regarding pollution by Divyajyoti Chemicals Private Limited at Kanakhai village in Bhuban block of Dhenkanal district, engaged in manufacturing of chromic acid (sodium dichromate). It is worth noting that Ramachandra Sahu of the village committee …
Bokaro Thermal Power Station, a subsidiary of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is under scanner for reportedly releasing hazardous ash water into the Konar river between December 10 and 12. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), which is collecting water samples for tests, has decided to issue a showcause before …
Bokaro Thermal Power Station, a subsidiary of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is under scanner for reportedly releasing hazardous ash water into the Konar river between December 10 and 12. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), which is collecting water samples for tests, has decided to issue a showcause before …
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi December 17, 2009, 0:44 IST In what could be an embarrassment for India at the ongoing Copenhagen climate change negotiations, government data reveal that the rate at which Indian power plants emit carbon dioxide (CO2), which has been on a decline for many years, …
SP Sharma The joint action committee of residents of the town formed against air pollution being caused by the thermal power house of the PSEB here has decided to file a petition on the issue in the High Court as the authorities concerned have failed to check the emission of …
Suresh nikhar | Bermo Residents within the Administration of the civil sub-divisional officer Tenughat have demanded immediate steps to control pollution caused by loading, unloding of coal, coal dust and other minirals. The locality reels under air, water and sound pollution. Local residents including Kathara, Jarandih, Phusro and Chanderpura, school …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed her government's resolve to restore the navigability in the country's silted-up rivers and declared that a massive drive to clean up the polluted Buriganga riverbed will start from next month (January).Terming the Buriganga lifeline of the capital city and its vast surroundings, she said …
Greeshma Gopal Giri | ENS Chennai, December 9 HUGE chimneys emitting dark fumes mark the skyline of north Chennai. Dusty roads, and heavy traffic are other features of this region, which has seen rapid industrialisation, and is developing into the most polluted part of the city. At least two power …
Just days after dead fish was found floating on the Sutlej and industrial pollution wreaking havoc in the state, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal today sought the release of Rs 302 crore from the Union Environment Ministry to control pollution in the Sutluj and Ghaggar rivers. Badal today met Union …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The World Bank on Wednesday announced a soft loan of $one billion in the next 5 to 7 years for the recently launched National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to clean and conserve the river. The support would include substantial financing over several phases as well …
