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 …
The recommendation of NEERI and the P Ram Committee to attain zero liquid discharge by local dyeing units to save the Buddha Nullah has brought the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) back in action. Even as industrialists held protests yesterday demanding the resignation of PPCB chairman Yogesh Goel, the pollution …
Beijing: Hundreds of villagers broke into a smelting plant in north China blamed for the lead poisoning of more than 600 children, smashing trucks in protest, state media reported on Monday. Around 100 policemen were deployed after the villagers in Shaanxi province
THE Centre on Monday warned of strict action against polluting industries and asked states to identify critically polluted clusters in order to prepare an action plan for initiating corrective steps.
P.V. Srividya People express strong opposition to the project at Maruthampallam NAGAPATTINAM: A public hearing on a proposed 2x500 MW coal-based thermal power plant at Maruthampallam village in Sirkazhi taluk was postponed amid opposition to the project from the public gathered there on Tuesday evening. Could affect 3 villages The …
KARUR: Welcoming the statement of the Union Textiles Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, on the need to combat pollution in select cities in the State, handloom weavers and farmers have called upon the Central and the State governments to address the issue on a war footing to save both the textile industry, …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) would undertake an inspection of all 17 large-scale dyeing industrial units in Ludhiana by September 15 to ascertain the extent of compliance of pollution norms prescribed by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB). A decision to this effect was taken by the Chairman, CPCB, …
A task force will be constituted for monitoring pollution caused by brick kilns. The task force will work under the district mining officer and is being constituted in view of a recent directive from the state chief secretary. At present, more than 30 brick kilns are operational in and around …
New Delhi: Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the government had identified 24 critically-polluted areas in the country and was trying to focus on these
THE Orathupalayam dam received over 14 ft of water from the Noyyal river under southwest monsoon. But the entire water is being drained into the Cauvery river instead of using it for irrigation, as the water from the Noyyal is filled with textile effluents from Tirupur textile units. Though the …
They will study and submit the report by Aug 13 THE Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has formed five teams to inspect the already established Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP) in Tirupur, following a Supreme Court order. As the CETPs were not inspected by the TNPCB even after the …
An easier and online method of monitoring pollution caused by factories has arrived in the state. Reshoo-e-System, a Chennai-based company, today launched the Online Dust Analyser
The local public of Baihata Chariali, Kamalpur and Puthimari areas under Rangiya subdivision have strongly demanded closure of the coke industries at Dolmagate near Puthimari and Kamalpur. In a meeting held recently at Baihata Chariali, a resolution was adopted demanding immediate closure of the coke plants and a memorandum was …
Even as the Jay Prakash Associates (JPA) has moved an application for seeking environment clearance of a captive thermal plant at Bhagheri, villagers have joined hands to oppose it tooth and nail. Coming forward to register their protest a local NGO, Himparivesh, has openly denounced any such move and has …
West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand account for high level of hazardous pollutants emitted by their respective thermal power generating plants. This was stated by the minister of state (independent charge) for environment, Mr Jairam Ramesh, in the Lok Sabha last week. A study conducted by the National Thermal …
