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 …
Company chokes water supply of 25 families in Karnataka Kamala Shetty, resident of Kuthethoor village in Mangalore, was distressed when she looked into her well on a sunny April morning. The water, she found, was laced with oil. It
Chief Judicial Magistrate AS Virk has convicted Ashok Beri, owner of M/s Ganga Scientific Dyers, Kashmir Nagar, the Gaushala road, Ludhiana, on charges of causing air pollution. He was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for one year. The trial concluded after 15 years. Pronouncing the verdict, the court held,
Industries minister Nirupam Sen today expressed hope that the Manmohan Singh government would not go back on its earlier cabinet approval for the chemical hub at Nayachar.
New Delhi: Her new ministerial responsibilities have not dampened her agitational spirit. Even as new ministers were taking oath on Thursday, a vintage Mamata told TOI that come hell or high water, she would not allow the proposed chemicals hub to come up in Nayachar in West Bengal.
Rely on self-regulation for green clearance: Panel New Delhi: A report of the department of economic affairs, which had industry representatives besides government officials as members, has recommended that parts of the environmental clearance process be outsourced by the government to hasten setting up of industrial and infrastructure projects. Surprisingly, …
Chhattisgarh Governor ESL Narashimhan has expressed concern over the rise in pollution level, which has become a life hazard for people, specially in Raipur. During a meeting, the Governor stressed that economic and industrial development should not be at the risk of people
May 27: Environmentalists are up in arms over the encroachment of wetlands. They maintain that wetlands serve to neutralise the toxins discharged through industrial effluents and domestic sewage, before letting the water percolate down into the earth to replenish aquifers. They argue that the government is violating norms by allowing …
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday decided to prepare a detailed report after extensive survey to identify the industrial units not observing the laid down pollution control standards to check emission of greenhouse gases and imposed carbon tax on them. The industrial units would be required to observe the standard …
Giridih, May 18: They are political foes, but pollution friends. Putting behind the Lok Sabha election results, BJP and JMM have come together to voice concern over the rising level of pollution in the district. Leaders of both the parties today drew the attention of Giridih deputy commissioner Vandana Dadel …
B Krishna Mohan / Hyderabad May 19, 2009, 0:38 IST With consumers switching to ever newer drugs, getting licences for changing product lines is an issue. The Bulk Drug Manufacturers Association (BDMA), which has over 500 members including 250 from Andhra Pradesh, has decided to request the Union government to …
PETER FERNANDES calls upon the people of Goa to raise their voices to ensure that industrial pollution is curbed T he developing countries aspire to reach the heights of the First World, which dazzles with prosperity and comfort. Caution! What glitters may not always be gold! Therefore, we must be …
May 7: In the backdrop of 500 people taking ill due to water contamination in and around Bholakpur, concerned citizens have voiced their apprehension over the functioning of animal skin and hides trade in the area even as government officials were trying to pass the buck. Officially, no tanneries are …
Dharamsala: A bag of cement costs more in Himachal Pradesh than Punjab despite the fact that a number of cement plants have come up in the state and their functioning is allegedly adversely affecting the natural resources of the state, besides causing pollution. Vikas Nehria, a resident of Bhagsunag who …
Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to establish proper mechanism for treating industrial effluents as only one percent of wastewater is treated, daily, before being discharged directly into rivers and sea. Industrial effluents containing high level of pollutants are discharged everyday into sea and river causing incident of skin disease, …
ABOUT 10 km short of Faridkot town in the heart of Punjab's Malwa belt is Guru ki Dhaab, a small village of hundred houses. Oblivious of the cars with fluttering election flags zipping past them on the busy highway nearby is a gaggle of women and children struggling to fill …
Jamshedpur, April 30: In a renewed effort to rein in industries spewing poison in the air, the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to rope in local villagers to provide feedback on units continuing to defy the board by not installing mandatory monitoring systems. R.K. Sinha, the board
M/s Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd. (SEML) has decided to setup a coal & middling based Thermal Power Plant with a total capacity of 350 (2x135 + 1x30 + 1x50) MW in District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. SEML has retained Anacon Laboratories Nagpur to undertake on Environmental Impact Assessment study and preparation …
No end to pollution of rivers Even if it had been an accidental oil spill from a pipe of the Ropar thermal plant, it would have been unpardonable, especially because the Punjab rivers and rivulets in general and the Satluj in particular are already so heavily polluted that any fresh …
Ropar (Punjab): A Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team has taken samples of water and plants from Sutlej river in Punjab to evaluate the damage caused by a furnace oil spill after a thermal power plant pipeline burst two days ago, officials said on Sunday. Thousands of litres of oil …
