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 …
Visakhapatnam, Dec. 16: Two environmental organisations said the proposed thermal projects coming up in the state would cause serious environmental hazard to the coastline in the state affecting the air, ground and the sea. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday the convenor of Forum for Better Visakha, Mr E.A.S. …
Dharamshala: Govt withdraws approval to 126 industrial units for slow progress The Himachal Pradesh government, on Monday, cleared 14 new proposals for setting up industrial units with an investment of nearly Rs 233.36 crore, but ordered the withdrawal of sanction from 126 others as the promoters had failed to show …
Traffic movement came to a halt today when residents of Kandra and Gamharia in Seraikela-Kharsawan district blocked the road for over four hours, protesting against the rising pollution level because of sponge-iron units. The protesters squatted on the road blocking it with their cycles and tractors and refused to budge …
Minister for Ecology, Environment and Inland Water Transport J Krishna Palemar warned that strict action would be initiated against industries which violate pollution norms. Speaking at a function organised at the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) office to mark Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations here on Thursday, Palemar said that 46 …
The state government today said Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and thermal power plants in the Damodar Valley are the biggest contributors to the polluted Damodar and asked them to clean-up their act. Chief secretary A.K. Basu, who today reviewed the pollution-level of the Damodar at …
Coimbatore: The district administration and district engineer of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have announced that orders have been served on 40 dyeing units for closure and disconnection of power supply connection on the charges of polluting the Noyyal Rajavaikkal and the ground water table in the area. District …
With a view to assess the environmental impacts due to the proposed coal based power plant of 4X300 MW at Raigarh district, SKS Power Generation (Chhasttisgarh) Limited availed the services of M/s. Vimta Labs Ltd, Hyderabad to prepare EIA report for various environmental components including air, noise, water, land and …
The total and the migration concentration of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) in 20 soil samples taken from the surrounding area of Aluminium Factory Podgorica, airports, asphalt plant and highroad in Zeta Valley (Montenegro) were determined.
Pali farmers teach state pollution body a few things technical Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai has no formal training in science. But he was able to test and tell a gathering of over 300 people that water from a dugwell in Phenkaria village contained arsenic and zinc in concentrations unfit for human …
Vedanta refinery pollutes river, sickens people in Orissa VEDANTA recently invited bureaucrats and glitterati to pat its back on corporate social responsibility activities at its first such meeting. But people living around Vedanta Aluminium Ltd
Bauxite versus livelihood of tribals An uneasy calm prevailed in Lanjigarh and the adjoining Niyamgiri hills, with the Kondh tribals and activists of Green Kalahandi, Kalahandi Sachetan Nagrik Manch and Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti appearing more determined than ever to thwart any attempt at mining the bauxite-rich hills. These organizations were …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today sealed eight gravel screening cum washing plants it had been unable to close down despite repeated notices since five years. According to sources here, a PPCB team today visited all eight plants on the Zirakpur- Panchkula road and sealed their generating sets as …
KARUR: Farmers and residents affected by industrial pollution bitterly complained about their plight when the members of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Committee on Public Sector Undertakings came visiting their localities in the district. The polluters have reduced to waste a whole river in Amaravathy whose water once had medicinal qualities …
Even after controlling Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) for over two decades, the CPI-M led board has failed to stop pollution created by industries in most of its wards. Smoke emitted by industries in ward number 1 to 5 and 22, 23 and 25 have been polluting the entire area for …
Chandigarh, November 20 : After receiving a wake-up call from the Punjab and Haryana High Court for not keeping a check on meat industries in Dera Bassi, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today submitted a draft policy introducing significant changes in its functioning. Instead of a year, now the …
Shillong: The Indigenous People of Jaintia Hills Organisation has demanded closure of CMCL (Star Cement), located at Lumshnong, Jaintia Hills district in view of the threat posed by pollutants emerging from the plant to the people and the nearby Kotsati-Umlawan Cave. In a letter to the Chief Minister, president of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) on Saturday demanded that the Industries Department and the Pollution Control Board should take immediate action against the Ashapura clay factory at Pallithura which is causing misery to the local people.
The indictment of the Punjab Pollution Control Board by the Punjab and Haryana High Court could not have come a day too soon. Without mincing words, the court has held the board responsible for not taking action against the polluting industries in Dera Bassi. It also rapped the board on …
