Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Devavrat Kumar Sahani Vs State of Bihar dated 07/04/2025. The application was being registered on the basis of a letter petition dated December 27, 2024 sent to the NGT by the applicant, Devavrat Kumar Sahani, Muzaffarpur, …
Ministry of Housing Transport and Environment has revealed that bags produced in Maldives must be biodegradable, effective from next year. Director General at the ministry Mohamed Zahir said necessary instructions to this effect have been given to all concerned. Speaking to Miadhu Daily DG Zahir said the decision was part …
Manish Sirhindi The historic city of Panipat is all set to find mention in the books again. This time for a battle that is being fought collectively against polythene menace. A home to more than four lakh people, the city saw more environmental degradation than other places in the state. …
G.S. MUDUR New Delhi, June 8: The ministry of environment will consider enacting blanket legislation to regulate plastic waste in towns above a certain altitude, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has assured Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Till then, Ramesh said, Bengal could adopt and implement legislation developed by Himachal Pradesh 14 …
Mumbai As World Environment Day dawned over Mumbai on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and government officials, as well as five-star hotels, NGOs and corporate houses plunged into action to give the city a healing touch. In an effort to expand the green lung of the city, the BMC planted …
Urvashi Sarkar NEW DELHI: Walking a green carpet welcome and clad in a lush green sari, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit set the tone for World Environment Day celebrations in the Capital on Friday by inaugurating Chalta Phirta Environment Campaign
The central zoo has banned the use polythene bags in its premises saying such bags had adverse effect in the health of the animals in the zoo. The zoo administration announced not to allow visitors to take polythene bags with from Friday, on the occasion of the World Environment Day. …
The central zoo has banned the use polythene bags in its premises saying such bags had adverse effect in the health of the animals in the zoo. The zoo administration announced not to allow visitors to take polythene bags with from Friday, on the occasion of the World Environment Day. …
Neha Lalchandani | TNN New Delhi: Six months after they were banned, plastic bags seem to have crept back into several markets across the city. The government, however, says it is not going to let defaulters get away any longer.
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, …
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has decided to impose penalty of Rs.25,000 to 50,000 on all units manufacturing banned category of plastic carry bags, a penalty from Rs.2,500 to Rs.5,000 on the retailers, vendors and other establishments for providing banned category of plastic bags to customers, and Rs.250 to 500 on …
There should be enough recognition for industries that do their production according to eco-friendly standards. So far no method has been implemented to recognize and reward these industries, he said. Government involvement is essential in this type of implementation. That would encourage eco-friendly Small and Medium Enterprises productions, until they …
Ahmedabad : Reduce, reuse and recycle plastic a group of more than 15 youngsters armed with placards and posters, conducted a rally on CG road to promote this thought on Tuesday. With World Environment Day round the corner, the idea was to spread awareness about the use of plastic among …
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 …
Mumbai: The authorities, citizens and others have come together to make Vile Parle a zero-plastic zone. Discarded plastic bags choked drains, leading to mass flooding in the city on July 26, 2005. After that, the Maharashtra government had banned the use of plastic (below 50 microns). But four years later, …
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 …
Pune In probably the first of its kind move in Pune, a women self-help group has set up a polythene bag producing industrial unit with an investment of Rs one crore. Set up by the Swamini Mahila Bachat Gat Akhil Mahasangh, Yamuna Nagar, it will be inaugurated by Shirur MP …
Pune Other decisions include only 20 per cent hike in skysign rates, Rs 276 crore loan to be raised Against the backdrop of the garbage dumping issue, the standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday took a major decision of putting a 100 per cent ban on …
