Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Dr. A. Kishan Rao & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 09/03/2015 regarding pollution caused by pharmaceutical industries in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has issued a show-cause notice to Omfed plant at Chandrasekharpur here for allegedly causing water pollution. Board sources said water used for processing milk should be treated in an effluent treatment plant (ETP) before it is discharged. Though the Omfed plant is having …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Sri Guru Krupa Dyeing Unit & Others Vs Karnataka State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 05/02/2015 regarding pollution by small dyeing units engaged in silk dyeing using manual method.
Questions have been raised about the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s virtual clean chit to the tanneries in a report last year after 10 workers died on Friday at a tannery in Ranipet in Vellore district; documents indicate that the Board was giving a long rope to the tanneries and …
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued draft ‘Guidelines on Techno – Economic Feasibility of Implementation of Zero Liquid Discharge (Zld) for Water Polluting Industries.’ The guidelines, among other industries, deal with fertilizer sector and distilleries that undertake fertigation, apart from producing organic fertilizers. In a communication to State PCBs, …
Rapid industrialization is adversely impacting the environment globally. Pollution by inappropriate management of industrial wastewater is one of the major environmental problems in India as well, especially with burgeoning small scale industrial sector in the country. To address the pollution coming out from industries, adoption of cleaner production technologies and …
Based on the information that about 150 CETPs had been established in the country, Planning Commission expressed to MoEF in March 2010 that of about 900 industrial clusters, only 1/6 of the effluent generated is treated. The observation appeared to have been made on the assumption that CETPs are required …
From ancient times rivers have been a source of pure drinking water and the civilizations flourished around these water bodies. However, with the state government scrapping away the River Regulation Zone (RRZ) policy, it seems these rivers will soon wither away. This has got the environmentalists up in arms who …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to install CCTV cameras along stretches of Ulhas river and asked for checkposts manned by appropriate agency or an NGO outside each industrial area to check for trucks carrying effluent. The NGT has asked the Central Pollution …
Noting that the 700 tanneries in Kanpur on the banks of Ganga were “one of the highest sources of pollution” in the river, the National Green Tribunal Tuesday (NGT) warned that it will be “compelled” to order the closure of each one of these units if all concerned do not …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs. M/s. Hindustan Cocacola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Mehdiganj, Rajatalab, Varanasi dated 20/01/2015 regarding Ganga pollution caused by industries. The Court observed that "It is unquestionable that 700 tannery industries in Kanpur which are located on …
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued fresh guidelines for chemical industries and common effluent treatment plants (CETPs). The new guidelines have made it mandatory for industries and CETPs to get an environment audit done by none else but members of an audit team approved by the GPCB. Under …
The National Green Tribunal today directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to conduct a joint inspection of Wave Industries Ltd (Sugar Unit) in Uttar Pradesh for discharging untreated effluents into the Ganges. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, directed the …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has decided to set up a committee to plan on cleaning up River Yamuna and ordered that people who throw religious items into the Yamuna will have to pay a fine of Rs 5000 Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s. Laxmi Suiting Vs Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board-Jaipur & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding pollution caused by industrial units operating in and around Heavy Industrial Area, Jodhpur.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs. Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Ors. dated 22/12/2014 regarding discharge of sewage in the Ramgarh Lake and Rapti River, Gorakhpur. The Tribunal noted that the ratio of discharge of sewage in the Ramgarh Lake …
UNB, Dhaka :The Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday fined four institutions in Gazipur and Comilla Tk 86 lakh for violating environment laws.After a hearing at the DoE's Dhaka headquarters, RL Yearn Dyeing Ltd and Rahmat Knit Dyeing & Finishing Mills Ltd of Gazipur were fined Tk 75 lakh for …
