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 Krishan Kant Singh Vs. M/s. Hindustan Cocacola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Mehdiganj, Rajatalab, Varanasi & Others dated 17/11/2014 regarding pollution of river Ganga.
Taking serious view of various complaints regarding pollution caused by different Industrial Units, Deputy Commissioner, Samba Mubarak Singh has constituted a committee comprising of members from District Industries Centre (DIC) and District Pollution Control Board to monitor on day to day basis the functioning of Air Pollution Control Devices and …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Sri Murugan Dyeing Vs Disrict Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 15/10/2014 regarding seeking consent to operate (CFO) from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (Board), Tiruppur the dyeing unit of the Applicant at S.F. …
Gazipur Correspondent :The Department of Environment (DoE) on Monday fined the authorities of four dying and washing factories Tk37lakh for polluting environment in Kaliakoir upazila of the city.Assistant director Mohammad Hafizur Rahman of the department said a team of DoE led by Md Alamgir, director (Monitoring and Enforcement) of its …
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials have issued written directives to the Park Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in the city to immediately upgrade the pollution control measures after some lacunae were noticed in the plant’s operations during an inspection conducted following public complaints. “We have found that steps …
The state said it would create new solid waste management systems at a cost of Rs 829.66 cr The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday submitted its Rs 9,478-crore action plan to the Centre to clean the Ganga from Gaumukh to Haridwar in the state. Government officials said in its plan submitted …
The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the status of pollution in Pali caused by textile industries, as Pali is an important industrial area of Rajasthan where a number of textile industries are active.
Pali (Rajasthan), September 18, 2014: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a leading environmental think tank based in New Delhi, released its second study on the pollution from dyeing and textile mills in Pali, Rajasthan. Pali was classified as a critically polluted industrial cluster by the Central Pollution Control Board’s …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to take stringent action against industries along Ulhas river that continue to discharge industrial effluent beyond admissible limits. “There are large number of industries which still are found not complying with the standards and MPCB assures that …
Factories In Vicinity Of City Polluting Water Table The state government is tightening the noose around industrial units in the vicinity of the city that are becoming a major source of pollution. For the first time a `rogues list' was prepared of 1,000-odd units located in areas such as Narol, …
A recent survey by Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) found SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, flouting norms by not segregating biomedical waste despite repeated reminders. If not segregated (different kinds of waste kept in different containers for disposal), biomedical waste can generate toxic chemicals, which pollute the environment. …
ALIGARH: About 500 angry villagers from Hajipura Chauhata, Mandir ka Nagla and Sarai Hari Narayan on the Aligarh bypass, GT Road said they could bear the stench no more. A slaughter house about 5 km from their villages had been disposing its waste near their fields, and the stench had …
Environment activists and groundwater protectionists from Arulpuram area submitted a representation to Collector G. Govindaraj on Monday asking the administration to close down those individual dyeing units and Common Effluent Treatment Plants in Tirupur cluster which are found violating the pollution control norms. In the petition, the activists had highlighted …
Violating the laid norms, the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society has been operating a common effluent treatment plant at the Leather Complex here without having requisite permission from the pollution authorities. Inquiries made by The Tribune found out that the sanction by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to operate the …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken to legal recourse against tanneries operating from the Leather Complex here. Sources said the PPCB had filed a criminal case against the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society (PETS), its directors, secretary and two others in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Others dated 06/08/2014 regarding pollution caused by industries to river Ganga and Yamuna. Previous Orders
AURANGABAD: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) issued closure notice to two major industries operating in Waluj industrial area on Monday. The industries were found to be repeatedly violating pollution norms. The notices were issued to Endurance Technologies Pvt Ltd and Midas Care Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd for releasing effluents outside …
CAG Report Also Holds RSPCB Responsible For Apathy The threat of biomedical waste looms large over the Pink City. The healthcare facilities are openly flouting the rules governing handling and storage of bio-medical waste and disposing waste in a manner which is sending carcinogenic gases in the air posing severe …
The treated industrial effluent from the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) to Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers is not discharged into the river at a point decided by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials have found. This despite being directed by the board to lay …
