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. …
Most in Puri are contributing to water pollution flouting norms, officials of Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) here said. The board has listed 325 hotels for violating the Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 and served show cause notices to all of them. The board said the …
CHITTAGONG: The national river taskforce took a decision to free all the canals of Chittagong from encroachers through demolishing the illegal structures on their banks within one month. The taskforce made the decision in its 26th meeting held at the Chittagong Circuit House in the port city on Wednesday. Shipping …
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) said it has received environment and other nods for its 8,481 hectares special economic zone, a move that will pave way for setting up facilities like desalination and effluent treatment plants besides boosting exports. "APSEZ, part of the Adani Group ... has received …
In India, nothing encapsulates the failure of governance more than the unforgivable abuse of the Ganga, its largest and most vital source of freshwater. It is no coincidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the great river to showcase his ability to turn an irretrievable situation around. His foray into …
A Bombay high court division bench of justices Abhay Oka and M S Chandurkar on Friday issued a show-cause notice to the Kolhapur Zilla Sahakari Dudh Utpadak Sangh Ltd, popularly known as Gokul milk dairy , for not having a facility to treat waste water. The directions came after the …
NASHIK: The largest slaughter house in the city at Bhadrakali has finally been provided with an effluent treatment plant (ETP), completing the civic body's plan to provide such plants in all the three slaughter houses in Nashik. The decision to install the ETPs was taken two years ago in compliance …
RAIPUR: In less than two months, Chhattisgarh Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued a second notice to AIIMS, Raipur, for not complying with the provision of bio-medical waste rules and causing health and environment hazards. Talking to TOI, Environment Conservation Board member Devendra Singh said this notice has been issued …
Compliance statement on behalf of Central Pollution Control Board, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and National Ganga River Basin Authority with regard to Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs National Ganga River Basin Authority & Others. In compliance of the order passed by the National Green Tribunal dated 06/05/2014 a …
Hit by the indiscriminate discharge of industrial effluents, the farmers in Arulpuram, Pachamkuttaplayam, and a few other hamlets have threatened to quit agriculture. “We will have to hold agitations for getting rehabilitation package if the situation continues in this manner as our repeated pleas to authorities pointing out the unabated …
Fifteen of the 23 common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in the state are ill-equipped to process harmful industrial waste, says a report released by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). A study in 15 treatment plants in the state showed high levels of biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen …
A team comprising Delhi government officials, experts and officials of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) will be visiting a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in Gujarat to understand and explore feasibility of implementing practices and systems adopted there to keep a check on the hazardous sludge-generating units. This is …
BHUBANESWAR: A team of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) officials on Wednesday visited Sukinda to collect water samples to check the pollution level in Damsal nullah and the Brahmani following a directive of Orissa high court. Before leaving for Sukinda, the team, headed by CPCB (Kolkata office) senior environmental engineer …
Industries and Information and Public Relations Minister Mukesh Agnihotri today said the state government was exploring the possibility of relaxing Section 118 of the HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, for industrial plots in the industrial areas to promote speedy industrial growth. He said the process was cumbersome and …
The city’s environment department has asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the MCD to provide land for the disposal of sludge from effluent treatment plants (ETPs) and sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the city, which is a major pollutant of the Yamuna River. Delhi generates approximately 800 million gallons …
Installing more sewage and effluent treatment plants and restricting the discharge of untreated wastewater into drains are among the recommendations of a high-power committee convened by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung to clean the polluted Yamuna river in Delhi. The panel's recommendations come at a time when there are already reports of …
The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board has introduced additional heavy metal parameters, periodic checking of air quality and ordered disconnection of power supply at 41 erring industrial units in the state’s biggest industrial belt of Baddi-Barotiwala and Nalagarh. With a multi-crore Common Effluent Treatment Plant set to be commissioned in …
Better Ludhiana: Pollution pangs Buddha Nullah, once called Buddha Dariya, tells the story of the deterioration of the city’s environment. A clean water rivulet with fishes of myriad varieties swimming in it is how the nullah (drain) is remembered as by those who have seen it in 1960s. Today, the …
The government has made Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP) compulsory for construction of all new private and commercial buildings in the capital. The decision was made at a meeting of DAP review committee held at secretariat on Wednesday afternoon. Housing and Public Work Minister Mosharraf Hossain made the disclosure to the …
Bangladesh is to unveil a new “green tax” Thursday that will force polluting factories to pay extra levies as it looks to clean up the country’s increasingly dirty rivers and air, an official said Thursday. The tax will be introduced as part of the annual budget for 2014-15, which will …
CHITTAGONG: Pollution in the River Karnaphuli, the lifeline for thousands of needy families in Chittagong, is going on unabated, posing a serious threat to the aquatic life and environment. Absence of Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), inoperative ETPs, sewerage and treatment plant, and dumping of household solid and liquid waste into …
