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. …
About 90,000 cubic meter of untreated industrial waste is dumped into the country’s rivers each day destroying the major sources of surface water, according to a report of the Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba), reports UNB. The report says although it is mandatory to set up the Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) …
Better Ludhiana: water pollution Being an industrial hub, Ludhiana is flooded with various kinds of industries, which have provided bread and butter to lakhs of people not only from Punjab but also from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. At the same time, certain industries have proven to be the bane of …
Seeks detailed plan on handling of hazardous waste, oil spillage, radioactive materials The decision on environmental and costal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance to Adani Group’s ship recycling facility near Mundra port in Kutch has been deferred with the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) …
Department of Environment (DoE) on Monday fined eight mills and factories in Chittagong Tk 18.6 million for polluting environment. DoE Director (monitoring and enforcement) Md Alamgir awarded the financial punishment after summoning owners and representatives of the mills and factories to the DoE headquarters in the capital. Of the mills …
Delhi Pollution Control Committee issued closure notices to five high-end restaurants and lounge bars located inside the Garden of Five Senses, south Delhi, last week. DPCC said the restaurants did not have effluent treatment plants or the consent to operate. This drive by DPCC is to ensure all restaurants have …
The government has directed the related agencies, including the contractor firm, to begin work within a week on setting up the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Savar leather estate to ensure the relocation of the much-talked tannery industries. “Nobody will be spared if dilly-dally is noticed in complying …
Residents of Cuddalore town have protested a proposal of the textile and the knitwear industries to set up a common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in the coastal area . The Federation of All Residents’Associations, Cuddalore, at a meeting held here under the presidentship of P. Venkatesan recently adopted a resolution …
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Wednesday realised Tk 53 lakh in fine from six washing and dyeing factories in Fatullah of Narayanganj Sadar upazila on charge of polluting environment. The DoE fined Moon Knitwear and Composite Ltd, Prime K0nit Dyeing, Madina Dyeing, Hossain Washing Plant, Amin Washing and NA …
High Pollutant Levels In Discharge Of Several CETPs Ahmedabad: Three Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) estates — those in Vatva, Odhav and Naroda — and the industry cluster in Kathwada are under the scanner for polluting river Sabarmati. The state industries department is now desperately seeking some accountability from the …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed the state Pollution Board to install online quality monitoring systems within 90 days. The aim behind this is to ensure effective compliance and strengthening of monitoring mechanism of 17 categories of highly polluting industries. These 17 categories include cement, paper and pulp, …
The sight of millions of litres of toxic effluents and domestic sewage being let into the Sabarmati at Vasna barrage will wrench any heart-especially the way the river is choked to nothing more than a toxic gutter. Following a month-long campaign by TOI-'My City, My River'-the high court allowed a …
The Department of Environment on Monday fined 42 dyeing and washing factories in Dhaka district Tk 1.26 crore for polluting the water of the Buriganga River. After a hearing at DoE’s Dhaka headquarters, its director (monitoring and enforcement) Mohammad Alamgir fined the factories for not having effluent treatment plants (ETPs). …
The authorities have failed to shift most of the dyeing units operating from residential and non-conforming areas to the special industrial zone in HUDA Sector 29 Part-II here. The zone was created a few years ago. More that 525 of nearly 750 dyeing units are still operating from residential and …
After directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has initiated a survey to identify polluting industrial units in Kapurthala’s Phagwara town. The PPCB authorities swung into action after the NGT had, on January 22, issued directions to the board for conducting a comprehensive survey …
Three companies — two in Maval and one in Haveli — have been served showcause notices by the District Planning and Environment Committee for emptying untreated effluents into rivers. “Venky’s, Ganga Paper Mills and Rama Krishi Rasayani have been served notices after the survey by the committee,’’ said District Collector …
Directions under section 18(1)(b) to all SPCBs/PCCs of the Water (Prevention Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 in the matter of pollution control in 17 category of highly polluting industries, CETPs and common hazardous waste and biomedical waste incinerators regarding self …
Letter to all State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in the matter of pollution control in 17 category of highly polluting industries, CETPs and common hazardous waste & biomedical waste incinerators - Regarding self monitoring of compliance.
Deputy Collector, Margao Sangeeta Naik has sealed Ms Seahath Canning Company, located at the Nessai Industrial Estate at Sao Jose de Areal. The sealing comes against the backdrop of directions issued by the Goa State Pollution Control Board. The Deputy Collector told Herald that the company was sealed on Friday …
Ahmedabad: To encourage industries to take up zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technologies, the state government will form a group of experts comprising technocrats, consultants, and state regulatory board officials. The technology proposed will not only be affordable but will also enable industries to tailor-make their ZLD plants according to the …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is currently on an overdrive to prevail upon polluting dyeing and bleaching units in the Western region of the State to conform to emission norms in the wake of the Supreme Court's notice issued to several States, including Tamil Nadu, last month, asking for …
