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. …
National Green Tribunal today directed that no steel pickling works can function in the national capital without the consent of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). "We direct that no pickling unit is to be permitted to operate in Delhi without obtaining the consent of DPCC," said a bench headed …
The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately take steps to stop dumping of wastes into the Narod river in Natore and its pollution. In response to a writ petition, the court ordered the authorities concerned to assess how much damage of the river occurred due to dumping of …
PANAJI: The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) on Thursday issued closure notice to Seahath canning company, Sao Jose de Areal , till such time as the effluent treatment plant (ETP) installed at the unit is modified or repaired to the satisfaction of the board. GSPCB member secretary Levinson Martins …
Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction and this happens quite often in state government. This shocking episode also exposes the commitment of government towards reducing water pollution. Industries which did treat their effluents properly would not have got water supply if the decision was implemented seriously. The government issued a …
A day after production at two of Delhi’s major water treatment plants had to be curtailed by 50 per cent after raw water from Haryana came laden with industrial pollutants, the water utility announced resumption of normal production on Tuesday as the pollutants were diluted. “The matter of rise in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Agnihotri Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/01/2014 regarding pollution caused by an electroplating industry in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. In this case NGT has concluded that it is an apt case where the polluter pay principles shall be …
Petition sent to the TNPCB Chairman seeking answers on the issue P. Sankara Narayanan, an environmental activist hailing from agrarian community in the region, has decided to implead in one of the recent Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed in Supreme Court, in an attempt to fight the continuing industrial pollution …
A common effluent treatment plant for small scale industries will come up in Pimpri Chinchwad, though it would take some time before the project takes off. Currently, effluents from these industries are released directly into the rivers without being treated, raising environmental concerns. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra Industrial …
The first thematic park on block printing in the country at Jaipur created a new benchmark on Wednesday for the textile industry setting up a common effluent treatment plant ( CEPT) that would achieve zero discharge, and recycle and reuse around 90% of waste water. Inaugurating the five-lakh litre capacity …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of U.R. Beniwal V/s State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 19/12/2013 regarding pollution in river Jojari, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan and that the the sludge layer in the said river is more than two meters and this pollution is increasing by the …
Ordering shut down of all units in the leather complex here after its effluent treatment plant was found discharging toxic water into the rainwater drain, Punjab Pollution Control Board has also directed the units to install meters on their effluent discharge pipes. A pipe, which was draining untreated water directly …
Following the detection of discharge of highly toxic effluents in the kala sanghia drain and non-operation of the common effluent treatment plant (CEPT) of the Leather Complex on Tuesday, the Punjab Pollution Control Board Chairman(PPCB) Ravinder Singh, on Wednesday ordered 'shut down' of all tannery units for 15 days from …
Farmers of Barota village today protested against the acquisition of 23 acres of land by Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development (HSIIDC) for installing a treatment plant. They held that a panchayat at the village had resolved that they would not allow the HSIIDC to take possession of the land. …
After a court order in 2004, Delhi government managed a huge swing away from polluting fuels to the much less polluting compressed natural gas (CNG), at least in vehicular public transport. Levels of poisonous chemicals in the capital’s soupy air plummeted and it looked as if Delhi had turned a …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), Vaniyambadi unit, on Tuesday ordered the closure of a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) run by the Ambur Tannery Effluent Treatment Company Limited (AMBURTEC) in Thuthipet near Ambur and its 47 member tanneries in and around Ambur, and nine tanneries in and around …
Jawadia/Pali: Villagers in the quaint village Jawadia, barely three kms away from Pali, are silent spectators to the political drama. For years the legislators have been promising the villagers a solution to their problem but so far their problems pertaining to water, remain status quo. Over the years their problems …
Department of Environment on Tuesday fined two dyeing factories in Narsingdi Tk 10 lakh for violating environment laws by operating defective effluent treatment plants (ETP), reports UNB. After a hearing at the DoE headquarters in the capital, its director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir slapped the fine on ‘Anwar Dyeing’ …
JAIPUR: Untreated industrial and domestic effluent has turned rivers in Rajasthan into chemical-laden toxic 'nullahs' that are adversely affecting the ground water and health of people living around the 'once natural rivers.' The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in a report on 'Polluted River Stretches in India' has identified five …
Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued showcause notice to Sandu pharmaceuticals limited, as to why its unit at Pilerne industrial estate should not be directed to suspend or close its operation for operating in a manner that is causing water pollution in the vicinity. The showcause was issued …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the state government for failing to implement measures to improve the sanitation and sewage management in Pandharpur, a big pilgrim centre. In a strongly worded order passed by the western bench of the tribunal, the court has noted that a working plan …
