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. …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has caught Amravati Municipal Corporation (AMC) on the wrong foot. In brazen violation of bylaws, AMC constructed an abattoir without consent of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and is yet to bring it in use despite completing the project six years ago. …
The government-owned coal-based thermal power plants are the biggest defaulters in controlling environment pollution in Sonbhadra. While the other polluting industries in Sonbhadra have put the checks in place, the four units of state-owned thermal power plants are yet to act. This is a serious lapse since Sonbhadra is among …
Patancheru and its surrou-nding areas in Hyderabad are well known for soil and water pollution, but what is shocking is that the contamination level of poisonous arsenic have touched 50,000 parts per billion (ppb) in certain pockets. This is 1,000 times more than the maximum permissible level of 50 ppb …
Come January, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will have to post on its website a weekly report on the performance of central effluent treatment plants (CETP) installed across the state-owned industrial estates. The order was issued by a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Anoop Mohta …
MUMBAI: Come January, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will have to post on its website a weekly report on the performance of central effluent treatment plants (CETP) installed across the state-owned industrial estates. The order was issued by a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Anoop …
PANJIM/MARGAO: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will on Tuesday inspect the functioning of the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), of United Marine Products fish meal plant at Cuncolim from which obnoxious smell was allegedly emanating thus creating nuisance for locals. justify;">The decision was taken following a personal hearing of …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory of Sadmusa Group in Chittagong Tk 30.75 lakh for polluting the Halda river. In a surprise visit on Sunday, a DoE team found that there were technical faults in the effluent treatment plant (ETP) of MA Rahman Dyeing Ltd in …
New Delhi: Rs 4,439 crore has literally gone down the drain called the Yamuna. Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have told the Supreme Court that they have spent Rs 4,124 crore on making the river’s water potable, but the Central Pollution Control Board’s latest report shows that Yamuna’s water still resembles …
The Department of Environment in a drive on Sunday fined two industries Tk 31 lakh for polluting the River Shitalaksha. The two industries were — Udayan Board and Paper Mill Limited of Araihazar and Barnali Textile and Printing Industries Limited of Godnael in Narayangaj. An enforcement team of the DoE …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined six industrial groups and two brick fields Tk 1.1 crore on charges of polluting and grabbing rivers around the capital. The penalised industrial groups are -- Pran Group, Akij Group, Niki Dying, Atlantic Industries Ltd, ARS Washing Ltd, PA Knit Composite, and the …
Redevelopment plan looks beyond beautification and parking issues. Stresses on need to create fire exits and relocate services so that evacuation routes are not obstructed Khan Market is set to wear a new look w i t h u n i fo r m façade, more parking space, wide walkways …
The Department of Environment yesterday penalised the owner of an illegal leather gloves factory in Ashulia with a Tk 37 lakh fine. Huiju Beijing Gloves Co Ltd, owned by a Hong Kong national, has been in full operation for the past one year without having obtained the necessary environmental clearance …
JAIPUR: Yet another river is dying, this time in the environment minister's constituency. Not long ago, river Bandi in Pali district was a seasonal river. In absolute disregard to environment , three out of the four common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) don't have consent to operate since March 2011, he …
Petitions challenge TNPCB and AERB orders The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the Central government on two new writ petitions against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) — one seeking to quash a Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)’s order of July 23 prescribing the tolerance limit …
Vapi: Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued a show cause notice to Vapi Waste and Effluent Management Co. Pvt. Ltd (VWEMCL) for not implementing the precautionary steps required ahead of the monsoon at the common solid waste management site. Huge quantity of industrial sludge on Tuesday had spread into …
The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) not to permit manufacturing units within 750 metres of a river from September 1 if existing facilities are not maintained for discharge of effluents. Under the rules, facilities such as pipelines or Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) are required …
Four effluent treatment plants have been approved in the current budget to treat effluent of the industrial areas of Karachi and Hyderabad, said Sindh Industries Minister Abdur Rauf Siddiqui. He was speaking at the 9th annual environment excellence awards distribution ceremony, organised by National Forum for Environment and Health held …
Project to come up at Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts, supporting infra to cost Rs 13,000cr The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the proposal of the Government of Tamil Nadu to set up a Petroleum Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR). The region is expected to attract an investment …
A group of global businesses with operations in India have worked with the Government of Gujarat and the four largest cities in the state (Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara) to identify inclusive and sustainable solutions to key urban development challenges faced by these cities. The companies are part of a …
