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 Ganga today is more polluted than when the Ganga Action Plan was launched in 1985. Dams, barrages, canals and extremely high pollution pose an ever-increasing threat to the health and life of the river, writes Brijesh Pandey IN THE upper reaches of the Ganga, numerous hydel projects threaten the …
In the presence of the environment and forests minister, owners of some industries, largely responsible for vitiating environment, yesterday demanded that the government stop anti-pollution drives so that they can continue their activities without any hindrance. The industries -- steel mills, re-rolling mills, plastic factories and brickfields -- are facing …
Recycling could be the new mantra for industries in the State as policy makers and experts stressed on the need to develop technologies to reuse waste to realise the ‘Vision 2023’ goal of sustainable industrial production in Tamil Nadu. Speaking at a day-long seminar on ‘Waste to Wealth – Entrepreneurial …
“Beyond this, pollution will not be accepted,” Collector Ajay Yadav told leather industries on referring to the environment pollution and adverse pollution of ground water table in Vellore district. While recognising the steps being taken by the leather industry to prevent environment pollution, he said, “I would like to be …
Industry waste has asphyxiated the river and destroyed livelihoods, says Joe A Scaria From wherever in India you are reading these lines, odds are high that your innerwear was made in the Coimbatore-Tirupur textile belt. And if you are indeed wearing one such, it is a near certainty that you …
AHMEDABAD: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India may have painted a dismal picture of pollution in Gujarat, but the latest report of Planning Commission's environment and forest division reveals that the state has shown significant improvement in handling environment and pollution-related issues. Last year, the Planning Commission put …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a waste paper recycling factory owner Tk 20.58 lakh for polluting the river Shitalakhya by releasing untreated chemical effluents. An enforcement team of DoE detected that Islami Board Factory had been running with environmental clearance and effluent treatment plant in Chitrashal of Narayanganj. …
Mumbai: Despite the implementation of stringent measures to reduce pollution in these areas, two industrial clusters around Mumbai-Tarapur and Dombivali — are now among the top 10 most polluted industrial clusters in the country even as two other industrial towns of Maharashtra have become more polluted since 2009. Tarapur has …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a Taiwanese-owned dyeing factory Tk 39 lakh in Bhaluka of Mymensingh on the charge of polluting the river Khiro. Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, director of DoE, handed down the penalty, said a press release. The Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) of the factory, Shepherd Yarn …
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has decided to install web cameras in highly polluting industrial units to control pollution. The project, which is being coordinated by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), will be implemented in distilleries on a pilot basis and extended to other industries later, official sources said. …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory in Gazipur Tk 14 lakh for not setting up Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) even 21 months after the factory owner promised to set up the ETP. The DoE fined the owner of the factory, Ema Cintex Ltd, and also ordered …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory and a housing project in Narayanganj and Savar a total of Tk 37 lakh for violating environmental laws. The dyeing factory Chaiti Composite Ltd in Sonargaon of Narayanganj was fined Tk 22 lakh for polluting the environment and a DoE …
Ahmedabad Tops The List With Maximum Notices Ahmedabad: Following repeated violations of pollution norms in chemical hotspots, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued the highest number of show-cause and closure notices in recent times to several clusters of industries. Ahmedabad topped the list with most notices, according to …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined Hua Thai Ceramics Industry in Gazipur Tk 20 lakh for pollution due to its operation without effluent treatment plant. The verdict that fined the amount to the ceramics industry in the district's Hotapara area was issued by the director (Enforcement) of DoE, said …
CHENNAI: Seven Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) projects in Tirupur have got the green signal by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, according to Minister for Handlooms and Textiles Dr S Sundararaj. According to the policy note of handlooms and textiles tabled in the assembly, the government has to set …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) relates to matters arising from performance audit of selected programmes and activities and compliance audit of Government departments and autonomous bodies. Compliance audit refers to examination of the transactions relating to expenditure of the audited entities to ascertain whether …
AS reported in the press, 'non-allocation of funds' and 'legal complexities' have either stalled or slowed down two projects for protecting the Buriganga River from land grabbers or restoring stretches of it through dredging. It took the government seven years to select a contractor for setting up a plant at …
It has been around three years since the High Court ordered industries indiscriminately discharging waste water to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs) within a year. The court on June 10, 2009 also asked the government (industries secretary) to ensure that no new industry is set up without ensuring proper measures …
An environmental activist has sought details from State Environment Department whether interest-free loans have been given to Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) in Tirupur as reported in the media. He asked why so many CETPs were running to test zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems on trial basis. In a ‘personal …
The High Court yesterday directed the managements of five readymade garment factories at Ashulia in Savar not to dump any waste on agricultural lands and water bodies. The units on the outskirts of Dhaka are Mozart Knitting and Dyeing Industries, Kajal Garments, Nasirullah Cotton Mills, Apparels Village and Simtex Industries. …
