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. …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely: These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2016. They …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.M. Charitable Trust & Others Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 30/09/2016 regarding pollution of river Jojari in the District of Jodhpur by industries.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Ashok Vihar Mitra Mandel Vs. The Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding hazardous waste being generated by the CETP, Ashok Vihar, New Delhi which is causing environmental hazards and the hazardous waste is being dumped …
Chandrapur: A scientist from union ministry for environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) visited Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS) here after a complaint was lodged by MoEFCC regional committee member Suresh Chopne, alleging discharge of toxic water from thermal power plant into Irai river last month. The discharge of …
There looks to be no reprieve for River Noyyal from pollution with industrial effluents still finding its way into the watercourse in large quantities especially when the skies open up. This was happening despite the existence of the Madras High Court order asking the textile industry in Tirupur cluster to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Central Pollution Control Board In Vanashakti Public Trust & Others Vs. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board & Others dated 14/09/2016 regarding environmental pollution caused in the riverine system of Ulhas River in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The sources …
The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Delhi resident who had alleged that DMRC was extracting groundwater instead of using wastewater to wash its trains, resulting in depletion of water table. The National Green Tribunal has castigated Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and slapped a fine on it for not …
Nagpur: Parboiled rice mills, which come under Central Pollution Control Board's 'Orange Category' (second most polluting industry), are contributing immensely to air and water pollution in Gondia district, home to over 50 such mills. Recent visits to some industries by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials revealed that Effluent Treatment …
SHILLONG: After slapping closure notices on several city hotels and guest houses for failing to install Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) and releasing untreated polluted water directly to the rivers, the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board has served closure notices to 79 brick kilns operating illegally in the state. During the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Effluent Treatment Plant, 02/08/2016. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) is implementing a scheme to fund setting up of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) for treatment of effluents generated from Small Scale Industries (SSI) located in clusters. 193 CETPs have been established …
Universities to get permits to examine medium-risk industries. Visakhapatnam: As part of the Ease of Doing Business initiative, educational institutions could also now conduct environmental compliance inspection of industries as third parties. As per the recommendation of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the APPCB has already issued the …
Jodhpur: Two decades of unprecedented and rampant pollution and various eyewashes due to textile dyeing printing industry in Pali affecting hundreds of villages! Finally , the legislators seem to have woken up to the issue.For the first time since the past decade and a half or perhaps even more, the …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday slapped closure notice on nine hotels here for failing to deposit the penalty amount it had imposed on it in May for violating pollution control norms. The OSPCB, acting on the direction of National Green Tribunal, had given four weeks …
Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for achieving excellence in environment management. The award was presented by Justice Dr Arijit Pasayat, former Judge, Supreme Court of India to Hemant Kumar, Member (Mechanical), Railway Board, and PC Gupta, Chief Mechanical Engineer, RCF at …
To contain pollution in the Ghaggar river, pollution control boards of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have increased the number of joint sampling points (JSP) from 18 to 21. A JSP is a point from where joint teams of the three states have been collecting water samples from Ghaggar to …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Mohammed Kabir & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/07/2016 regarding environmental degradation and pollution caused by industries located in Ullal Taluk, Dakshina Kannada District, Mangaluru by engaging in the production of fish oil and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Tarun Patel Vs The Collector, Valsad & Others dated 01/07/2016 regarding discharge caused by Vapi CETP and other units in Vapi/Daman region. Minutes of Meeting held under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Gujarat …
DEHRADUN: After waiting for two years for Combined Medical Institute (CMI), one of the top most ranked hospitals in the state, to set up an effluent treatment plant (ETP), the state Pollution Control Board has decided to seal the laundry plant and pathology lab of the hospital on Friday. According …
Gurgaon: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has issued a show-cause notice to MCG for discharging untreated water into a drain in Daultabad industrial area, despite an National Green Tribunal ban. Calling it gross violation of the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the …
For washing of metro trains & directed it to submit details of the permission granted to it The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken exception to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) use of groundwater for washing of metro trains and directed it to submit details of the permission granted to …
