Action taken report in the form of affidavit on behalf of the District Magistrate and Collector, South 24 Parganas District dated February 22, 2025. The matter related to a newspaper report which appeared in the Hindu, January 15, 2024 titled "Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar mela". …
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has moved the Bombay High Court for permission to allow parking inside Shivaji Park on Ganpati immersion days, pleading its inability to make alternate arrangements. But Wecom Trust, on whose petition the HC on May 5, 2010, declared Shivaji Park a silence zone and …
New Delhi: In another proof that worsening air quality in Indian cities is affecting people’s health, a study has found that Indians have 30% lower lung function as compared to Europeans. Things could get worse if immediate steps are not taken to curb vehicular emission, doctors warned. The study was …
Study finds presence of unacceptable concentration of bacteria after festivities in Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple. A study by a team of experts in the Tamirabharani upstream before and after ‘Aadi amaavaasai’ festival held at Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple in the Kalakkad–Mundanthuri Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in the Western Ghats has revealed that uncontrolled …
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) announced on Tuesday that it will continue to regulate plaster of paris (PoP) idols like last year. NMC has decided to start checking PoP idols from September 1. However, with only 13 days to go for Ganeshotsav, the civic body is yet to ensure registration …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has forbidden immersion of painted and baked idols in water bodies during Vinayaka Chathurthi. According to TNPCB release, only idols made of raw clay, and devoid of chemicals shall be used for worship and for safe immersion in water bodies. Further idols shall not …
Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC) has banned the sale and use of plaster of Paris (PoP) idols during upcoming Ganesh festival. The civic body has cited the judgment of Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court on the ban of making PoP idols and use of chemical colours on idols, to announce …
The warning bells for the Ganesha festival has started ringing for the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). In a workshop to advocate eco-friendly Ganesha festival, the board urged action from state government to create awareness for eco-friendly idols and celebrations to be made. The festival kicks off on September …
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has taken initiatives to set up around 250 temporary green toilets in various places in the city during Durga Puja this year. The Bustee Unayan Department in KMC has come up with this unique idea of setting up temporary green toilets in the important areas …
JABALPUR: Providing an interim relief, a division bench of MP high court on Friday served notices on the chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh, chairperson of MP Pollution Control Board among others in response to a PIL, which challenged the practice of immersing idols of deities in river Narmada as part …
PANAJI: The state government, under sub-rule (3) of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, has permitted the use of loudspeakers or public address systems during the night between 10pm and 12am on certain days during the year 2013. The days are Carnival on February 12, Holi on March …
The present paper deals with monitoring of Noise Pollution at different places of Yavatmal City on the day of Ganesh immersion . During the present study the noise levels were measured with the help of sound level meter. The Noise Pollution is increasing considerably . By using sound level meter …
London Mayor Boris Johnson has called on the nation's capital to recycle this Christmas and save £3.5m in the process. Over the festive season it is estimated that London will generate an extra 29,000 tonnes of household rubbish, mainly from glass bottles, tin foil, Christmas trees and wrapping paper. This …
AN explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along with obesity, the world’s fastest growing cause of death according to a major study of global diseases. In 2010, more than 2.1m people in Asia died prematurely from air pollution, mostly …
The Bombay high court on Tuesday indicated that it was not in favor of citizens approaching it every time they wanted to host a cultural festival and wanted noise rules to be relaxed. "It would be odd that for every cultural festival people approach the court to seek relaxation of …
The dropping mercury and rising smog have prolonged the deleterious effects of the air pollution generated by Diwali firecrackers, impacting Mumbaikars' health. Figures from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board show that nitrogen oxide (NOx) and suspended particulate matter (SPM) levels shot up following Diwali and have continued to remain high. …
Imphal: The Thoubal unit of People for Animals (PFA) made the shocking disclosure that a food outlet at the ongoing Manipur Sangai Festival has on offer an array of dishes made from the meat of rare wild animals like boar (wild pig) and porcupine. Members of PFA, Thoubal, who carried …
Tough Time For Those With Respiratory Disorders Jaipur: Call it post-Diwali blues as number of people with respiratory problems queuing outside city hospitals saw a sharp rise over the last two days. The level of air pollution increased significantly during Diwali compared to previous year. At certain places, it was …
Mumbaikars can breathe and hear easy. Air and noise pollution in the city this Diwali was significantly low. Data gathered by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) show noise levels across 45 stations in Mumbai, 10 in Navi Mumbai and five in Thane were the lowest in five years since 2008, …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s (MPCB) data on noise pollution across 45 areas in Mumbai shows that there wasn’t a noteworthy drop in noise levels this year. The data, which is a preliminary version of a detailed report on air and noise pollution during Diwali released by the MPCB every …
The pollution level around the Golden Temple declined marginally this Divali as compared to last year. But, the shrine and its vicinity still remained the most polluted and noisy part of the holy city. Making public the data about pollution and noise-level tests conducted on Divali and Bandi Chhod Diwas …
