Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Bangalore shows the way. Home to 1,700 IT companies, Bangalore is fast becoming a dumping ground for electronic wastes generated by these firms. Please see the attachment for the full news...
A STAFF REPORTER Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality has lodged a police complaint against a mobile service provider for erecting a signal tower off VIP Road without its permission. The municipality said the unauthorised cellphone tower was exposing residents of the locality to harmful
Green Brigade Up In Arms TNN & AGENCIES London/New Delhi: Garbage is literally flying and hitting the roof thousands of kilometres away. A TV report about household waste collected weekly across Britain for recycling being shipped and dumped in India has the green brigade up in arms. As part of …
As the city gears up for the festive season, the high court has fixed responsibility for tackling the pollution caused by the immersion of Durga, Lakshmi and Kali idols in the Hooghly. On Friday, Calcutta High Court directed the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC), Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) and Calcutta police …
Palak Shah / Mumbai September 3, 2008, 0:40 IST Over 100 chemical storage tanks built at the Pirpav jetty near Chembur have been operating without approvals from the ministry of environment and forests for over 18 years. Each of these tanks has an average capacity of 200,000 kilolitres of oil. …
East St. Louis: Two persons have died after exposure to a dangerous chemical at a storage and mixing plant, a city official said today. At least eight people were sickened by exposure to the chemical yesterday, and emergency rooms were quarantined at two St. Louis hospitals where those people sought …
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are about 75% more energy efficient than incandescent light bulbs and last 10 times longer, and thus have quickly become a modern-day environmental icon. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that about 290 million CFLs were sold in 2007. But CFLs do have one dim …
by Geoffrey Lean Thousands of containers of lethal nuclear waste are likely to fail before being safely sealed away underground, a devastating official report concludes. The unpublicised report is by the Environment Agency, which has to approve any proposals for getting rid of the waste that remains deadly for tens …
By Satish Shile, DH News Service, Bangalore: After much protest from the public, landfill site for hazardous wastes developed by the State government in Dobbespet has started its operation. Hyderabad based Ramky Environmental Management Pvt Ltd, the service provider at the site, has been collecting hazardous waste from industries, since …
Speakers at a day-long workshop on Thursday underscored the need for proper and hygienic management of medical waste to free the environment from pollution. They suggested for providing adequate training on waste management to all associated with the clinical and diagnostic activities to protect the environment from degradation. They underscored …
Jamshedpur: Work for the Adityapur Auto Cluster has gained momentum after the Centre announced 75 per cent subsidy for the Rs 65-crore project. Pushpak Management Services has been appointed as the consultant. Officials said a team of industrialists would soon leave for Pune and Nagpur to study auto clusters. The …
Clinical waste management in Barisal is going on without any scientific management, proper license and training and often piled on city roadsides posing risks of environmental and health hazards. More than 800 Kg. clinical wastages per day created from two public hospitals and more than 50 private hospital, clinics, laboratories, …
By Shruti Badyal New Delhi:Delhi is a place where e-waste is accumulated and recycled in illegal colonies," says Nutan Manmohan, award-winning filmmaker, whose film A Second Hand Life was recently screened in the capital. While Delhi is promptly becoming the world capital in recycled products, the perturbing fact is that …
Dumping of clinical wastes in Barisal city without proper management has posed environmental and health hazards. Two public hospitals and more than 50 private hospitals, clinics, laboratories, healthcare and diagnostic centres dump about 800 kilograms of clinical waste every day, sources in BCC and directorate of environment said. The clinical …
