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 …
Environment activists and groundwater protectionists from Arulpuram area submitted a representation to Collector G. Govindaraj on Monday asking the administration to close down those individual dyeing units and Common Effluent Treatment Plants in Tirupur cluster which are found violating the pollution control norms. In the petition, the activists had highlighted …
Violating the laid norms, the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society has been operating a common effluent treatment plant at the Leather Complex here without having requisite permission from the pollution authorities. Inquiries made by The Tribune found out that the sanction by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to operate the …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken to legal recourse against tanneries operating from the Leather Complex here. Sources said the PPCB had filed a criminal case against the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society (PETS), its directors, secretary and two others in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The …
NAGPUR: Even as Wathoda farmers are exploring legal action against illegal dumping of spent acid by galvanizing industries in the perennial Chornala near Butibori, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Wednesday issued show-cause notices to 21 galvanizing units in Butibori and Hingna MIDC areas. MPCB regional officer NH Shivangi …
Concerned over effluents discharged into the Ganga and the Yamuna, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to conduct a joint inspection of "seriously polluting industries" on the bank of both the rivers. A bench, headed …
RAJSHAHI : Existing water bodies especially the Baranai River flowing through the northern part of the city is being heavily polluted and contaminated with disposal of wastes and toxic chemicals, scientists and researchers here said, reports BSS. The crop fields surrounding the river are also being contaminated with wastes and …
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, Pune, has ordered the respondents in the fly-ash case to comply with its orders within three weeks or else face consequences. The tribunal passed the order while hearing the contempt petition of the applicant on August 1. On March 21, the NGT …
Aurangabad: The National Green Tribunal on Saturday directed a company in Parbhani to pay Rs 5 lakh as environment restitution costs to the district collector for causing pollution and supporting activities against the environment at the Mazalgaon Right Canal, Mannath Lake and the areas nearby. The collector will spend the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Others dated 04/08/2014 regarding pollution caused by industries to river Ganga. The Tribunal has ordered that Phuldera drain be cleaned and work starts forthwith. …
With the pollution level in some of the major rivers and ponds on the rise, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) Chairman Aditya Prasad Padhi has asked the authorities to prepare an action plan and initiate action in a time-bound manner against the erring Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and non-complying …
AURANGABAD: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) issued closure notice to two major industries operating in Waluj industrial area on Monday. The industries were found to be repeatedly violating pollution norms. The notices were issued to Endurance Technologies Pvt Ltd and Midas Care Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd for releasing effluents outside …
MARGAO: Locals from Nuvem have warned of carrying out an agitation and a hunger strike if the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) fails to provide them a copy of its inspection report on the use of industrial waste for the construction of the Nuvem bypass road. "The GSPCB inspected …
Tribal school has been exposed to chimney smoke, fly ash, factory waste Sandwiched between a rice mill and a stretch of National Highway-34, a tribal school in Murshidabad district has been perpetually exposed to chimney smoke, fly ash, stench of factory waste and filthy surroundings. Neherunagar Adibasi High School at …
DCM Engineeering Products, a company manufacturing automotive engineering parts, has allegedly made the lives of people residing in three villages situated in the vicinity of its plant miserable by dumping industrial waste recklessly. Heaps of burnt sand lying in streets of these villages have been playing havoc with the health …
'The government should take steps so that toxic tannery solid waste cannot come out from the tanneries and dishonest feed producers cannot buy it' Feed Industries Association Bangladesh (FIAB) has urged the government to ban selling tannery wastage to ensure quality of poultry feeds. “The government should take steps so …
Directions have been issued to about 48 industrial units polluting River Ganga to close down, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. The Ministry of Environment & Forests has identified 764 grossly polluting industries discharging 501 million litres per day of waste water into Ganga and its major tributaries, Minister …
With the Centre allocating Rs 2,037 crore for cleaning the Ganga, residents want the state government to allocate funds for cleaning various rivers in the state, especially the Sutlej. “The Sutlej is being polluted by sewage and industrial effluents flowing into it. However, no concrete step has been taken to …
Union Minister Prakash Javdekar Says NBWL Will Also Be Notified Soon The National Board For Wildlife will be reconstituted and notified in a few days and approvals for industrial projects in Gujarat pending with the Union ministry of environment and forests will be dealt with in two weeks on a …
Armed With Health Dept Report, Ganganagar Locals Start Campaign Against Illegal Factories Kolkata: A TOI report on the health hazards faced by the people of Ganganagar Katakhal area owing to mushrooming chemical units had prompted the state health department to conduct a survey. The study, which found an alarming rise …
PARADIP: IOCL has refuted the allegation of polluting water bodies near its refinery project that was levelled by local fishermen. In June, large scale death of marine species including fish and crabs in Santra Creek here had spread panic among local fishermen. They alleged that discharge of chemical effluents from …
