Report filed by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board in the matter of News item titled 'Residents stage protest against pollution caused by Vijayawada Thermal Power Station" which appeared in the Hindu, November 4, 2024. The report was dated February 22, 2025. M/s Dr. Narla Tatarao Thermal Power Station is …
Taking into account a spectrum of issues and factors, the Expert Technical Committee, formed by the government to look into the matter of exploration and production of coal bed methane project of M/S Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited in the Mannargudi Coal Bed Methane (CBM) block over an extant of …
CHANGSHA - Seven people have died and another is missing after a gas leak at a coal mine in Central China's Hunan province on Saturday, local authorities said Monday. The accident happened at about 2:10 am at Qisi Coal Mine Co. Ltd. in Xinshao County, Shaoyang City while 11 people …
There was a scare at Santhol village in Mehsana following natural gas leakage from a well of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The panic-stricken people spent a sleepless night as they felt discomfort due to a burning sensation in their eyes and throat caused by the leakage from well …
Pressure is growing on regulators in California and Washington, D.C., to crack down on methane, a greenhouse gas that's 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide and is accelerating the warming of the planet. Methane, the main component of natural gas, escapes into the atmosphere through leaks in drilling operations …
YICHUAN - Thirty-three people have been poinsoned by ammonia gas leaked from a local chemical plant in this capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, local authorities said on Monday. The accident occured on Saturday afternoon in the Jiemeifengyou Chemical Plant in Ningdong Energy and Chemical production base in …
Company aims to lower man power cost by mid-2015 to up margin To prevent recurrence of accidents like the recent one at Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)’s plant in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, the country’s largest steel company is planning to appoint a safety audit firm. “We are in talks with …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Two years after a major blast left 19 dead at state-run Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd's Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, two engineers were killed in the container laboratory of the same Steel Melting Shop-2 (SMS) of the plant here on Monday reportedly due to gas leakage. The deceased were identified as …
Gas leakage from blast furnace-GCP occurred at around 6.30 PM due to breakdown in a water pump. In the biggest industrial accident in recent years, at least six employees of Bhilai Steel Plant were killed and over 30 injured after a gas leak on Thursday night. The victims included two …
Twenty women staffers of a cold storage company here were taken ill after ammonia gas leak on Sunday night. After a few minutes of gas leak at Hirawati International at Turbhe, the women started feeling irritation in the eyes and complained of chest pain, vomiting and breathlessness.
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Wednesday restrained Chemfab Alkalis Ltd., Kalapet, Puducherry, from carrying on any construction activity for expanding its production capacity and directed the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee to ensure that the unit not be operated without consent and clearances. Passing an interim order on an …
Four workers of a leather factory died allegedly after inhaling toxic gas here today. The gas was formed in a safety tank in the factory due to admixture of chemicals used to dye leather. The liquid industrial waste used to be pumped out of the tank after treatment. The victims …
Terming court's decision to summon Dow Chemicals in the Bhopal gas tragedy case as an "important step", Amnesty International today demanded that the company must acknowledge its responsibility towards the survivors of the 1984 industrial disaster. A district court here yesterday directed the authorities concerned to send summons to the …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday allowed Sterlite Industries to resume normal operations at its Tuticorin copper smelter, which has been shut since March after an order of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. The clean chit was based on the report of an expert committee, set up by the green …
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order allowing Sterlite Industries to recommence operation of its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district under the supervision of an expert committee. "It would be appropriate to wait for the judgement (of NGT). Let the …
Fire raged through a poultry plant in northeastern China Monday, trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing at least 119 people, reports and officials said. Several dozen people were hurt in the blaze in Jilin province's Mishazi township, which appeared to have been sparked by three early morning explosions, …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday allowed Sterlite Industries to commence operations at its copper plant in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu within a week in the presence of a panel set up by the tribunal. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said the May 29 …
The National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, on Wednesday declined to grant any interim relief to Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd to reopen its copper smelter plant in Tuticorin. The unit was closed on March 29 following complaints of excessive emission of sulphur dioxide. However, the NGT, after perusing the Expert Committee’s …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday refused to grant any interim relief to UK-based Vedanta Group company, Sterlite Industries Ltd, to commence operation of its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district. A bench headed by (NGT) Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said even though the expert committee report …
Even while trade and industry have been demanding the reopening of the GAIL pipeline project, citing the energy needs of the region, farmers are united against its unilateral implementation in its present form. Bodies representing farmers in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts firmly believe that any …
INDORE: Panic gripped the industrial town of Nagda in Ujjain, nearly 120 km from here, when a toxic gas leaked from a German plant on Tuesday affecting 50 villagers in the vicinity. While most of those affected were discharged after primary treatment, three plant officials were arrested and later released …
