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. …
The Tamil Nadu pollution control board (TNPCB) officials demolished a dyeing unit in Chellandipalayam locality in Karur district on Tuesday morning as it was found to be running without a treatment facility. The manual yarn dyeing unit reportedly didn't have a zero discharge plant and was letting out effluents into …
Though several projects have been started to clean the Budha Nullah, the polluted drain continues to be a health hazard. Flowing 44 km through Ludhiana, the water body belies the claims of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) that the toxicity of the ‘nullah’ (stream) has decreased. The problem assumes …
Notwithstanding claims of the Punjab Government and the state Pollution Control Board (PPCB) that emphasis is being laid on ensuring clean and green environment in the state, the practice of discharging domestic waste and untreated industrial effluents into drains, rivulets and water channels continues unabated in Jalandhar and Kapurthala. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shervani Hospitalities Ltd. Vs Delhi Pollution Control Committee & Others dated 14/10/2013 on whether the hotel's ETP is functional or not and about the discharge of the effluent from the premises. NGT states in the order that if the ETP …
The National Green Tribunal has told three Noida-based industries that they would have to pay a daily fine of Rs 5,000 each if their pollution control devices are not in working order soon following inspections in the near future. The industries were among those which had been allowed to operate …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to Quality Exports at the Cuncolim industrial estate for operating a unit "in a manner causing environmental pollution". GSPCB wants reasons why directions for closure or suspension of the operation of the unit should not be issued. …
A two-day intensive training for the officials of the Department of Environment (DoE) ended here on Wednesday that was arranged to finalise standards and guidelines, which will become part of the environmental regulations for industrial sludge, reports UNB. Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the Industry (PSES), a joint …
The High Court yesterday sought a report on how many effluent treatment plants (ETP) have been established by industrial organisations in greater Dhaka, Gazipur, Savar and Tangail since 1996. The director general of Department of Environment has to submit the report to the HC in two months, the court said. …
Many lapses on the part of the industry have come to the fore during inspections by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in the last few days. The PPCB inspected 33 electroplating industries of Ludhiana and Jalandhar which send their effluents to Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP). It was found …
If you were planning a weekend lunch or dinner at your favourite restaurant in Hauz Khas village, you may have to consider other options. National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered all restaurants running without environmental permission to be closed till the next hearing on Tuesday. Most of them don't have …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a garment factory in Gazipur Tk 26 lakh for polluting the environment. DoE Director M Alamgir (monitoring and enforcement) fined Ayman Textile and Hosiery Ltd in Chandra area of Kaliakoir upazila for discharging untreated waste into the Turag river. The factory authorities were …
The State government has revised the rates for the collection of biomedical waste from government and private hospitals from Rs. 26 to Rs. 39 per kg. The increase has come after five years. This means that all hospitals will have to pay more for the disposal of their hazardous waste. …
Taking into account concerns of environmentalists, the proposed massive 1320 megawatt coal power plant in Rampal close to the Sundarbans will use surface water from the Passur river so that the project does not affect underground water table. The water after use will be recycled through a closed cycle cooling …
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) has launched a campaign against dumping sugar mill waste in irrigation canals, lakes and natural waterways, a major cause of contamination. Currently, 17 sugar mills in Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan and Mirpurkhas districts are releasing their effluent into the Nareri Lake, damaging not just its ecosystem, …
Officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board have raided 27 dyeing industries of Ludhiana in the past 3 days to check if these were complying with the pollution norms. Even though the 236 small scale industrial units had been given ample time to comply with the norms and run their …
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute here has developed a technology to destroy a variety of pollutants and aid in 'clean up' of polluted water. NEERI, in association with Nandesari Industries Association (NIA, Gujarat), has developed an 'Electro Oxidation Technology', which was recently implemented by NIA for the treatment of …
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Tuesday fined a washing and dying factory in Narayanganj Tk 11 lakh for polluting the water of the Dhaleshwari River, reports UNB. After a hearing at DoE headquarters, Asian Fabrics Mills Ltd at BSCIC Industrial Park in Narayanganj was fined for the violation of …
Irrigation Department Chief Engineer Ch Khawar Nazeer said water life is facing severe threats due to water effluent being discharged by the industries without proper treatment. He said industrial units were discharging chemical-mixed poisonous water that was directly thrown in the canals by violating rules and regulations. He said the …
Being a textile belt, Tirupur (Tamil Nadu) faced the crisis of severe pollution of water bodies due to discharged coloured effluent from the bleaching and dyeing units. More than 600 bleaching and dyeing units remained closed for almost two years for want of reliable solution. Though various technologies were implemented, …
Bench orders survey of industrial units, effluent treatment practices, other steps In a case filed by a city-based lawyer before the newly opened bench of National Green Tribunal in Pune pertaining to continuing pollution in the Chandrabhaga river in Pandharpur, the bench has issued several instructions to all respondents. The …
