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. …
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday proposed Tk 797 crore allocation for fiscal year 2013-14 to save the country’s environment and forests. In the proposed budget for 2013-14, for development of the sector he allocated Tk 334 crore which was Tk 325 crore in the outgoing fiscal year. However, in …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has asked those running the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Karaipudur here to utilise all the equipment installed for achieving zero liquid discharge (ZLD) norms at appropriate cycles or face closure. Board District Environmental Engineer R. Kannan told The Hindu that instructions were …
AURANGABAD: The ambitious Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) facility at Waluj set up by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and Waluj Industries Association in 2011 to treat industrial waste is not being utilized to its capacity, experts have said. Blaming the apathetic attitude of the industries and the MIDC authorities, …
After her path-breaking discovery of 14 new species of Chironomus or midge fly in 2009, local scholar Dr Pragya Khanna’s has come up with alarming research findings suggesting “poisoning” of Jammu region’s groundwater with heavy metals (effluents) discharged by industrial estates. This may have a cascading effect on the health …
About 500 owners and workers of small manual dyeing units in and around Komarapalayam in Tiruchengode taluk went on a token fast on Saturday alleging that Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials showed partiality in evicting illegal dyeing units. “They are victimising smaller units, while bigger ones continue to …
TNPCB issues consent to establish two such sludge disposal facilities at Tirupur and Karur. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued consent to establish two facilities for disposal of sludge generated from textile dyeing effluents. The Federation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), Tiruppur and Federation of CETPS and …
Nearly 200 million litres of domestic and industrial waste is discharged by Haryana into the Yamuna every day, a significant portion of which finds its way — semi-treated or untreated — into the water you drink. In reply to RTI queries filed by NGO Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, Panipat revealed that …
Delhi’s common effluent treatment plants, located in industrial areas to treat industrial waste, suffer from a unique problem. The treatment capacity is much more than the actual generation of effluent but despite that, not all the effluent is being treated. Recently, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, which monitors the operations of …
According to a World Bank Sponsored Study (State of Environment Report- U.P.) pollution levels in the Ganga are contributing 9-12% of total disease burden in Uttar Pradesh. The coliform bacteria levels are in excess of 2 lakh MPN as against the national water quality standard of 5000. The report estimated …
National Green Tribunal Hauls Up Industries For Not Having Proper Pollution Control Systems Noida: A six-member expert committee constituted by National Green Tribunal to determine ‘sources’ and ‘extent’ of pollution in Noida has taken cognizance of diesel generators operating in large numbers, due to lack of adequate power, for causing …
The Bangalore-headquartered Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited has stated that it does not let out water from its plant premises on the Bangalore City outskirts and wondered how the company was being made a party to “the pollution of the Byramangala Lake and the rivers flowing into it.” The company …
Directorate of Environment (DOE ) on Monday imposed fine of Tk. 24 lakh on two dyeing factories in Narsingdhi for lapses in effluent treatment plants (ETP) of the factories. The factories which were fined are Star Dyeing and Finishing Mills Limited and Hamid Fabrics Limited, said an official of DOE. …
The challenge will only become stiffer as projected sewage generation by 2021 is likely to be about 4,500 mld. This means sewage treatment capacity will have to be augmented by 2,000 mld in less than 10 years, says the central pollution control board. “I agree that our STPs are not …
Space constraints and the absence of modern infrastructure have prompted 35 textile manufacturing and processing units in Madurai to shift base to Kariapatti in neighbouring Virudhunagar district. The units manufacture yarn and process them into fabrics before exporting them to various places. The units in Madurai generate an annual revenue …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and other authorities, including the District Collector, Namakkal, asking them to explain the steps taken against illegal dyeing units running near Rasipuram in that district without effluent treatment plants and which were …
Industrial units in Punjab continue to discharge untreated effluents in open drains and water channels even though the state government has been campaigning for a greener Punjab. The lackadaisical approach of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in taking stern action against the industrial units flouting the norms is one …
Shubhangi Khapre:SEZs were the mainstay of the last industrial policy. Where did the government fail? BG:The SEZ subject is based on the premise of creating an entirely new entity meant to promote exports, brought to make industry more competitive. It was perceived as “anti-farmer”. Maharashtra had started 144 SEZs. In …
Things changing for good on the pollution front; 16 CETPs, covering 420 dyeing units, have obtained TNPCB permission It is now two years since the Madras High Court delivered a landmark judgment ordering the closure of dyeing and bleaching units in the Tirupur knitwear cluster for polluting the river Noyyal …
Vadodara: The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued a closure notice to a chemical manufacturing firm based in Nandesari on the outskirts of the city for discharging effluent in Mini river last month. The environment watchdog of the state issued a closure notice to Unit-II and Unit-III of Panoli …
The Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of Director, NIH, Roorkee, to find the facts about the present state of Unnao’s water bodies / ground water, how much of Unnao’s ground water is affected so far and which particular tanning units are responsible …
