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. …
Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989 were subsequently superseded by Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, vide notification dated 24/09/2008. The State Board is regularly conducting survey, inspections of hazardous waste generating units in light of the amended rules and presently identified 763 units up to …
The Lok Adalat, on Thursday, maintained that it was not for closure of hospitals, if the Government files a modified report regarding the setting up of Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP). During the hearing on Thursday, Justice K L Manjunath said that the Adalat was not interested in closure of the …
THE verdict that the High Court delivered on Tuesday in respect of a public interest litigation writ petition filed by the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers
Small and medium enterprises based at Adityapur Industrial Area (AIA) will contribute more than Rs 3 crore to develop the Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL). Senior AACL officials said that the entrepreneurs would provide Rs 20,000 for each acre that is being used by them to develop the proposed project. …
Greater Dhaka has been a major engine of growth and prosperity in Bangladesh, representing more than 40% of Bangladesh's national GDP. This rapidly growing city of 12 million inhabitants has also emerged as a major hub for over 7000 small and medium scale industries. Yet, Dhaka's sustainability is increasingly under …
The UK government has pledged to commit around $150 million to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund to be formed by Bangladesh to cope with the climate change. Speaking in parliament, State Minister for Environment and Forest Mostafizur Rahman said formation of the fund is now at the final stage with donor …
Manish Sirhindi Large amounts of industrial pollutants being drained into the Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) here have become a source of misery not only for local residents but also for those living downstream of the canal. The local industries that stand tall as a symbol of unprecedented prosperity that they …
Jyotika Sood The much-awaited National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) report, on which industrialists, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and the state government have been banking upon, clearly states that no direct discharge, be it domestic sewage or industrial effluents, should be allowed in Buddha Nullah. The industrialists had …
Industrial town spent Rs 2 crore on flow meters that no one monitors THE industrial units of Pali town in Rajasthan were made to install meters to measure the amount of effluents they discharge. But no one is monitoring them. The Rajasthan high court ordered installation of flow meters in …
Chhattisgarh Governor ESL Narashimhan has expressed concern over the rise in pollution level, which has become a life hazard for people, specially in Raipur. During a meeting, the Governor stressed that economic and industrial development should not be at the risk of people
NEW DELHI: As against the need to install 15 common effluent treatment plants in Delhi, only 10 have been set up so far for the 51 industrial areas of the Capital at a cost of Rs.256 crore. This information has been provided by the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development …
Indiscriminate discharge of liquid waste by the industries in and around Konabari industrial zone has ruined a large part of the Turag river and Baimail Jheel, causing immense suffering to residents living on the banks. Industrial liquid waste and black smog created by brick kilns have doubled the sufferings and …
Ludhiana One and a half years ago, he was ridiculed for proposing the revival of the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in Focal Point. Joginder Kumar, the owner of an electroplating unit in the area, approached the members of electroplating units to revitalise the plant which was lying non-functional for …
Industries got a whacking yesterday as experts and environmentalists maintained that rivers around Dhaka are getting polluted wholesale by industrial waste. Even industries with effluent treatment plants do not run those facilities. The capital's sewage is also mostly untreated and dumped into the rivers as the Dhaka Water Supply and …
PALATHOZHUVU and Kolathupalayam lakes no more help farmers water their lands. For they have become storage tanks for effluents, discreetly let out by the textile units of SIPCOT industrial estate in Perundurai.
Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to establish proper mechanism for treating industrial effluents as only one percent of wastewater is treated, daily, before being discharged directly into rivers and sea. Industrial effluents containing high level of pollutants are discharged everyday into sea and river causing incident of skin disease, …
The Government will provide financial support to the smaller industries to set up Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP), said State Minister for Environment & Forest Advocate Mostafizur Rahman. He was addressing a discussion organised by Bangladesh chamber of Industries (BCI) on May 02. "We are thinking to introduce polythene shopping bag …
The state minister for environment and forests has assured smaller industries of government's financial support to set up effluent treatment plants (ETP).
Manish Tewari, who released his vision document today, has termed Budha Nullah as the biggest challenge. The open drain passing through the heart of the city needs to be immediately cleaned, he added and promised to take up the issue with the Central government. While committing himself to the cause, …
