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. …
This massive industrial park is expected to create jobs for 1.5 million people once fully developed The Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) is holding a public hearing next month on the environmental impact of the Hyderabad Pharma City project, which is proposed to be established on 20,000 acres of …
Unit in Taloja MIDC faces action for releasing untreated chemicals into river, residual due into air Days after a picture of a blue dog spotted in Taloja MIDC went viral on social media, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has taken action against the firm that released the dye into …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.C. Mehta Versus Union of India & Others dated 13/07/2017 regarding Ganga river pollution. NGT notes that GAP I and GAP II has failed to yield the required results and on the contrary there has been tremendous increase in the …
Plan for restoration of polluted river stretches can be executed through two fold concepts. One concept may target for enhancement of river flow through interventions on the water sheds/catchment areas for conservation and recharge of rain water for subsequent releases during lean flow period in a year. This concept will …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rashid Ali Warsi Vs. UPSIDC Ltd. & Others dated 12/06/2017 regarding industrial pollution caused by lack of functional CETP, Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. NGT in its Order Dated 29/05/2017 had directed UPSIDC (Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation) to make …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. A. Kishan Rao & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 12/06/2017 regarding pollution caused by pharmaceutical industries in Telangana. The Applicant (Dr. A. Kishan Rao) is seeking clarification of the order passed by the Court by which …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rashid Ali Warsi Vs. UPSIDC Ltd. & Ors. dated 29/05/2017 regarding industrial pollution caused by lack of functional CETP, Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. NGT notes that the CETP which is the responsibility of UPSIDC is still non-functioning. NGT grants UPSIDC …
BENGALURU: Reviving Bellandur Lake seems to be a distant dream with many problems dogging the process to clean up the 931-acre water body. Various government agencies involved in the process say they are facing a fund crunch and sprucing up the lake can never progress at the expected pace. "As …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arvind Press Caps Limited Vs. Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board dated 22/05/2017 regarding pollution caused by industries in RIICO Industries Area, Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. NGT makes it clear that besides the recommendations made by the joint inspection team, each of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 19/05/2017 regarding pollution of river Yamuna generated in the area of Delhi. Tribunal is informed that within a period of one month the civil construction and mechanical work of STPs, sewage …
Indore: The regional pollution control board (PCB) plans to go on an overdrive to catch industries violating effluent discharge norms, so it can meet the deadline of May 15, set by the central PCB, to submit a report on violations in the region. A recent Supreme Court order made it …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sumitra Devi Vs. CPCB & Ors. And Dr. Laxman Raghav Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 03/05/2017 regarding pollution at the industrial complex at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, 03/05/2017. NGT constitutes a Committee for conducting inspection of the 10 industries, the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/05/2017 regarding industries operating in the critically polluted area situated at Additional Ambernath, Dombivli Phase-I and Phase – II wherein the Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) are found to …
KOCHI: The Kerala state pollution control board (PCB) has issued directives to all industrial units which require `consent to operate' to make their primary effluent treatment plants fully operational from May 22 this year. This follows the directives of the Supreme Court which said that the boards have to carry …
The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) today issued a deadline to all industries, asking them to have functional effluent treatment plants by May 22 or face punitive action ranging from fines to closure notices. The move comes in the wake of the February 22 Supreme Court order asking states …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 17/04/2017 regarding prevention and control of pollution and rejuvenation of river Ganga particularly in Segment `B’ of Phase-I. Counsel appearing for Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board submits that there should be …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 11/04/2017 regarding cleaning and rejuvenating river Ganga. In futherance to NGT Order of 30th March, 2017 senior officers from the Ministries, State of Uttar Pradesh and other stakeholders including Central Pollution …
HYDERABAD: Is the government doing enough to protect water bodies from metal contamination or even to detect said pollution? A study conducted by researchers from two Japanese and another two Indian institutions as part of which water samples were collected from 48 sites of Ennore, Adyar, Cooum, Periyar, and Vrishabhavathi …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Laxman Raghav Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 31/03/2017 regarding pollution at the industrial complex at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. NGT directs a joint inspection team consisting of representative of the Central Pollution Control Board, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, …
In case of existing industrial units, the PCB is communicating to them to obtain ‘consent to operate’ from it and such status will be given only when the industry sets up a fully operational ETP. Rajahmundry: In order to protect the water bodies from getting polluted all the industries, municipal …
