Indore cannot measure its pollution level accurately
INDORE, April 17: Are the Indoreans getting to know the exact pollution level of their city?
INDORE, April 17: Are the Indoreans getting to know the exact pollution level of their city?
NEW DELHI, April 17: The environment ministry will not accept any proposal for new and expansion projects in four major coal fields - Korba, Asansol, Chandrapur and Dhanbad - as no measures have been taken to reduce environmental pollution. Read More
Ahmedabad, April 16: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has initiated a pilot carbon trading scheme in Gujarat and two other states in the hope that these states may begin to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Read More
KOLKATA, April 16: The state pollution control board (PCB) has blown the lid off the handling of biomedical waste (BMW) at the state-run hospitals. Video footage and still photographs taken by PCB showed a shoddy job in handling biomedical waste at different hospitals. The hospitals used to claim everything was near-perfect, while the real picture was a stark contrast. Read More
GURGAON, April 15: The district administration and the pollution control board demolished nine farmhouses at Ansal's Aravali Retreat on Saturday after a recent visit by a Supreme Court-empowered committee exposed violations in these protected forests. Read More
Delhi, April 14: The petition which led to the green tribunal banning setting up of new industries also highlights that poor waste disposal is major cause for rising pollution levels. Read More
GURGAON, April 13: The Behrampur sewage treatment plant is underperforming because of poor maintenance and if things don't improve soon, it can damage the entire plant, according to a HUDA inspection report. HUDA had engaged a private firm for maintenance of the plant but the inspection has revealed that the plant is being managed in very poor manner, jeopardizing entire system. Read More
NASHIK, April 12: The Bombay high court had ordered that the scrap market on Ambad-Satpur Link Road be demolished by March 31, but the state government sent a letter to the civic administration during the last week of March, granting an extension of the deadline by two months. Read More
SHIMLA, April 12: The queen of hills and capital of Himachal Pradesh grappling with the problem of untreated sewerage leading to water contamination as open sewer lines are resulting into environment pollution. The state government had spent Rs 91.05 crore to provide pollution-free environment and to check the contamination of water sources at disposal points, but the objective has remained unachieved, according to the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
MUMBAI, April 11: The Bombay high court on Tuesday barred all activity likely to disturb the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg wildlife corridor till the central and state governments take a final decision on the report of Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), headed by Madhav Gadgil. Read More
MUMBAI, April 10: The civic body has proposed an environment protection agency, in a move that could change the way environment in the city is protected. The proposal, prepared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) environment department, will be sent to theMaharashtra Pollution Control Board, under whose aegis it functions.
New Delhi, April 10: The Environment Ministry has got an approval from the Supreme Court to direct the Madhya Pradesh government to allow a test incineration of the toxic waste of Union Carbide factory that led to the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984.
BANGALORE, April 9: Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) should frame policies and take stringent action against those violating the environmental rules, Energy and Civil Supplies Minister Shobha Karandlaje said here on Saturday. Read More
NOIDA, April 8: To monitor water quality in the city, Regional Pollution Control Board (RPCB) of Gautam Budh Nagar has imported two hi-tech machines from Germany that will detect the presence of pollutants in industrial effluents and identify harmful bacteria transferred to water from other sources. Automatic testing through these machines would yield more accurate results as compared to manual testing.
GURGAON, April 8: In a recent report on pollution, HUDA stated that the combined capacity of sewage treatment plants (STPs) of civic authorities is insufficient to treat the total sewage generated in the city. Read More
AHMEDABAD, April 7: The new building of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) at Gandhinagarwhich is completely solar-powered was inaugurated on Friday.