Environment

SC monitoring panel visits Taj crematorium, comes back 'unhappy'

AGRA: A Supreme Court-appointed panel visited the crematorium next to the Taj Mahal on Wednesday and was "unhappy" at the measures adopted by the UP government to save the world heritage site from

Publication Date: 
10/12/2015
Ishita Mishra
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Crematoriums, Taj Mahal, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Central Empowered Committee (CEC), Environmentalists, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Supreme Court, Environment
Environment

SC moves to relocate crematorium near Taj

Agra: A bench of Justices TS Thakur and C Nagappan on Monday offered three weeks' time to the Central Environment Committee (CEC) to suggest an alternate space for the crematorium near the Taj Maha

Publication Date: 
17/11/2015
Ishita Mishra
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Crematoriums, Taj Mahal, Central Empowered Committee (CEC), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Environmentalists, Environment
Forests

Green activists decry burning of live trees for Holika

With Holi just round the corner, green activists are seeing red as rules to burn only dead trees are set to be flouted by many in the festival.

Publication Date: 
02/03/2015
Ishita Mishra
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Holi, Agra (D), Deforestation, Trees, Festival, Global Warming, Environmentalists, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Forests
Water Pollution

To save Yamuna, dry fruit Durga idol created

AGRA: With a view to protecting the Yamuna river from pollution caused by immersing idols in its water, members of the Bab