Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in an interim order, has directed several measures to be taken for protection of the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW).

KOLKATA: The civic body is now weighing options of setting up eco-friendly batch-mix plants, replacing its age-old hot-mix plants to supply road-repair material across the city.

Climate change and rising sea levels eventually may wipe out one of the world’s last and largest tiger strongholds, scientists warned in a new study.

Kolkata: Ahead of the elections in Kolkata, city environmentalists have urged voters to demand that candidates pledge to solve citizens’ burning problems.

The city’s rising pollution levels are a cause of concern and now the Army headquarters in Kolkata have taken the initiative to combat the environmental challenges.

KOLKATA: There has been an alarming rise in asthma and chronic bronchial complications in newborns in Kolkata with no history of these issues in their parents.

KOLKATA: In the last five years, 43 MPs from West Bengal, cutting across political parties, have asked barely 197 environment-related questions in the parliament.

KOLKATA: In an effort to minimise dust pollution in New Town, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has given a list of dust-absorbing plants and trees to the forest department to plant

KOLKATA: Solar power expert and scientist S P Gon Chaudhuri has written to the chief election commissioner of India so that environment friendly election campaigning measures could be taken up, lik

Kolkata: After making sound-limiter mandatory for entire West Bengal, north eastern states and Andaman and Nicobar islands, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday sought reports of compliance fro

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