Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs Union of India & Others regarding supply of natural gas to Kolkata, West Bengal dated 01/09/2017. The Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, has informed the Tribunal that the Ministry will also explore the possibility of meeting the demand of GAIL India Ltd. and the Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation Ltd. for CBM (Coal Bed Methane) considering the public interest involved in the matter.

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board is providing over 700 sound monitors to the police in Kolkata as well as other districts to help them curb noise pollution, an official said on Wednesday.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Shyamal Kumar Mondal Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 21/08/2017 regarding pollution caused to water bodies by industries in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. NGT Eastern Bench directs the State Pollution Control Board to proceed against M/s Solux Galfab (P) Ltd. as the unit has been defying the process of law with impunity and institute coercive proceedings.

KOLKATA: An unholy nexus of shop owners, Puja organisers, cable operators, outdoor advertising agencies has wreaked havoc with the greenery in south Kolkata.

“The Centre will fund only those solar parks with a minimum capacity of 500 MW. But such a huge project requires a big stretch of land ... at least 2,000 acres.

KOLKATA: Come October and a post-graduate course in solar energy will be launched here, as Amity University and the NB Institute for Rural Development (NBIRT) signed an MoU on Wednesday.

At least a dozen pollutant industries in Bengal have been ignoring closure orders from the Central Pollution Control Board, The Telegraph has found while following up on the apex agency's reprimand

KOLKATA: The city that had been the first to combat sound pollution two decades ago, has emerged as the country's noise capital with silence zones falling prey to the deafening cacophony of honking

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs Ministry of Railways & Others dated 10/08/2017 regarding waste management of the Howrah Railway Station. WBPCB had submitted its report of inspection of the Howrah Railway Station. The report contained several inadequacies in the management of the railway station and recommendations were made by the Board for the railway to take steps for setting those right.

A country-wide elephant census has pegged the number of pachyderms in the country at 27,000, of which 514 roam the forests of north Bengal.

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