Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution due to fly ash dump, Village Kanti Nagar, District Muzaffarpur, Bihar, 16/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satyanarayan Sahni Vs State of Bihar dated 16/04/2019 regarding pollution being caused by fly ash dump set up by thermal power plant at Village Kanti Nagar, District Muzaffarpur, Bihar causing damage to the public health, animal health and ecology in the area.

Judgement Date: 
16/04/2019
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Fly Ash, Air Pollution, Muzaffarpur (D), Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Protection of environment not a poll issue for parties

PATNA: Political parties have set their agendas and are busy with electioneering with not even a week left for the first phase of Lok Sabha election on April 11.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2019
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Environmental Security, Political Parties, Ecology, NGO, Environment
Environment

Do not burn plastic in bonfire on eve of Holi

PATNA: Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has appealed to the residents to avoid burning polythene bags, plastic sacks and other non-combustible items during Holika Dahan, which is a tradi

Publication Date: 
20/03/2019
Saloni Vats
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Plastics, Holi, Festival, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Pollution, Environmental Security, Environment
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction on the Mahanoy river, Munger, Bihar, 11/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahanoy River Safety Society Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 11/03/2019 regarding construction on the Mahanoy river, Munger, Bihar. NGT had given the State of Bihar 10 days for submitting Government Notification prescribing the criteria for maintenance of distance for construction from the river bank.

Judgement Date: 
11/03/2019
Tags:
Rivers, Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Munger (D)
Environment

Patna: Plastic bags back in market despite ban

PATNA: It’s not even three months since the state government’s ban in urban areas, plastic polythene bags are back in use in the city markets by street vendors and the general storekeepers.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2019
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Municipal Corporation, Patna (T), Environment
Climate Change

Child poverty, disasters and climate change: investigating relationships and implications over the life course of children

This study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters, including those influenced by climate change, and child and adolescent poverty in India and Kenya. It explores these connections through a lifecycle approach focusing on the incidence of child poverty and longer-term poverty dynamics and wellbeing.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2019
Vidya Diwakar, Emma Lovell, Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Andrew Shepherd, John Twigg
Overseas Development Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Children, Poverty, Bihar, India, Kenya
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction on the Mahanoy river, Munger, Bihar, 25/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahanoy River Safety Society Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 25/02/2019 regarding construction on the Mahanoy river, Munger, Bihar. The State of Bihar had been directed to submit a report on Government Notification prescribing the criteria for maintenance of distance

Judgement Date: 
25/02/2019
Tags:
Rivers, Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a centre of the Aligarh Muslim University on the banks of river Mahananda, Kishanganj, Bihar, 18/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Majhi Paragana Abhen Baisi Vs Aligarh Muslim University, Kishanganj & Others dated 18/02/2019 regarding construction of a centre of the Aligarh Muslim University proposed  on the banks of river Mahananda, Kishanganj district in the State of Bihar. It is

Judgement Date: 
18/02/2019
Tags:
Mahananda, Rivers, Kishanganj (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bihar
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Sone and Ganga at Koelnar and Patna in Bihar, 14/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amarshakti Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 14/02/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Sone and Ganga at Koelnar and Patna in Bihar. The illegal mining was resulting in affecting the flow of the rivers.

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2019
Tags:
Mining, Sand, Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Saran, Patna (D), Vaishali, Bhojpur, Ganga
Water Resources

70 per cent of water bodies vanish in Bihar: Expert

PATNA: Even as the environmentalists world over have been emphasizing upon the need of conserving water resources for meeting the growing demand, more than 70% water bodies in Bihar have surprising

Publication Date: 
11/02/2019
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Water Resources, Environmentalists, Water Conservation, Patna (D)

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