Air Pollution

Comprehensive clean air action plan for Muzaffarpur

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which proposes strategies to reduce air pollution. The NCAP identifies 122 non-attainment Indian cities [cities that violate the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)].

Publication Date: 
23/09/2020
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Emissions Inventory, PM 2.5, Muzaffarpur (T), Bihar
Air Pollution

Comprehensive clean air action plan for Gaya

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which proposes strategies to reduce air pollution. The NCAP identifies 122 non-attainment Indian cities [cities that violate the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)].

Publication Date: 
23/09/2020
CSTEP
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Emissions Inventory, Gaya (T), Bihar
Agriculture

Damage Of Crops Due To Heavy Rains

There have been extreme weather events in the form of heavy rains in some parts of the country which affected the standing crops.

Publication Date: 
18/09/2020
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
India, Crops, Rainfall, Rajya Sabha, Bihar, Assam, Odisha, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Vegetables
Poverty

Hunger, COVID-19 and the Indian Administrative state

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions on face-to-face interactions and the movement of persons (the ‘lockdowns’) produced a widespread crisis of hunger, felt most acutely by migrant workers and those who were outside the reach of India’s highly organised but rigid Public Distribution System (PDS).

Publication Date: 
01/09/2020
Arkaja Singh
Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
Tags:
Public Distribution System (PDS), Coronavirus, India, Food Supply, Delhi, Kerala, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana
Water Pollution

Report on the status of STPs in Bihar to check Ganga pollution, 10/08/2020

Supplementary report to 2nd quarterly report on behalf of the National Mission for Clean Ganga with respect to revised quarterly progress report submitted by state of Bihar in the matter of Original Application No. 200 of 2014 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others.

Judgement Date: 
10/08/2020
Tags:
Ganga, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Bihar, Waste Disposal, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, River Pollution, Bio-Remediation
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding constructions on the banks of river Mahanoy, district Munger, Bihar, 31/07/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahanoy River Safety Society Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 31/07/2020. The case pertains to questions relating to allegation of constructions on the banks of river Mahanoy, district Munger, Bihar in violation of the distance criteria and its deleterious effect on the river and the environment. It was also stated that the construction work had converted the river Mahanoy virtually into a cesspool due to discharge of untreated water.

Judgement Date: 
31/07/2020
Tags:
Rivers, Munger (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bihar, Land Encroachments, River Pollution
Mining

Report on sand mining at different ghats on river Son in Aurangabad and Rohtas districts, Bihar, 27/07/2020

Report filed by the Central Pollution Control Board before the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohd. Imran Khan Kadri, Muslim Rashtriya Manch Vs State of Bihar.

The report was on sand mining at different ghats on river Son in Aurangabad and Rohtas districts in Bihar by M/s Aditya Multicon Pvt Ltd. The report was in compliance to the NGT order of February 19, 2020. The committee constituted for the purpose, inspected the various sand ghats on river Son.

Judgement Date: 
27/07/2020
Tags:
Sand, Mining, Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rivers, Hydrology, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Rohtas, Aurangabad (D)
Water Pollution

Report on the status of STPs for the polluted rivers in Bihar, 22/05/2020

Report related to status of STPs in state of Bihar in compliance of NGT's order for the following rivers - Ganga, Punpun, Ramrekha, Sikrahna, Parmar, Sirsia, Sone, Kosi, Burhi Gandak, Baghmati, Gandak, Mahananda and Kiul.

Judgement Date: 
22/06/2020
Tags:
Rivers, Ganga, Kosi, Bihar, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, River Pollution, Water Pollution Control
People

Workers In The Time Of COVID 19: Evidence from a Rapid Assessment in Bihar

This rapid assessment report, a result of a pilot survey, presents a snapshot of the extent of distress in a few districts of Bihar, and is the first in a series of reports which would similarly attempt to look at the conditions, challenges, and coping strategies of workers in different states across India.The study and this report seeks to rapi

Publication Date: 
28/05/2020
Action Aid India
Tags:
India, Bihar, Coronavirus, Migration, Workers, Informal Sector, Health Care
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of a stream at village Pokharpur, Nalanda, Bihar, 15/05/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sitesh Kumar Gunjan & Others Vs State of Bihar dated 15/05/2020.

Judgement Date: 
15/05/2020
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Pollution, Land Encroachments, Nalanda, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bihar, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution

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