Environment

Government to shut industries ignoring pollution norms

Despite the government’s orders to brick kilns, cement factories and stone crushers to adhere to pollution norms, many have ignored the stipulations, inviting the government’s ire.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2016
Vikram Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Cement Industry, Bricks, Fly Ash Bricks, Environmental Health, Ecology, Environmental Security, Environment, Jammu & Kashmir
Energy

Thermal power stations in Odisha to generate 70 MT of fly ash: Govt

Themal power stations in Odisha are estimated to generate as much as 70 million tonnes (MT) of fly ash annually after completion of all projects.

Publication Date: 
28/09/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Thermal Power Plants, Fly Ash, Bricks, Energy
Environment

Choudwar jail inmates to make fly ash bricks

Cuttack: Prisoners in Choudwar Circle Jail will soon manufacture fly ash bricks.

Publication Date: 
04/08/2016
Binita Jaiswal
Times Of India (Cuttack)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Fly Ash Bricks, Environment Clearance (EC), Bricks, Environment
Environment

After hotels, 79 brick kilns get closure notice

SHILLONG: After slapping closure notices on several city hotels and guest houses for failing to install Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) and releasing untreated polluted water directly to the river

Publication Date: 
03/08/2016
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Fly Ash Bricks, Bricks, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Compensation, Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

NGT levies fine of Rs 1.39 crore on 132 Tripura brick kilns

Agartala: Eastern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Kolkata has imposed a fine of Rs 1.39 crore on 132 brick industries of Tripura for not complying with the mandatory environment

Publication Date: 
13/06/2016
Times Of India (Guwahati)
Tags:
Tripura, Bricks, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Environmental Security, Environment
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal brick kilns operating in the State of Odisha, 27/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Odisha State Pollution Control Board Vs Bishnu Prasad Mishro & Others dated 27/05/2016 regarding illegal brick kilns operating in the State of Odisha.

Judgement Date: 
27/05/2016
Tags:
Bricks, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Court, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal
Environment

It is still a long road ahead for eco-friendly fly ash bricks

Nashik: A large number of constructions across the city continue to use traditional red clay bricks instead of their eco-friendly counterparts - fly ash bricks.

Publication Date: 
24/05/2016
Sumita Sarkar
Times Of India (Nashik)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Bricks, Fly Ash Bricks, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environmental Security, Municipal Corporation, Environmentalists, Environment
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns operating without consent to operate, West Bengal, 23/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its Own Motion Vs M/S Mithila Bricks & Others dated 23/05/2016 regarding brick kilns operating without consent to operate, West Bengal. Tribunal directs that the brick kilns shall not operate until consent to operate is granted to them by the concerned PCB.

Judgement Date: 
23/05/2016
Tags:
Bricks, West Bengal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns operating without consent in the state of Meghalaya, 13/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Pollution Control Board, Meghalaya & Others dated 13/05/2016 regarding brick kilns operating without consent in the state of Meghalaya. NGT directs Meghalaya State PCB, to ensure that brick kilns operating in violation of the laws are dealt with as required under the relevant statutes in exercise of the powers vested in them.

Judgement Date: 
13/05/2016
Tags:
Bricks, Meghalaya, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), North East, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns operating without valid consent in Tripura, 13/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Pollution Control Board, Tripura & Others dated 13/05/2016 regarding brick kilns operating without valid consent in Tripura.

Judgement Date: 
13/05/2016
Tags:
Bricks, Tripura, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), North East, Compensation, West Bengal, Bihar

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