Environment

Fly ash brick production drops over 70 per cent in AP

Owing to new sand policy, sand prices have increased abnormally and are also in short supply, thereby affecting fly ash brick production

Publication Date: 
13/07/2015
VDS Rama Raju
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Fly Ash, Bricks, Industrial Pollution, Housing Construction, Environment
Environment

Brick kilns turn hazardous for Kashmiris, violate environmental laws

Srinaga: With most brick kilns in the Kashmir Valley not implementing the measures specified for minimizing pollution levels, the areas where they operate are virtually facing an environmental cata

Publication Date: 
03/07/2015
Zee News
Tags:
Bricks, Industrial Pollution, Environmental Health, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Health Effects, Environment
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of the brick field, West Bengal, 01/07/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/s Hero Brick Field Vs. Joydeep Mukherjee & Ors dated 01/07/2015 regarding illegal operation of the brick field, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
01/07/2015
Tags:
Bricks, West Bengal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Mining

DC asks officials to go tough on illegal mines

Ranchi DC Manoj Kumar on Wednesday held a meeting to review mining activities at coal mines, crushers, balu ghats and brick kilns done illegally.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2015
Pioneer (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Mining, Coal, Bricks, Illegal Trade, Forests
Environment

Brick kilns won’t be allowed near schools

KOLKATA: The state land and land reforms department has issued guidelines for regularization and operation of all existing and new brick kilns in the state to prevent illegal operation of brick kil

Publication Date: 
10/06/2015
Suman Chakraborti
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Bricks, Industrial Pollution, Land Reforms, Agriculture, Environmental Health, Health Effects, Thermal Power Plants, Coal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Green brick technology transfer to Malawi: market assessment report for setting up Vertical Shaft Brick Kilns (VSBKs)

In Malawi, increasing demand for housing has put tremendous pressure on the building material sector, resulting in deforestation, rising costs and poor quality construction. Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln technology offers a resource efficient and financially viable option for the production of quality bricks.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2015
IPE Global
Tags:
Bricks, Building Materials, Malawi, Housing, Finance, Energy Efficiency, Technology
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding bricks kilns, Uttar Pradesh, 07/05/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s. Jai Hanuman Ent. Udyog Vs U.P. Pollution Control Board dated 07/05/2015 on whether the Uttar Pradesh Brick Kilns (Siting Criteria for Establishment) Rules, 2012 can be given retrospective or retroactive effect and if so, to what extent?

Judgement Date: 
07/05/2015
Tags:
Bricks, Industry, Uttar Pradesh, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Allahabad (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by brick kilns in Nadia District of West Bengal, 28/04/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Nadia District Brick Manufacturers Association & Others Vs. West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 28/04/2015 regarding pollution caused by brick kilns in Nadia District of West Bengal.

NGT also directed the Members of the Nadia District Brick Manufacturers Association to mention about the anti-pollution devices installed in their brick kilns and/or if they had carried out any upgradation of their units for prevention of pollution.

Judgement Date: 
28/04/2015
Tags:
Bricks, Thermal Power Plants, Fly Ash Bricks, Air Pollution, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Nadia, West Bengal
Environment

Green tribunal raps govt for illegal brick kilns

National Green Tribunal's Kolkata bench on Wednesday asked the district magistrates of North and South 24-Parganas to shut down more than 600 brick kilns operating illegally in their districts.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2015
Debasish Konar
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Bricks, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Industrial Pollution, Murshidabad, Environment
Air Pollution

Particulate pollution and its health impacts from brick kiln clusters in South Asian cities

Presentation by Dr. Sarath Guttikunda of UrbanEmissions.Info at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Sarath Guttikunda
Tags:
Bricks, South Asia, India, Air Pollution, PM 2.5, Urban Air Quality, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, Coal, Farm Residues, Crop Residues, Firewood, Animal Dung, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Dhaka, Patna (D), Air Quality and Health

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