To check the pollution emanating from brick kilns, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and the office of the Deputy Commissioner to close kilns ru

High Court (HC) directed Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Pollution Control Board (JKPCB) for closure of brick kilns operating without obtaining ‘Environment Clearance Certificate’.

More than 1.2 lakh of the total 1.4 lakh brick kilns in the country and around 2,600 of the total 2,700 brick kilns in Punjab have been non-functional for over three months for want of environment

The National Board of Revenue is set to exclude hundreds of brick fields from the list of polluting industries for surcharge imposition due to contradiction in the definition of industry and establ

Even as mushrooming brick kilns in the State has generated huge environmental concern, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed its Special Rapporteur to examine the gravity of the

PANAJI: More than 200 roadside concrete block manufacturing units will be closed down by the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) for creating nuisance and environmental pollution in the area.

Shut-down notices issued to 30 units

The brick kiln owners do not want to invest more money for installing zigzag chimneys

A parliamentary body yesterday asked the forest and environment ministry to take punitive action against the owners who have failed to transform their brick factories through the use of environment