The parliamentary standing committee on Planning Ministry asked the Environment and Forest Ministry to halt establishment of brick-kiln on agriculture land and felling of trees at forest. The committee stressed the need for formulation of a policy for stopping the use of agriculture land for other than crop production purpose.

JAMMU, Jan 27 : Environment Committee of State Legislative Council today suggested one time subsidy for purchase of pollution control devices for installation in brick kilns to reduce pollution and minimize its impact on green environs and human life.

The Committee which met here under the chairmanship of Bashir Ahmad Magray, observed that installation of such devices was necessary to significa

Three brick kilns have been fined Tk 15 lakh over the last two days for grabbing rivers and polluting croplands in Gazipur and Narsingdi.

A team of the Department of Environment (DoE), led by its Director (enforcement) Munir Chowdhury, gave the penalty to the brick kilns in a drive under an operation to Prevent Environment Crime, says a press release.

Humayra Bricks and Ratul Bricks in Sripu

RAJOURI, Nov 17: Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA) announced committee for villages Dhangri and Saranoo in Rajouri district to organize plantation programmes, awareness among the general masses and raise the issues of environment pollution and moral degradation.

The committee members included Arun Kumar as president, Ashok Kumar as vice president, Harsh Kumar as general secretary,

Moving over from conventional methods, the brick manufacturers of Saurashtra and Kutch are preparing to tune into new technology.

Under the supervision of Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) Director General Asif Shuja Khan, demolishment of 27 brick kilns at Loi Bher has entered its first phase.

Overall, 95 kilns would be demolished in Rawalpindi and Islamabad for purification of environment.

BHUBHNESWAR: The State government on Thursday constituted a state-level squad to monitor proper implementation of various laws and regulations by new industries coming up in the State.

The squad will be headed by chairman and managing director of Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) Priyabrata Patnaik.

The squad will have the authority to examine whether the new in