Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) will monitor the disposal of construction and demolition waste with Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) coming up with the new Co

Environmentalists and officials hailed the Union environment ministry's maiden rules to manage construction and demolition waste, terming it a significant step forward to stop degradation of land.

Behind the glitz of new and tall buildings in the city is a trail of chunky construction debris with no accountability for its management or disposal -until now.

Welcoming the Centre's decision to notify construction and demolition management rules, a green body today said it was "urgently" needed as cities are choking on such waste which has serious enviro

Taking a decisive step towards combating the problem of dust from construction activities polluting the air, the Centre on Tuesday notified the country's first ever `Construction and Demolition Was

Pulling up the Delhi Development Authority for debris dumped in the Yamuna, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the DDA as to what their quick reaction team was doing when the debris

When summer comes, can dust be far behind?

Vehicles carrying construction material or demolition waste in the city will be penalized up to Rs 5,000 if they are found violating pollution norms.

The National Green Tribunal today expressed its displeasure over incidents of waste burning in the capital and slammed municipal corporations for their failure to implement its order which banned b