KOLKATA, 13 MARCH: About 33 water bodies in the Ramsar-protected East Kolkata Wetlands were filled illegally for the construction of the Newtown-Rajarhat Township.
Calcutta is generating much more electronic waste than a few years back and very little of it is being recycled, increasing the risk of an environment disaster.
A recent study by the state pollution control board along with the central pollution control board, the Indian Chamber of Commerce and German organisation GiZ has found that nearly 26,000 tonnes of e-waste is generated in the Calcutta M
The pollution control board on Friday issued a set of guidelines for election campaigners but major political parties do not seem to attach much importance to them.
The guidelines, which will soon be sent to all political parties, are related to the use of microphones, vehicles and generators during the campaign.
All microphones have to be fitted with sound-limiters and the candidates and th
Five large water bodies are allegedly being filled up illegally in the pocket borough of chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who had once famously threatened to
KOLKATA, 3 March: In a bid to keep the environment clean and free from pollution during the campaign of the political parties prior to the Assembly poll, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has decided to make an appeal to all the parties to follow a set of
Kolkata, 1 March: India has moved closer to eradication of polio, recording only 42 cases in 2010 compared to 741 in the previous year.
Till February this year, only a single case has been reported from Howrah, according to the India National Polioplus Committee of Rotary International.
KOLKATA, 14 FEB: Alarmed at the detection of a fresh polio case in the state in the midst of intensified campaign against the diseases the state government has been compelled to conduct a polio immunisation drive in selected five districts, including Kolkata.
Officials said the polio immunisation drive has been ordered after an 18-month-old child Rupsana Khatun of Panchla in Howrah was found to
- Road rules trampled by feet and wheels as green zone takes a pounding
Forget the high court ruling, the cadres would not even listen to their leaders.
Lakhs of supporters who had descended on Brigade Parade Ground for the Left Front rally on Sunday blatantly violated every rule in the book.
In a 2007 order, the high court had banned cooking, setting up ovens, digging and parking within 3km
