Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Environment Ministry rejects low score on green health

The Union Environment Ministry has dismissed as “arbitrary” and “unscientific” a 2017 World Economic Forum-ranking that placed India at the bottom in terms of environment performance.

Publication Date:

10/08/2018

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Environment, Environmental Security, Air Quality Standards, Environmental Health, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Air Pollution

NEERI to install air pollution control devices in city

Nashik: The city is all set to have air pollution control devices in order to improve Nashik’s air quality.

Publication Date:

09/08/2018

Source: Times Of India (Nashik)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Nashik, Air Quality Monitoring, National Envirnmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Air Pollution

Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal disposal of waste from the dumping zones of the garbage at Deonar in Mumbai, 07/08/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ankita Sinha Vs. State of Maharashtra & Others dated 07/08/2018 regarding illegal disposal of waste from the dumping zones of the garbage at Deonar in Mumbai. The unregulated and unauthorized activities are carried out for profiteering which results in massive fires, adversely affecting the environment and the health and lives of inhabitants.

Judgement Date:

07/08/2018

Tags:

Garbage, Mumbai, Waste Management, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Municipal Solid Waste

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding establishment and functioning of ETPs/CETP/STPs, 03/08/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 03/08/2018 regarding establishment and functioning of ETPs/CETP/STPs.

Judgement Date:

03/08/2018

Tags:

Industry, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Waste Treatment, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Act 1986, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance for Josodhapur Industrial Area, Kotdwar, Pauri Garhwal, 03/08/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shiv Prasad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/08/2018. The question raised in this Application is whether the industry in question Josodhapur Industrial Area, Kotdwar, Pauri Garhwal requires environmental clearance and whether such clearance has been given. Further question is whether they are creating pollution without taking requisite precautions by way of installing pollution control equipments and also question about the solid waste disposal.

Judgement Date:

03/08/2018

Tags:

Industry, Pauri Garhwal, Environment Clearance (EC), Industrial Pollution, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Industrial Waste

Air Pollution

Green tribunal asks NCR states to report on air pollution fight

NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the states in the national capital region (NCR) to file reports on compliance to the graded response action plan (GRAP) notified by the Centre.

Publication Date:

03/08/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Air Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Air Pollution Control

Water Pollution

C’garh's five river stretches are polluted: Min

Chhattisgarh's five river stretches have been put under “Priority Class V” of pollution parameters of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Publication Date:

02/08/2018

Source: Pioneer (Raipur)

Tags:

Chhattisgarh, River Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Central Water Commission (CWC), Water Quality, Water Pollution

Environment

Ghaziabad factory owners want pollution notices withdrawn

GHAZIABAD: An association of industrialists met the district magistrate on Tuesday and appealed to her that notices issued by the pollution control board against many of them be withdrawn.

Publication Date:

02/08/2018

Source: Times Of India (Noida)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad (T), Industrial Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Land Pollution, Water Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment

Environment

NGT to CPCB: set up body to deal with defaulters

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to constitute a two-member committee to deal with people who had defaulted in paying the environmenta

Publication Date:

31/07/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Compensation, Environment, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Air Pollution