Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Jindal incinerators spewing toxic ash again

Residents of Sukhdev Vihar, Okhla, have on Saturday written to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) against Delhi’s Jindal’s Timarpur-Okhla waste

Publication Date:

31/03/2014

Author(s): Bindu Shajan Perappadan

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

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Air Pollution

Docs write to PM against Okhla plant

New Delhi: About 80 doctors from Holy Family Hospital in Okhla and some other hospitals across the city have written open letters to the Prime Minister’s Office raising concerns about emissions fro

Publication Date:

25/03/2014

Author(s): Jayashree Nandi

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Waste To Energy, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases, Cancer, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT)

Air Pollution

Residents near Okhla plant will vote to curb pollution

New Delhi: It’s not power or water that is weighing on their minds. People living close to the Okhla waste to energy plant have decided to vote in the general election to demand clean air.

Publication Date:

24/03/2014

Author(s): Jayashree Nandi

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Waste To Energy, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Health Effects, Ash, Air Quality and Health

Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution levels in the city of Indore, 20/03/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development Vs. State of M.P. & Others dated 20/03/2014 regarding pollution levels in the city of Indore. The Tribunal has demanded an explaination from the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas on criteria being adopted by the Ministry for the purpose of selecting cities and towns conversion from BS-II to BS-IV auto fuels.

Judgement Date:

20/03/2014

Tags:

Urban Air Quality, Vehicular Pollution, Indore (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Fuel Standards, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Air Pollution, Madhya Pradesh

Mining

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding stone crushing units carrying out operations at Village Bilua, Tehsil Dabra, District Gwalior, 18/03/2014

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Shree 1008 Raj Rajeshwari Vs Sunil Sharma Ors. dated 18/03/2014 regarding stone crushing units carrying out operations at Village Bilua, Tehsil Dabra, District Gwalior.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/57_2013(App)(CZ)_18Mar2014_final_order.pdf

Judgement Date:

18/03/2014

Tags:

Stone Industry, Mining, Gwalior (D), Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, Religious Places, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

Mining

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding location of large number of stone crushing units near to the residential localities, Village Bilua, Tehsil Dabra, District Gwalior, 19/03/2014

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Shree 1008 Kunwar Raj Rajeshwari Vs Sunil Sharma & Others dated 19/03/2014 regarding location of large number of stone crushing units near to the residential localities, Village Bilua, Tehsil Dabra, District Gwalior.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/57_2013(App)(CZ)_18Mar2014_final_order.pdf

Judgement Date:

18/03/2014

Tags:

Stone Industry, Mining, Gwalior (D), Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Industrial Pollution

Environment

Spent CFLs an eco hazard

Spent CFLs may be polluting the environment silently and causing a toxic hazard for kabadiwalas who handle such discarded bulbs.

Despite a huge spike in the demand (about 30% in the last five years) for these energy-saving lamps, a recent survey by NGO Toxics Link has found a number of ecological concerns with the management of these lamps. One of them is that they are not recycled safely; the mercury-laden glass invariably ends up in the municipal solid waste. Also, there is no set standard in India on the amount of mercury that should be used in a bulb.

Publication Date:

14/03/2014

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

CFL, Toxic Wastes, Mercury, Lead, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Bureau Of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Waste Disposal, Waste Recycling, Environmental Health, Health Effects, Environment

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution caused by an industry affecting the products of adjoining pharmaceutical unit, 12/03/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Advik Laboratories Ltd. & Anr. V/s State Govt. of Haryana & Ors. dated 12/03/2014 regarding air pollution caused by Capital Auto Rubber Products (P) Ltd. which is in the nature of soot, dust, smoke and gaseous substance which by reason of their chemical properties tend to cause damage to life saving drugs manufactured by Advik Laboratories Ltd. in adjoining pharmaceutical unit.

Judgement Date:

12/03/2014

Tags:

Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Industrial Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal

Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding permits given to polluting industries by Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, 03/03/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Anr. Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 03/03/2014 regarding permits given to polluting industries by Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board. Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board submits that the consent under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 have been refused to M/s Gopalji Milk food & Pvt. Ltd. with immediate effect. As far as M/s Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd.

Judgement Date:

03/03/2014

Tags:

Industrial Pollution, Uttar Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), River Pollution

Solid Waste