Environment

Polluting Noida units to pay Rs 5,000 each daily

The National Green Tribunal has told three Noida-based industries that they would have to pay a daily fine of Rs 5,000 each if their pollution control devices are not in working order soon followin

Publication Date: 
07/10/2013
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment, Health Effects
Hazardous Waste

India’s e-waste will rise by 400% in next 5 years'

The threat of electronic waste (e-waste) destroying the ecological health is looming large over India.

Publication Date: 
03/10/2013
Rashme Sehgal
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Electronic Waste, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi, Waste Recycling, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Industrial Waste, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Hazardous Waste
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of immersion of idols dated 01/10/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal on immersion of idols in river Narmada dated 01/10/2013

Judgement Date: 
01/10/2013
Tags:
River Pollution, Religious Beliefs, Narmada, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Jabalpur (D), Festival, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Plastics
Air Pollution

Only two Kerala towns in India meet clean air benchmark

At a time when most Indian cities and towns show pollutants in the air due to emissions from different sources, two towns in Kerala - Malappuram and Pathanamthitta - have met the clean air benchmar

Publication Date: 
27/09/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Air Pollution, India, CSE, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Public Transport, Air Quality Monitoring, Urbanisation, RSPM (PM 10), Delhi, Cycles, Mumbai, Sunita Narain, Chandigarh, Health Effects
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal on steps taken during the past seven years on containing and reducing the pollution levels in the city of Indore dated 27/09/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 27/09/2013 on steps taken during the past seven years on containing and reducing the pollution levels in the city of Indore.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/1-2013(CZ)(OA)_27Sep2013.pdf

Judgement Date: 
27/09/2013
Tags:
Pollution Control, Indore (T), Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), High Court, Air Pollution, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Sanitation

1 of 5 sewage treatment plants non-operational

Almost one-fifth of the centrally-funded sewage treatment plants in the country are “non-operational”, leading to millions of litres of untreated water either seeping into the ground as potential p

Publication Date: 
26/09/2013
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Groundwater Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Goa, Municipal Corporations, Water Resources, Water Pollution, Hyderabad (T), Vadodara (T), Chennai (T), Ludhiana (T), Ahmedabad (T), Sanitation
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal on reduction of the noise level emanating from firecrackers dated 25/09/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Biswanath Mondal Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 25/09/2013 regarding reduction of the noise level emanating from firecrackers.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/768-2013(MApp)_25Sep2013.pdf

Judgement Date: 
25/09/2013
Tags:
Noise Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), West Bengal, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Noise Pollution Control
Sanitation

One-fifth of centrally-funded sewage treatment plants remain non-operational

Almost one-fifth of the centrally-funded sewage treatment plants in the country are "non-operational", leaving millions of liters of untreated water either sink into the ground as a potential pollu

Publication Date: 
25/09/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sewage, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Sanitation, Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Delhi, Bhopal (D), Hyderabad (D), Chennai (D)
Air Pollution

Environment ban reimposed on polluted Vapi

AHMEDABAD: Vapi and the industrial estate in its vicinity have once again made it to the list of the most polluted place in the country.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2013
Marisha Mehta
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Vapi, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Valsad (D), Air Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), IIT, Delhi
Solid Waste

No report on plastic bag ban

NEW DELHI: If you are wondering what happened to the ban on plastic bags in the city, here is a clue.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2013
Jayashree Nandi
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Plastics, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Supreme Court, Waste Management

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