A recent release from the Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh, January 2003, presents deadly facts about air pollution levels in Indian cities. According to the report, Ahmedabad s air is the most noxious. Kanpur, Solapur and Lucknow follow closely,

Environment ministry s message to genset diesel engine makers

the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court sc for cleaning the 22 kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the river, which is the source of 70 per cent of Delhi s drinking water, remains a dirty drain

centralised medical waste management facilities will soon have to meet certain stipulated criteria. The Central Pollution Control Board is in the process of issuing guidelines, which will be ready

Two incidents of illegal handling of waste oil have come to light recently, underscoring the fact that trade in the hazardous product continues unabated in India

Faltering steps and narrow vision thwarts decades of research

The Central Pollution Control Board recently informed the Delhi High Court that draft emission norms for 800 KVA diesel gensets had been finalised and the Ministry of Environment and Forests was