Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Parminder Singh V/s Punjab PCB & Ors dated 08/05/2014 regarding pollution caused by Matharu Chemical Industries, Punjab. The Order of the NGT mentions a report submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court by Thapar Center for Industrial Research & Development. The report shows that Matharu Chemical Industries was in operation and manufactured H-acid between July 1991 and February 2005.

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday ordered the inspection of nearly 1,000 industries in UP for polluting the Ganga by releasing untreated effluents into its waters.

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करीब 30 साल पहले भोपाल में हजारों लोगों की जान लेने वाले यूनियन कार्बाइड गैस हादसे का हल अब तक नहीं निकला है। जहां हजारों लोग आज भी इस हादसे का दर्द झेलने को मजबूर हैं, वहीं कानूनी पेचीदगियों के चलते दुर्घटना स्थल पर पड़े खतरनाक केमिकल कचरे को अब तक साफ नहीं किया गया है। लेकिन सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश के बाद इस कचरे को खत्म करने की तैयारी शुरू हो गई है।

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Hundreds of protesters in southern China marched against a chemical plant and environmental degradation on Sunday in a demonstration that the Maoming city government called a "grave violation" by c

Ecologist Madhav Gadgil on Sunday said the report prepared by the Western Ghats ecology expert panel (WGEEP) has been misinterpreted by vested interests.

Speaking on the sidelines of the State-level seminar on saving Western Ghats, Gadgil said: “Rumours are rife that if our report is implemented, development will lag behind.

Reacting to developments taking place in US court regarding new 'evidence' on carbide plant, the non-government organizations working for the welfare of Bhopal gas tragedy victims have expressed ho

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Union Carbide Corp (UCC) have released new evidence to show its "direct role in designing and building the pesticide plant in Bhopal" where the 1984 gas disaster killed thousands.

Union Carbide, now a Dow Chemical subsidiary, refuses to clean up the site claiming that its former Indian subsidiary bears sole responsibility for the now shuttered plant in Bhopal.

This in turn is breeding insecurity among workers, hampering production, expansion of approved plants

Isolated from the mainland, units within the Adani Group-promoted, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd here are feeling the pinch of pending litigation against the developer, despite the interim relief to continue operations granted by the Supreme Court.

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