Environment

Parliament panel perturbed over underutilisation of pollution control fund

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has expressed its unhappiness over "unsatisfactory" utilisation of funds for pollution abatement by the environment ministry and asked it to "introspect" its perfor

Publication Date: 
19/03/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Pollution, Budget, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Industrial Waste, Industrial Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Water Pollution

Ganga body clears projects worth Rs 4,000 crore for UP, Bihar, Bengal

NEW DELHI: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) - key central body which takes decision on the government’s ambitious Ganga rejuvenation programme - has approved a number of projects worth n

Publication Date: 
23/02/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Water Pollution
Environment

CAG audit slams Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board, pollution control board

BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) came under severe criticism from the office of the Accountant General (Ec

Publication Date: 
23/02/2018
New Indian Express (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Pollution, Environment
Environment

Industrial units spewing pollutants to be reined in

Shimla: The state government has decided to rein in industrial units releasing pollutants into the Sirsa river in the Shiwalik foothills.

Publication Date: 
29/01/2018
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, River Pollution, Environmental Health, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Groundwater Pollution, Environmental Security, Environment
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding waste management of hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal, 22/01/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrato Mookherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 22/01/2018 regarding waste management of hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal. NGT makes it clear that establishment of ETPs in the hospitals is unavoidable which has been delayed inordinately because of the reluctant response of the concerned Departments.

Judgement Date: 
22/01/2018
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Kolkata, West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Environment

Derabassi pharma industries to have CETP: PPCB

Patiala: Following efforts put in by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), major pharmaceutical companies having their manufacturing plants in and around Derabassi in Mohali district have deci

Publication Date: 
22/01/2018
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Punjab, Industrial Waste, Environmental Security, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Chemical Industry, Environment
Environment

Visakhapatnam: Tech can keep a tab on pollution

Industries now share emission-related data.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2018
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environmental Health, Environmental Security, Green House Gases, Environment
Environment

HC stays NGT order on closing 19 tanneries in Jalandhar

Says closure of leather industries will have grave implications

Publication Date: 
04/01/2018
Saurabh Malik
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Jalandhar (D), Leather Industry, High Court, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Environmental Health, Industrial Pollution, Environment
Environment

Green body cracks down on 7 Taloja food processing units

Navi Mumbai: A new set of notices have been served by MPCB to seven polluting units involved in fisheries and food processing in CETP, Taloja.

Publication Date: 
22/11/2017
Times of India (Navi Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Industrial Pollution, Food Process Industry, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environmental Health, Health Effects, Environment
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Pali river pollution, Rajasthan, 06/11/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Shailendra Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 06/11/2017 regarding pollution in Pali river caused by industries. The Counsel representing the State of Rajasthan & Others has been directed by the Court to place a status report in respect of linking all the member industries to CETP through pipeline which was to be completed by 02.10.2017. It is also made clear, at that time, that those industries which were not linked with CETP are liable to be closed down.

Judgement Date: 
06/11/2017
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Pali, River Pollution, Rajasthan, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Waste, Municipal Corporations

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