Environment

SEAC keeps EC granted to Fomento in abeyance

Environment clearance was for construction of rail freight terminal at Xic-Xelvona; Assolda panchayat and locals opposed the grant of EC

Publication Date: 
19/02/2016
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Environment Clearance (EC), State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Rail Transport, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Construction Industry, Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal and unauthorized acts and activities of builders leading to ecological and environmental damage, Tamil Nadu, 18/02/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. SSM Builders & Promoters Vs Union of India & Others regarding illegal and unauthorized acts and activities of builders leading to ecological and environmental damage, Tamil Nadu.

NGT directs SEIAA, Chennai to direct the project proponent (M/s. SSM Builders & Promoters) to restore natural drains, wherever possible and also to make provisions for conduit drainage system to substitute the open natural storm water channels, but only when it is absolutely unavoidable.

Judgement Date: 
18/02/2016
Tags:
Construction Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Tamil Nadu, Environment Clearance (EC), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Greater Noida fines 40 builders for violating NGT orders; collects Rs 20 lakh

GREATER NOIDA: After Noida, Greater Noida has adopted a tough stance against developers violating National Green Tribunal (NGT) norms during construction activities.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2016
Vandana Keelor
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Construction Industry, Environment, Regulations, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution, Environmental Health, Compensation
Mining

Andhra Pradesh pushes crushed rock as sand

Alternative to river sand is made by crushing rocks using new technology.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2016
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Mining, Sand, Rivers, Polavaram, Construction Industry
Air Pollution

Mumbai chokes as air quality worsens again

MUMBAI: For yet another day, the fluctuations in the city's pollution levels continued as the air quality index (AQI) once again breached the "very poor" mark on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2016
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Air Pollution, Air Quality Index (AQI), Waste Disposal, Construction Industry
Habitat And Urbanisation

World Green Building Trends 2016: developing markets accelerate global green growth

According to this report, the emerging economies like Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia and South Africa will be engines of green growth in the next three years, with development varying from t

Publication Date: 
16/02/2016
World Green Building Council
Tags:
Green Buildings, Buildings, Industry, Environment, India, Global, Construction Industry, Urbanisation
Air Pollution

Air quality plunges in city as traffic crawls

Particulate matter over Kochi crossed 100 micrograms per cubic metre

Publication Date: 
16/02/2016
K. A. Martin
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Kochi, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Construction Industry, Health Effects
Environment

Green activists protest against Surajpur dust pollution

At a time when the builders of Noida and Greater Noida are facing the ire of the district administration and Noida authority over dust pollution at construction sites, environmental activists have

Publication Date: 
16/02/2016
Sharmila Bhowmick
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Construction Industry, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution, Wetlands, Water Pollution, Deforestation, Environmentalists, Environment
Air Pollution

Parliament panel to examine issue of implementation of dust free technology

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development has decided to include 'Implementation of Dust Free Construction with Innovative Technologies in India' as an additional subject for examin

Publication Date: 
16/02/2016
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Construction Industry, Industrial Pollution, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), RSPM (PM 10), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Vehicular Pollution, Compensation
Environment

Municipal by-laws to ease construction firms' woes with a simplified green building code

Construction projects spread over 20,000 sq metres will no longer need Centre's clearance, with all stakeholder ministries and government departments agreeing to incorporate a trimmed-down green bu

Publication Date: 
16/02/2016
Anubhuti Vishnoi
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Buildings, Construction Industry, LEDs, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Air Pollution, Ministry Of Urban Development, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment

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