Agra: A bench of Justices TS Thakur and C Nagappan on Monday offered three weeks' time to the Central Environment Committee (CEC) to suggest an alternate space for the crematorium near the Taj Maha
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday filed an affidavit with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on operation of scientific chimney at Swargadwar (crematorium) in Puri as soug
China urged its citizens to find greener ways to honour their dead, on Sunday calling for a “low carbon” tomb-sweeping festival free from the vulgarity of past years, which have seen the burning of
BEIJING: Cremation of the deceased instead of traditional practice of burials is gaining increasing acceptance in China with nearly 50 per cent of the dead being cremated last year to promote envir
Seeing its positive impact on the environment, Lucknow Municipal Corporation has decided to make services at the electric crematoriums free for everyone from this year onwards.
Uttar Pradesh Government has issued directions to authorities to stop the practice of dumping dead bodies directly into rivers, after 81 bodies were recovered from Ganga in Unnao district of the st
To get rid of pollution on the banks of the Ganga, a parliamentary committee has observed that the water resources ministry and state governments should popularise the practice of electric cremator
The water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation minister, Uma Bharti, suggested on Tuesday that "electric" crematoriums should not be used on river banks and instead bodies should be
