Heavy monsoon rains have forced over 2,000 people to evaculate and dozens of schools to close after submerging some areas under nearly 2.4 metres of water, news reports said on

The 'clear' water that flows in river Bagmati at Jorpati in Nepal is not as clear as it looks. A group of 22 students from Nepal and Japan who carried on the spot test found that the seemingly clear

Management of Dhaka's rubbish was hardly ever remarkable. Although an army of 5,000 employees of the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and 107 trucks are now engaged in the disposal of the city's refuse,

Ballarpur Industries is manufacturing aerated cement and perfb building materials from flyash.

Regional Pollution Protection and Development Demand Committee (RPPDDC), a newly formed organisation of Jagiroad has expressed serious apprehension about the unchecked disposal of toxic effluents by

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is organising a two-day international conference on oil spill response '99 in Mumbai on April 19. The objective of the conference is to respond to any oil

A massive winter storm arcing from the US Gulf coast to the upper midwest grounded scores of New Year's fights, knowcked out power to thousands and threatened to dump more than a foot(1/3 meter) of

If there is no political will to tackle pollution, not even the Supreme Court can make a difference. Or so it would seem in the case of Delhi. As pollution in the Capital continues to increase every

A central incinerator will be installed in Dhaka's Hazaribagh Industrial Area to check environment pollution caused by leather industries. Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) in collaboration with

Two months after a hurricane mauled Honduras, it is still unclear how many Hondurans died in the storm, but the government has been forced to retreat from its earlier conclusion that at least 7,000