Noxious fumes may trigger ailments: PCB

Burning of plastic waste has become rampant in various parts of Ernakulam district, especially after the authorities initiated action against dumping of solid waste in public places.

Expected to be a permanent solution to the problem

Environmental activist Medha Patkar will inaugurate a protest by the victims of pesticide endosulfan in front of the Secretariat here on Monday.

As former Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar shared the dais with its current chairman Srikumar Banerjee for the first time in the locality, protesters jeered officials of the Department of Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Power Corporation and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

The proposed River Protection Authority law, which is now being vetted by the Law Department, will prioritise reinvigorating the Periyar, the Pampa, and the Bharatappuzha, Chief Minister Oommen Cha

The district administration has again drawn flak from farmers for its inordinate delay in sealing dyeing units found illegally operating in the district.

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) sources told The Hindu that 33 erring dyeing units were yet to be sealed even though TNPCB head office had given a directive to the District Collector to do so more than a month ago.

Twelve thousand trees will be felled to make way for the three proposed radial roads — Nagole-Gouralli, Tarnaka-Keesara Jeedi-metla-Dundigal — connecting to the high speed corridor Outer Ring Road

Though the Ministry of External Affairs has promised to provide Bangladesh with details of the agreement on the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam in Manipur, the very signing of the deal has sparke

Vishwa Vijay Singh, Congress candidate from the Sahjanwa constituency in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, knows little about politics.