“Beyond this, pollution will not be accepted,” Collector Ajay Yadav told leather industries on referring to the environment pollution and adverse pollution of ground water table in Vellore district.

While recognising the steps being taken by the leather industry to prevent environment pollution, he said, “I would like to be very forthright in telling you that as of now it looks like the leather industry in Vellore has taken out a war against environment pollution but let me also put the fact ahead that this awakening has been a little late.”

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) Chairperson A S Sadashivaiah said on Monday that there are over 3,000 small-scale industrial units functioning without licence in the State.

Sadashivaiah said 500 such illegal units are located in and around the Peenya industrial hub. Many of these units don’t even have a licence from authorities concerned and don’t comply with pollution norms.

KOLKATA, 4 JUNE: The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) plants of the state have ranked among the most polluting industries in a rating ~ Green Rating Project (GRP) ~ done by the New Delhi-based resea

Says sector severely wanting in pollution & regulatory compliance

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-government organisation based here and promoting sustainable development, today exposed major inefficiencies in the performance of India’s iron and steel sector. In a detailed rating, which took two years to compile, of the country’s 21 top steel makers, it found a general inefficiency in resource usage, widespread pollution and violation of environmental norms, among other deficiencies.

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a waste paper recycling factory owner Tk 20.58 lakh for polluting the river Shitalakhya by releasing untreated chemical effluents.

Mumbai: Despite the implementation of stringent measures to reduce pollution in these areas, two industrial clusters around Mumbai-Tarapur and Dombivali — are now among the top 10 most polluted ind

The Department of Environment panalised two steel re-rolling mills with a fine of Tk 27.5 lakh in Demra and Narayanganj yesterday for polluting air.