GUWAHATI, July 15: The Pradushit Udyog Birodhi Sangrami Mancha, Samata Pathar has blamed Social Welfare Minister Akon Bora and Industry Minister Pradyut Bordoloi for the mushroom growth of polluting coke and cement plants and brick kilns in agricultural land in Kshetri, Sonapur and Dimoria areas.

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Mumbai: The handling of hazardous cargo might be stopped at the Haji Bunder port in Sewri, where a chlorine gas leak was reported on Wednesday. Following the incident, which sent 120 people to hospital, Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) officials have decided to discontinue the handling of hazardous cargo transported in containers at the port.

Mumbai: Union shipping minister GK Vasan has handed over a detailed report on the chlorine gas leakage to prime minister Manmohan Singh during the cabinet meeting on Thursday.

LUCKNOW: Dead fish tell no tales and just as well. While environmentalists and devout mourn the death of thousands of fish found floating in Ganga at Shukratal in Muzaffarnagar last Sunday, suspense over the incident deepens as governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand attempt to wash their hands off the mess.

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KARUR: The All India Youth Federation (AIYF) has called upon authorities to prevent the further degradation of rivers Cauvery and Amaravathy in Karur.

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HALDIA, 13 JULY: Many industries which deal with hazardous chemicals and highly inflammable articles in Haldia have not yet been able to launch their own risk management system in order to prevent any industrial or chemical disaster.

Mumbai: Out of the 60,000 industries in the state, barely 2.5% have filed their annual environmental statement with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The statement is equivalent to an audit report and must be filed every year by industrial units to furnish details of their emissions and effluent discharge.