New Delhi: Her new ministerial responsibilities have not dampened her agitational spirit. Even as new ministers were taking oath on Thursday, a vintage Mamata told TOI that come hell or high water, she would not allow the proposed chemicals hub to come up in Nayachar in West Bengal.

Rely on self-regulation for green clearance: Panel

New Delhi: A report of the department of economic affairs, which had industry representatives besides government officials as members, has recommended that parts of the environmental clearance process be outsourced by the government to hasten setting up of industrial and infrastructure projects.

Chhattisgarh Governor ESL Narashimhan has expressed concern over the rise in pollution level, which has become a life hazard for people, specially in Raipur.

Water polluting industries in the state will no longer have the advantage of personal hearings to

The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday decided to prepare a detailed report after extensive survey to identify the industrial units not observing the laid down pollution control standards to check emission of greenhouse gases and imposed carbon tax on them.

Giridih, May 18: They are political foes, but pollution friends.

Putting behind the Lok Sabha election results, BJP and JMM have come together to voice concern over the rising level of pollution in the district. Leaders of both the parties today drew the attention of Giridih deputy commissioner Vandana Dadel to the menace.

May 7: In the backdrop of 500 people taking ill due to water contamination in and around Bholakpur, concerned citizens have voiced their apprehension over the functioning of animal skin and hides trade in the area even as government officials were trying to pass the buck.

Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to establish proper mechanism for treating industrial effluents as only one percent of wastewater is treated, daily, before being discharged directly into rivers and sea.

ABOUT 10 km short of Faridkot town in the heart of Punjab's Malwa belt is Guru ki Dhaab, a small village of hundred houses.

Jamshedpur, April 30: In a renewed effort to rein in industries spewing poison in the air, the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to rope in local villagers to provide feedback on units continuing to defy the board by not installing mandatory monitoring systems.