Vishal Sharma / Agra March 31, 2009, 0:32 IST

The industrial sector in Agra, which earns more than Rs 2,200 crore from handicrafts and footwear exports alone, is failing to attract fresh entrepreneurs.

A team of the state pollution control board raided an industrial unit at Malpur village in the Baddi industrial area here today and ordered to stop production work there. The unit was reportedly operating without requisite

A human chain was formed by people and the students of Rupganj upazila at Murapara point of the river Sitalakhya on March 23 protesting against the industrial units polluting waters of the river Sitalakhya and Balu.

Later a meeting was held at attended by the people of all walks of life with Zohara Begum, secretary of the Human resource, a non-government organization.

Poison air
Jamshedpur, March 24: The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has set a three-month deadline for sponge iron units and power companies to install online stack monitoring systems to control air pollution.

The JSPCB today issued the directive to managements of sponge iron units and power companies operating in Jamshedpur, Ramgarh, Dhanbad and Hazaribagh.

High Court grants injunction against treatment

Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore:

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has asked as many as 2,300 registered industries to restrain from transporting waste in view of the injunction granted by the High Court against treatment of hazardous waste at Dobbespet plant.

Shimla: Social activists Medha Patkar and Sunderlal Bahuguna are expected to join the Himalaya Bachao Campaign, which would be kicked of in Himachal from Bilaspur district on April 9, where they would join activist groups from all over the state in the

A self-certification benefit for polluting industries and a three-year exemption from certain procedural norms for those seeking environmental clearance at the state level are among the sweeping changes proposed by the Manmohan Singh government in what is seen as an election-eve gift to industry.

NORTH GUWAHATI, March 20