Hyderabad, Jan. 3: Visakhapatnam overtook Patancheru and Bolarum as the most industrially polluted cluster in the state as per the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (Cepi).

The pollution level in 10 major industrial hubs in the country, including Ludhiana in Punjab, Ghaziabad and Singrauli in Uttar Pradesh and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, have reached a

New Delhi: Amid rising concern about public health in industrial towns, the Centre has put on hold the expansion of 43 industrial clusters, including five in Maharashtra, that have reached alarming and critical levels of pollution.

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NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Thursday recommended a moratorium on new units at 43 highly polluted industrial areas in the country.

ROURKELA: Hearing a petition filed against the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), the Supreme Court in a recent order took the management to task and snubbed the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) for not adequately utilising its statutory powers to check environmental pollution.

Ludhiana: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has included names of four members from the industry in the high-level committee constituted for fixing norms at inlet and outlet of common effluent treatment plants to be set up in Ludhiana.

Following recent warning by Chief Minister Raman Singh to polluting industries, the State Government has served closure notices to 15 steel making units based at Urla, Siltara and Borjhara industrial areas of Raipur, for allegedly violating pollution control norms.

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The pollution control board has cracked down on three multinational companies. Three Phase-2-based companies have been served with notices for not putting in place scrubber systems. The notices have been sent on the receipt of complaints from the district administration, it is learnt.