Effluents and toxic fumes from factories and refineries and high concentration of vehicles on roads, besides the Deonar dumping grounds (now partially closed) contribute to pollution in Chembur, on

Residents of a town in southern China have been rushing to buy bottled water after excessive levels of carcinogenic cadmium were found in a river source of drinking water, state media said on Thurs

KOCHI: Rising levels of pollution caused by plywood manufacturing units in Kuttippadam village in Perumbavoor is slowly forcing the residents of the area to abandon their homes in search of a healt

The Federation of Consumer and Service Organisations has appealed to Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to take steps to check pollution in the Uyyakondan river.

Indians know little about the water they use and the waste they discharge

Water is life, and sewage tells its life story. This is the subject of the “Citizens’ Seventh Report on the State of India’s Environment”, Excreta Matters: How urban India is soaking up water, polluting rivers and drowning in its own excreta. It has a seemingly simple plot: it only asks where Indian cities get their water from and where their waste goes. But this is not just a question or answer about water, pollution and waste.

A HISTORY OF POLLUTION?
Threaten To Leave If Expansion Ban Is Not Revoked

TOXIC SPREAD - Vapi:The Daman administration has initiated stringent vigil over its territory which is seeing massive illegal dumping of untreated industrial effluent from Gujarat industries.

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed electroplating units in Mumbai to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs) and scrubbers while hearing a petition stating that such effluents are p

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) in the last few days raided three dyeing units and two bleaching units in the Tirupur knitwear cluster engaged in unauthorised operations and discharging

TIRUPUR: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials on Wednesday sealed 26 illegal dyeing units functioning in residential areas here.

According to official sources, the TNPCB’s flying squad detected these units in October and November. Since the closure of 734 dyeing units in January 2010 following a court order, such illegal dyeing units started functioning and were taking orders in small quantities.