The Left Front government may claim to give equal importance to both industrialisation and agriculture, but nearly 30,000 villagers of 20 villages in Uluberia do not believe them. For they have to incur huge financial losses every year as their crops are damaged by contaminated water used for irrigation. The water they use comes from the Hangar canal, which they say has become contaminated with poisonous residue, left over by "illegal" liquor factories.
A parliamentary panel has asked the MoEF to serve closure notices to industrial units discharging their effluents into rivers if they do not install treatment plants within a specific time frame.
In a clear case of discrimination, the Ludhiana administration has taken action against dairy farmers for polluting Budda Nullah but spared the industry, which is the major contributor towards the wat
With a view to assessing the potential environmental impacts due to proposed activities, M/s Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd., retained M/s Anacon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur to undertake Environmental Impact Assessment studies. The report envisages the assessment of the impact of various environmental components and its mitigation measures in order to minimize the adverse impacts.
Unwise dumping of wastes in land lead to soil followed by water pollution. Wazirpur, an authorized industrial area, in Delhi, is one of the major sources of pollution in this city.
The Supreme Court (SC) recently demanded a status report from the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government on the implementation of previous orders to establish oxidation ponds to treat industrial waste. The
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the London-listed Vedanta group company to give details about the steps being taken by it to comply with the environmental norms at Sterlite
