The Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 excluded phosphogypsum from hazardous waste category under Schedule-I and
A team comprising Delhi government officials, experts and officials of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) will be visiting a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in Gujarat to understan
Fifteen of the 23 common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in the state are ill-equipped to process harmful industrial waste, says a report released by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB
Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Kharai Juth Gram Panchayat & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 20/06/2014 regarding the encroachment of the Gauchar land, water bodies, lake and also upon the private lands of various agriculturists by Jaypee Cement Ltd in Village Kapurasi, Lakhpat Taluka in Kachchh District of Gujarat.
AURANGABAD: Drinking water samples taken from nine talukas in the district put nine of the 858 gram panchayats (GP) under the red zone category, which means that these GPs failed to provide clean a
The city’s environment department has asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the MCD to provide land for the disposal of sludge from effluent treatment plants (ETPs) and sewage treatment p
A chemical plant in central China's Hunan province was shut down on Sunday on suspicion of being linked to the lead poisoning of more than 300 local children, following a report on Saturday about b
Given that the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) recently pulled up industrial units for dumping their waste outside the Cuncolim industrial estate, Nuvem villagers have questioned how the
