Dumka: The apathy of the district administration in ensuring the proper disposal of waste in the industrial town of Babupur near Dumka has put the lives of its residents at risk.

That toxic industrial waste flows unabated in Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana and Kala Sanghian drain in Jalandhar is known, what baffles environmentalists in Punjab is that no political party is bothere

Flouting the Supreme Court (SC) directives and anti-pollution laws, 407 industrial units are running unauthorisedly in the state as their ‘validity of consent’ to operate has expired about a decade

State forest and environment department requested proceedings against BEL for constructing a power plant without prior approvals

State forest and environment department has asked the Dhenkanal Collector to initiate legal action against power subsidiary of Bhushan Steel Ltd for constructing a power plant without prior approvals.

Australia's Queensland state said it has run checks on a nickel refinery owned by mining and real estate magnate Clive Palmer to determine if operating in heavy rains recently caused it to spill ha

At least seven children have been killed while 185 others hospitalised due to the recent outbreak of measles in a village near Keenjhar Lake, Thatta.

Follow Rules Or Face Closure, Warns DPCC

Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has threatened to seal the Wazirpur industrial area if it continues to violate environmental regulations.
The area with 2,000-odd industrial units is allegedly discharging untreated waste water into the sewers. The waste water doesn’t reach the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) as the sewerage system is broken, says a team of DPCC scientists, which recently visited the area.

Finally, the state environment department has woken up to rivers falling prey to pollution.

China has announced its first pilot projects to treat metal pollution in soil and prevent farmland from further contamination, but critics say the government's overall efforts are underfunded and i