Jamshedpur, Feb. 10: The industrial hubs of Seraikela and Chaibasa can look forward to a less-polluted environment. For, the regional office of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) is setting up two ambient air quality monitoring stations there.
Senior officials of the JSPCB said that they have already received the go-ahead from higher authorities.
AMIT GUPTA
Ranchi, Jan. 28: The state has asked Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (Jusco) to justify its claim of a rate 23 per cent higher than the estimated cost of Rs 52.50 crore for execution of the Mango water supply project.
Jamshedpur, Jan. 27: The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to serve notices to three civic bodies for polluting river Subernarekha, considered the lifeline of Singhbhum.
Friends in need: A herd of elephants at Dalma
Jamshedpur, Jan. 19: After providing homes to animals at the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, the authorities are now looking forward to prepare a biodiversity register.
Officials at a review meeting. Pix: Srinivas
Jamshedpur, Jan. 15: The cost of the ambitious Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) has swelled to Rs 5,500 crore.
- Green hub will also act as knowledge centre on environment for schoolchildren
KUMUD JENAMANI
Site of the proposed park in Adityapur. Pix: Bhola Prasad
Jamshedpur, Jan. 13: A green hub is all set to enliven the otherwise drab surroundings of Adityapur.
Jamshedpur, Jan. 8: The state government is working extra hard to implement the mid-day meal scheme in all the schools of East Singhbhum district but minority-run institutions have requested to spare them from the scheme.
If such is the situation, the mid-day meal scheme would not be implemented in government high schools (Classes VI to VIII) of the district.
ANTARA BOSE
Jamshedpur, Jan. 6: Gone are the days when the primitive tribes of Musabani block in East Singhbhum used to depend on hunting to earn their livelihood. Now, the Sabars, a backward tribe residing at Joblakocha in the block, are slowly embracing a civilised life.
