Air Pollution

Restart pollution monitoring stations, NGT tells WBPCB

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to restart eight air monitoring stations that were closed down after 2011

Publication Date: 
20/01/2016
Jayanta Gupta
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Air Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, Kolkata, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Vehicular Pollution, Pollution Under Control Certification
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction of pathway on the river bed of river Ganges in the name of river front beautification programme, Kolkata, West Bengal, 13/01/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/01/2016 regarding illegal construction of pathway on the river bed of river Ganges in the name of river front beautification programme along the stretch of river adjacent to Manor Floatel Hotel by Kolkata Municipal Corporation, construction of Manor Floatel Hotel by the private respondent on the bank of river Ganga making encroachment into the river and also the construction of one crematorium and parking space at

Judgement Date: 
13/01/2016
Tags:
Rivers, Hydrology, Ganga, Kolkata, Municipal Corporation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, IIT, Hotels, West Bengal
Climate Change

UK minister, KMC launch roadmap to cut carbon emission in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The UK government will help Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) reduce carbon emission in the city and make it climate-resilient.

Publication Date: 
13/01/2016
Tasmayee Laha Roy
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Climate Change, Kolkata, Municipal Corporation, Climate Impacts, Low Carbon Economy, Carbon Dioxide, Renewable Energy
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding rising air pollution, 06/01/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/01/2016 regarding diseases as a result of pollution majorly generated by air pollution.

Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jharkhand would file a comprehensive affidavit stating the steps taken by the respective states in the respective cities, for prevention and control of air pollution. The ambient air quality samples will be taken and analysis report be submitted before the Tribunal.

Judgement Date: 
06/01/2016
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Diseases, Delhi, Supreme Court, Urban Air Quality, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore (T), Patna (T), Lucknow (T), Allahabad (T), Kanpur (T), Varanasi (T), Pune (T), Nagpur (T), Chennai (T), Hyderabad (T), Ludhiana (T), Amritsar (T)
Environment

Fight against Pous Mela pollution

KOLKATA: Environment activist Subhas Datta has written to the vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati University , Santiniketan, and the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, drawing their attention to the

Publication Date: 
30/12/2015
Jayanta Gupta
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Plastics, Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, Environmental Health, Health Effects, Coal, Environmentalists, Environment
Air Pollution

Kolkata dropped from air quality index

KOLKATA: The city has been dropped from the air quality index (AQI) carried out by the environment ministry due to an inefficient system and alleged non-cooperation from the West Bengal Pollution C

Publication Date: 
24/12/2015
Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Air Pollution, Air Quality Index (AQI), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), WHO, PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), Health Effecs
Air Pollution

Slack air monitoring a recipe for disaster

KOLKATA: The real extent of pollution in the city remains undetected in the absence of enough monitoring devices, admits the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB).

Publication Date: 
23/12/2015
Prithvijit Mitra
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Air Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Diesel, PM 2.5, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Vehicular Pollution
Air Pollution

CSE urges Bengal to following SC diktats immediately

KOLKATA: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the landmark judgment from the Chief Justice bench of the Supreme Court of India banning registration of luxury diesel cars and SU

Publication Date: 
18/12/2015
Ajanta Chakraborty
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), CNG, Diesel, Cars, Sunita Narain, WHO, Health Effects, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
Air Pollution

Status of pollution generated from road transport in six mega cities

Transport sector has always been a significant contributor in emission estimates of cities. The source apportionment studies conducted in the six major cities of the country have shown that transport has significant contributions in PM2.5 and NOx concentrations.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution, Road Transport, Urban Air Quality, Ahmedabad (T), Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna, Solapur, India, Parking Policy, Emissions Inventory, PM 2.5
Air Pollution

Committee to assess city air quality

Expressing concern over the ambient air quality of Kolkata and Howrah, the Kolkata Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday named the principal secretary (home), the principal secretary

Publication Date: 
18/11/2015
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Air Quality Monitoring, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pollution Under Control Certification, Vehicular Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Pollution

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