Air Pollution

Transport minister shrugs off pollution-check onus

KOLKATA: Various government departments have shrugged off responsibility for the spike in the city’s air pollution and lack of demonstrative action to control it.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2018
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Air Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Air Pollution Control, PM2.5
Air Pollution

NGT slaps Rs 5-cr fine on govt for ‘failing to combat’ air pollution in Kolkata, Howrah

In 2016, the tribunal’s expert committee had submitted a report with a series of recommendations to counter increasing air pollution levels in the city.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Kolkata, Howrah (T), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Pollution Contrl Board (CPCB), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air quality of Kolkata city, West Bengal, 27/11/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 27/11/2018 regarding the alarming adverse air quality of Kolkata City which was stated to be highly polluted during the period commencing from mid-October to February end. The principal reason for the bad ambient air quality in the city of Kolkata and Howrah was identified to be auto emission apart from road dust, construction activities, burning of municipal waste and industrial wastes including plastics, population of DG sets and industrial emissions.

Judgement Date: 
27/11/2018
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Kolkata, Court, West Bengal, Vehicular Standards, Urban Air Quality, Air Quality and Health
Health

Kolkata: Return of dengue-II stumps experts

KOLKATA: An overwhelming 85% of dengue patients in Kolkata were affected with serotype II of the virus — considered the second most virulent of the four serotypes to which immunity is low in the ci

Publication Date: 
22/11/2018
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Kolkata, Health Effects, Health
Health

Kolkata: This year, 80% had deadly dengue-II

KOLKATA: Stung by more than 20 dengue deaths in Kolkata this year, the civic authorities have marked out areas that are at risk from the virus.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2018
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Health
Environment

Festive fallout: Kolkata chokes on pollutants

KOLKATA: The air quality in the city has deteriorated over the past few days and experts put some of the blame on the festivities.

Publication Date: 
22/10/2018
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, Kolkata, Environmentalists, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of untreated effluents from the stables of RCTC, Kolkata, West Bengal, 08/10/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 08/10/2018 regarding discharge of untreated effluents from the stables of Royal Calcutta Turf Club located in the Hastings area of Kolkata.

Judgement Date: 
08/10/2018
Tags:
Waste Disposal, Kolkata, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal, Horses, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Health

Dengue death toll rises to 11 in Kolkata

Disease is spreading fast in northern part of Bengal

Publication Date: 
01/10/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Health
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding hot mix plants operating in Kolkata, West Bengal, 01/10/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 01/10/2018 regarding hot mix plants operating in Kolkata, West Bengal. Counsel for Kolkata Municipal Corporation that the hot mix plants in operation are being operated outside thhe Kolkata city limits.

Judgement Date: 
30/09/2018
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Kolkata, Municipal Corporations, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution, West Bengal
Health

Dengue off to fatal run in south Kolkata danger zone

KOLKATA: It took the death of a 21-year-old girl for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to go hard at dengue in Lotus Park, an area close to the Bijoygarh-Golf Green-Baghajatin belt where deng

Publication Date: 
25/09/2018
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Dengue, Kolkata, Municipal Corporation, Health Effects, Health

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