Environment

Joint inspection of pollution from Korba East power plant in Chhattisgarh begins

BILASPUR: A joint inspection of pollution from the Korba East power plant of the Chhattisgarh state power generation company began on Monday.

Publication Date: 
25/11/2015
Arjun Chouhan
Times Of India (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Korba (D), Thermal Power Plants, Industrial Pollution, Power Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

Expert reports on Korba pollution under scanner

Report facilitate permission for more plants in state's power hub

Publication Date: 
30/10/2015
R Krishna Das
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Korba (D), Thermal Power Plants, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Air Quality Monitoring, Aluminium Industry, Industrial Pollution, Environment
Hazardous Waste

Korba is ranks third in new critically polluted areas

Korba in Chhattisgarh is among three newly identified critically polluted areas (CPAs) in the country with the collected sampling of ‘Volatile Organic Compounds” (VOCs), according to the 2014-15 an

Publication Date: 
05/08/2015
Times Of India (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Korba (D), Organic Pollutants, Chemical Industry, Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution, Toxic Wastes, Industrial Waste, Hazardous Waste
Pesticides And Toxins

Heavy metal contamination of tree leaves

The study of heavy metal (HMs) contamination of environment is of great interest due to their serious health hazard. In this work, the contamination of tree leaves with the HMs in the most polluted industrial city, Korba, India is described. The leaves of common trees i.e. Azadirachta indica, Butea monosperma, Eucalyptus, Ficus religiosa, Mangifera indica and Tectona grandis were selected for assessment of the HMs contamination as bioindicator. The elevated concentration of HMs (i.e.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2015
Khageshwar Singh Patel, Reetu Sharma, Nohar Singh Dahariya & et al
American Journal of Analytical Chemistry
6
8
687-693
Tags:
Heavy Metals, Trees, Korba (D), Coal, Chhattisgarh, Air Pollution, Thermal Power Plants
Dams/ Irrigation

Govt targets to bring ‘mini green revolution’ in Korba district

The Chhattisgarh Government is trying to bring about a sort of mini green revolution around State’s industrial hub Korba by focussing on micro irrigation projects.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2015
Pioneer (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Irrigation, Korba (D), National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Water Supply, Agriculture, Water Management, Dams/ Irrigation, Farmers
Wildlife

Wild elephants menace continues; 3 women lose lives

Three women were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Kartala forests range of Korba district, officials informed here on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2015
Pioneer (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Korba (D), Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Compensation, Wildlife
Water Supply

State Government reviews ongoing water supply schemes

With the summer season just two months ahead, the State Government has already started reviewing all ongoing water supply projects in the State.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2015
Pioneer (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Water Supply, Dhamtari (D), Korba (D), Drinking Water, Power Industry
Natural Disasters

Flood affects 73 villages in Chhattisgarh

The administration has set up 73 relief camps where affected people has been given shelter following flooding of their houses and villages

Publication Date: 
12/08/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Floods, Rainfall, Mahanadi, Bilaspur (D), Korba (D), Natural Disasters
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance granted to M/s Dheeru Powergen Pvt. Ltd. by the MoEF to establish 3 x 350 MW coal based Thermal Power Plant at Village Dhanras, Tehsil Katghora, District Korba, Chhattisgarh

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Vinod Kumar Pandey & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors.dated 22/07/2014 regarding environmental clearance granted to M/s Dheeru Powergen Pvt. Ltd.

Judgement Date: 
22/07/2014
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Chhattisgarh, Korba (D), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Clearance (EC), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Fly Ash
Hazardous Waste

Notice to 18 hospitals including AIIMS in Chhattisgarh

Eighteen hospitals in Chhattisgarh, including AIIMS, have been issued show cause notice for non-compliance of rules of bio medical waste and thus causing health and environmental hazards.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2014
Times Of India (Raipur)
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Hazardous Waste, Chhattisgarh, Health Effects, Environment, Korba (D), Dhamtari (D), Waste Disposal, Waste Management

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