Stringent and uniform standards for sewage treatment in residential buildings and industries with more than 20,000 sq m built-up area is in the offing.

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has proposed that all sewage treatment plants should meet inland freshwater discharge standards to promote recycling and reusing of treated waste. The pollution control board has invited suggestions for and objections to the proposal.

With the groundwater in the area fully contaminated from the toxic industrial waste, the land has gone to waste and paddy fields have been deserted.

One spark is enough to engulf almost half of Saurashtra's commercial capital in flames.

Provincial government team to study pollution from heavy metal industry

Toughening its stand against the Union and State governments over the Gadgil and Kasturirangan panel reports on Western Ghats, the Paschima Ghatta Jana Samrakshana Samithi has urged the Ministry of

A day after Dombivli received “green rain”, environmentalists said the incident points to a larger pollution problem in the Mumbai metropolitan region and other areas in the state.

“The deposition of green water in and around MIDC area of Dombivli seems to be a case of pollution manifesting itself. Pollutants in the air may have reacted with rainwater; thus reducing air pollution, but adding to water and soil pollution,” said environmental consultant Laxmikant Deshpande.

JAIPUR: After rendering the agricultural land infertile, the huge amount of ground water being used for dyeing industry on the banks of river Bandi in Pali is fast depleting the groundwater and adv

NGT Cracks Whip On Private Firm Managing Landfill

Rajkot: In a major victory for nearly 8,000 people of six villages near Rajkot, the National Green Tribunal, (NGT), Pune has ordered the private firm managing the municipal solid waste of the city to pay a compensation of Rs 25 lakh for improper handling of the waste.