Farmers of Punnam happy over decision to drop dyeing park plan

The public of Punnam are ecstatic at the shelving of the plan to establish an integrated dyeing park in their neighbourhood. At the same time, home textile exporters and professional dyers in the town are dejected that their painstaking effort, kept under wraps for a long time, to establish the facility has come to a naught.

According to an RTI reply from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, around 30 restaurants don’t have environment clearance

While a rise in illegal commercial activities in and around Hauz Khas Village has forced residents to seek the National Green Tribunal’s intervention, a Right to Information reply from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (dated July 15) has noted that there are around 30 restaurants in the area operating without environment clearance.

The PIL has been filed by one Babubhai Saini through his lawyer Dhaval Barot

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking closure of ceramic and silicate units in Morbi, Rajkot, that are not adhering to existing pollution norms.

ADC urges Karnal villagers to relocate to Saudapur village

Environment and forest minister Alina Saldanha referred a complaint from farmers in Arossim to the GSPCB for necessary action.

Farmers in Sivaganga district have alleged that a graphite company in their area was polluting their fields and rendering them barren.

Protests staged at various places in delta districts

Cadres of the CPI-affiliated Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam took out rallies and staged demonstrations at various places in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts protesting against the proposed coal-bed methane (CBM) project from the delta districts.

Officials of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board on Sunday sealed a textile unit at Balanagarmandal in Mahbubnagar district following complaints from farmers that effluents from the factory

Illegal textile processing units pose a threat to farm sector in the region

The discharge of untreated effluents into the waterways in the district has increased substantially in the last few weeks as many unauthorised textile processing units have come up in Erode and its suburbs.