The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency chief has said that cases of 16 industrial units have been sent to the environmental tribunal for violating environmental laws over the past six months, while cases of 10 other industries are being processed and will soon be sent to the tribunal.

Notices had also been sent to as many as 3,000 industrial units over the six months directing them to follow

Waste generation is a growing issue, which had been highlighted in the past by Thimphu City corporation (TCC). It is a consequence of urbanisation and economic development, which we cannot avoid.

But we should have tools in our hands to handle it. The landfill in Memelakha, which was built in 1994, has long been overused.

BHUBANESWAR: If all the power plants proposed in Orissa materialise, the huge capacity addition in energy generation would have brought about a bigger problem of ash.

With the State leaving no power generation option unexplored, it could well find itself in a tricky situation.

With the three existing landfill sites oversaturated, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is going to make its Narela-Bawana landfill site operational from next month.

As per study conducted by National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), the State has been made to bear total environment cost due to mining to the tune of Rs 548.4 crore.
This was revealed by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in his written reply to an unstarred question tabled by Sanguem MLA Vasudev Gaonkar.

He had sought to know whether the government had calculated environment cost o

New Delhi: Delhi government has denied permission to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to use part of the Bhatti mine area as a landfill site since the earmarked portions fell within the boundary of the wildlife sanctuary.

The affidavit filed by the government in the high court states that in light of the provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and the Environment Protection Act, 1

There has been a drastic decline in the quantity of waste generated by the large, medium and small industrial units in the State in the past one year. As compared to the year 2008-09, the industrial waste has shown a decline of around 54,000 mt tonne in the year 2009-10. Interestingly, the decline is attributed to closure of existing industries rather than regulatory measures.

Five large water bodies are allegedly being filled up illegally in the pocket borough of chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who had once famously threatened to