Environment

Action plan for Tarapur industrial areas

CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. This is the action plan for Tarapur industrial areas.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2010
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Environment, Maharashtra, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Land Pollution, Landfill, Water Quality, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Pollution Control, Thane (D)
Hazardous Waste

Technical EIA guidance manual for common hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facilities

The Technical Guidance Manual of Common Hazardous Waste Treatrnent Storage and Disposal Facilities sector describes types of EIA, process and pollution control technologies, operational aspects of EIA wiih model TOR of that sector, and waste minimization techniques, monitoring of environmental quality, post clearance monitoring protocol, related regulations, and procedure of obtaining EC.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2010
IL&FS Ecosmart Limited
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Waste Incineration, Waste Management, Waste Recycling, India, Landfill
Hazardous Waste

Rs 2.18cr for auto cluster project

Jamshedpur, July 19: The state industry department today sanctioned Rs 2.18 crore as first instalment for the ambitious Adityapur auto cluster project.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Industrial Waste Treatment, Landfill, Hazardous Waste, Industry, Jharkhand, Jamshedpur, Telegraph (Ranchi), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
Solid Waste

Apex court directs Delhi HC to consider alloting Bhatti mines for landfills

Following a plea by the government on Monday in Supreme Court that

Publication Date: 
20/07/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Solid Waste, Landfill, Municipal Corporations, Supreme Court, High Court, Delhi, Indian Express (New Delhi)
Solid Waste

Bhalswa, Okhla, Ghazipur landfills to turn into parks

Residents living in the vicinity of three major landfills

Publication Date: 
15/07/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Development, Habitat And Urbanisation, Solid Waste, Garbage, Landfill, Municipal Corporations, Delhi, Pioneer (New Delhi)
Solid Waste

UPJN to ready new site plan for MSW project

LUCKNOW: The UP Jal Nigam (UPJN) is doing all it can to make the proposed Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) plant at Kakori a reality. After the State Advisory Council met the senior members of UPJN on June 14, the implementing authority for the plant is busy preparing a fresh blueprint for the site.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2010
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Horticulture, Solid Waste, Landfill, Municipal Corporations, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow (D), Times of India (Lucknow)
Solid Waste

Fear in Mango belt

The fate of the birthplace of famous Dashehari variety of mango, the Dashehari village, is hanging in a balance.

Known for the oldest mango tree of the variety

Publication Date: 
18/06/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Agriculture, Horticulture, Mango, Solid Waste, Landfill, Uttar Pradesh, Indian Express (New Delhi)
Solid Waste

Air Force sees threat in new landfill near its base

The Indian Air Force has strongly protested the decision of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to set up a landfill facility to dump waste at a site in Bawana-Narela, citing bird strikes and environmental threat to its adjacent station.

Publication Date: 
10/06/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pollution Control, Solid Waste, Garbage, Landfill, Municipal Corporations, Delhi, Indian Express (New Delhi)
Health

Childhood lead exposure after the phaseout of leaded gasoline: ?An ecological study of school-age children in Kampala, Uganda

Although tetraethyl lead was phased out of gasoline in Uganda in 2005, there are still concerns about the exposure of children through other sources. Graber et al. (p.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Lauren K. Graber, Daniel Asher, Natasha Anandaraja & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Tags:
Water Pollution, Lead, Water Quality, Health Effects, Petrol, Health, Landfill, Child Health, Uganda, Environmental Health Perspectives, Lauren K. Graber, Daniel Asher, Natasha Anandaraja & et al
Solid Waste

Segregated garbage plan goes waste

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Publication Date: 
04/05/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Municipal Corporations, High Court, Delhi, Indian Express (New Delhi)

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