Mandated to create industrial opportunities in the state, the MIDC or Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation has been doing quite the opposite of late—winding up its own plans to set up Spe
It continues to function without town panchayat's approval
ERODE: A private weekly leather market has been functioning unauthorisedly at BP Agraharam here, causing huge damage to the environment, residents complain.
The BP Agraharam town panchayat did not give any approval for the market, and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) issued orders to the town panchayat three times (Octobe
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government, on Saturday, approved the closure of 5 out of 21 blacklisted tanneries that have been polluting the Ganga in the state.
Closure notices, UP Pollution Control Board officials confirmed, were served to the errant tanneries after informing them about the need to set up primary treatment plants (PTPs) at their set-ups.
CHENNAI: The leather industry needs to move from zero liquid waste discharge to the relatively more challenging environmental goal of zero solid waste discharge as it seeks to increase its share of world trade, experts said on Sunday.
Participating in the celebration of Foundation Day of the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), experts said while the Indian leather industry had a promisin
Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests launched the Real time Ambient Noise Monitoring Network here today. In its first phase, it will cover 35 stations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. MoEF has also received Rs 200 crores under bioremediation for the first time to be used for cleaning operations in highly polluted areas.
Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has sought permission from the State Government for the closure of 11 tanneries in the city.
According to the Board, despite repeated warnings, these tanneries have failed to install primary treatment plants in their units and have continued to discharge polluted water in the Ganga.
Unfinished tannery relocation in Bengal is typical of many MoEF projects, says CAG in its first-ever environment audit
A major environmental project initiated in south-east Kolkata relocating more than 500 tanneries in an integrated leather complex spread over 1,100 acres has failed to take off even after 12 years of its initiation, though more than Rs 135 crore has been spent already.
The Bantala tanneries are posing a risk to the environment because of the failure of the state and the Centre to complete the construction of the common effluent treatment plant in the 12 years since work on the leather hub started, the CAG has said in a report.
