Floods

Erosion by Ganga River

Around 1,480 hectares of land along the Ganga-Padma in Murshidabad district of West Bengal have been eroded during the last 15 years, according to Government of West Bengal, said Tudu.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2023
Lok Sabha
Tags:
State of West Bengal, Ganga, Padma, Murshidabad, Soil Erosion, Floods
Water Pollution

West Bengal rivers are not fit even for bathing, says report

A dip in the Ganges is, generally speaking, synonymous with the idea of purification.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, River Pollution, West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ganga, Mahananda, Damodar, Murshidabad
Natural Disasters

Met dept predicts Heavy rain in next 24 hours: Thee more deaths in two districts in West Bengal

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who returned to Kolkata from Delhi on Wednesday evening, asked the Centre to undertake dredging work at Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to prevent a flood-like situ

Publication Date: 
27/07/2017
Indian Expess (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Rainfall, Murshidabad, Floods, Rivers, Natural Disasters
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns operating without consent to operate, Murshidabad, West Bengal, 19/01/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/S Murshidabad District Brick Field Owners’ Association Vs Joydeep Mukherjee & Others dated 19/01/2016 regarding brick kilns operating without consent to operate, Murshidabad, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
19/01/2016
Tags:
Bricks, Murshidabad, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981
Environment

Assessment of flood vulnerability at village level for Kandi block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal

Kandi block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal is situated in the Mayurakshi–Dwarka Plain. This is one of the maximum flood-affected blocks in Murshidabad. The average frequency of occurrence of floods in the last decade is 8. This study prepares a vulnerability map of Kandi block at village level combining physical, social and economic indicators of flood hazard. PCA analysis has been applied for computation of vulnerability indices. The results reveal that there is a difference in biophysical exposure and vulnerability index.

Publication Date: 
10/01/2016
Swati Mollah
Current Science
110
1
81-86
Tags:
Floods, Murshidabad, West Bengal, Bhagirathi, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Rivers, Drainage, Wetlands
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal brick fields, West Bengal, 28/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Pollution Control Board & Ors dated 28/08/2015 regarding illegal brick fields in West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
28/08/2015
Tags:
Bricks, Air Pollution, Murshidabad, Birbhum, West Bengal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Compensation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick fields in operation without consent to operate, Murshidabad, West Bengal, 05/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Susanta Kumar Roy Vs Environmental Engineer & Others dated 05/08/2015 regarding illegal operation of brick kilns without obtaining the consent to establish and consent operate from PCB in Goraipur Mouza, Choyghari Gram Panchayet, Village Goraipur within the jurisdiction of Daulatabad PS, District Murshidabad, as a result of which the mango orchards belonging to the applicant has been damaged.

Judgement Date: 
05/08/2015
Tags:
Bricks, Murshidabad, West Bengal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Compensation, Land Pollution, Farmers
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of brick field, Murshidabad, West Bengal, 05/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Samsujjoha Sarkar Vs West Bengal PCH & Others dated 05/08/2015 regarding illegal operation of brick field, Murshidabad, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
05/08/2015
Tags:
Bricks, Murshidabad, West Bengal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Act 1986, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Natural Disasters

38 killed as rains set off landslides in Darjeeling

At least 38 people were killed in landslides triggered by incessant overnight rains in Darjeeling district in the past 24 hours, swamping homes, washing away highways and throwing normal life out o

Publication Date: 
02/07/2015
Parwez Hafeez
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Darjiling (D), Landslides, Murshidabad, Floods, Teesta, Natural Disasters
Environment

Green tribunal raps govt for illegal brick kilns

National Green Tribunal's Kolkata bench on Wednesday asked the district magistrates of North and South 24-Parganas to shut down more than 600 brick kilns operating illegally in their districts.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2015
Debasish Konar
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Bricks, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Industrial Pollution, Murshidabad, Environment

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