Many lapses on the part of the industry have come to the fore during inspections by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in the last few days.

The moratorium had been imposed by the Union Environment and Forest ministry when it was headed by Jairam Ramesh and the Left Front was in power in Bengal.

A day after Ganesha visarjan, there was a pleasant surprise for environment activists as well as civic authorities.

Unlike previous years, when the sight of hundreds of idols were scattered in Tapi pained the devotees and caused pollution, the riverbed this year was much cleaner. Authorities said a vast majority of people this year have refrained from immersing idols made from plaster of paris (PoP) in Tapi.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said that renewal sources of energy are pollution–free, eco–friendly, viable and cost–effective and these sources of energy should be harnessed fully.

Government has identified the 11-km Shastri Park-Trilokpuri sector for the first line

Delhi is likely to get it first monorail by 2017, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Tuesday. She said the city needs a transport system that is not only efficient and accessible, but also that will allow people to live in a healthy environment.

GSPCB scientists to come out with extensive report

The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will conduct an in-depth study of the pollution-hit Cuncolim Industrial Estate ~ perhaps for the first time since the estate was set up in the early 90s.

Beijing Monday rolled out a slew of measures to curb industrial pollution amid latest efforts to improve the city's air quality.

Unveiling a five-year clean air action plan (2013-2017), the Beijing municipal government stated that 1,200 polluting companies will be ordered to upgrade or close parts or all of their facilities, Xinhua reported.

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.