With Raipur being listed as the seventh most polluted city in the world in a World Health Organisation report, the Chhattisgarh government has drafted an action plan to arrest rising pollution in t

Raipur: Listed among one of the most polluted cities in country, Chhattisgarh capital has witnessed significant fall in pollution level in 2015 as measured on scale of sulfur-dioxide (SO2), nitroge

According to regional officials of the CECB, notices were recently issued to several townships and infrastructure projects as they were flouting green norms.

Prachi Sahu & Deepsha Agrawal

RAIPUR: Taking serious note of increasing noise pollution in state and its adverse effects Chhattisgarh government instructed all district collectors to establish complaint's cell for registration

In India, urbanization and rapid population growth have led to degradation of environment, by increased rate of exploitation of natural resources and generation of municipal solid wastes (MSW). Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal is a big problem for most of the towns in developing countries. In India dumping of MSW on low laying area is the common practice in most of the towns. The dumping of waste in uncontrolled manner creates many kinds of problems for the surrounding environment.

Chhattisgarh is all set to adopt the US model of developing dedicated Public Transport corridors in its cities.

Road dusts contribute a large fraction of air pollution in urban environment of India. In the present work, contamination assessment of ions and elements i.e. F−, Cl−, NO3 − , 2 SO4 − , NH4 + , Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, As, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb and Hg in the road dusts of the most industrialized area of central India: Raipur (capital, Chhattisgarh state) is described during year: 2008-2013.

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Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday launched ‘Hariyar Chhattisgarh Afforestation Campaign 2015’ by planti

Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) has accused Chhattisgarh government of violating the provisions of Jail Manual by not providing basic amenities of sanitation and hygienic conditions to prisoners.

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