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Residents have accused the 50-year-old plant of violations

GURUGRAM: The city continues to record moderate level of air quality since last week, making it least polluted in NCR.

KENDRAPADA: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) with the help of the Jajpur district administration on Monday sealed the Visa Steel plant in the industrial hub of Kalinganagar.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Kunjoonjamma Jose Vs Kerala Sate Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/12/2015 regarding emission and deposition of lead particles in air, water and soil alleged to have been effected by the M/s. Perfect Alloys.

SALBONI: The state pollution control board (PCB) will hold a public hearing at Salboni on Thursday to test the view of residents of the area on the proposed Rs 700-crore cement plant, Jindal Steel

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Blue Star Finishers Vs. U.P.P.C.B. dated 01/07/2015 regarding Ganga pollution caused by the tannery Blue Star Finishers, Wajidpur, Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

The Tribunal also went through the joint inspection report which points out that the industry is processing 30 hides per day and electromagnetic flow meter has been installed to record the consumption of fresh water drawn from one bore-well.

The National Green Tribunal on 1 July 2015 refused to modify its earlier order that asked for closure of 739 polluting textile units in Rajasthan’s Barmer district and sought assistance of Central Ground Water Authority, RIICO and the District Collector as well as the Regional Pollution Control Board to enquire into the matter. Read full text of this NGT order.

NAVI MUMBAI: In a determined fight to close polluting units at a quarry site in Turbhe, close to the dog center on the landfill site, NMMC has locked horns with the MPCB.

Ex-workers affected due to mercury pollution by the Hindustan Unilever’s now-defunct thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, on Monday staged a protest at the company’s headquarters in Andheri, Mumbai,

In October 2013, the Nation Green Tribunal had ordered all 239 ‘polluting’ industries on the banks to be shut.

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