Environment

Noise levels near hospitals beyond prescribed limits

BHUBANESWAR: The noise levels near many hospitals — which are silence zones — in major cities of the state have been found to be above the permissible limits during festive seasons, an annual repor

Publication Date: 
01/09/2015
Riyan Ramanath V
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Noise Pollution, Angul (T), Balasore (T), Cuttack (T), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Festival, Health Effects, Environment
Industry

Judgement of the Gujarat High Court regarding villagers opposing an industrial unit to construct a road to transport its vehicles and machinery, District Valsad, Gujarat, 31/08/2015

Judgement of the Gujarat High Court in the matter of Platinum AAC Blocks Private Ltd. Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 31/08/2015 regarding villagers opposing an industrial unit engaged in manufacturing of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) Blocks to construct a road to transport its vehicles and machineries to its industrial unit, village Mohangam, Taluka Umargam, District Valsad.

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Judgement Date: 
31/08/2015
Tags:
Land, Land Ownership, Industry, Valsad (D), Gujarat, Gram Panchayat, Building Materials, Rural Roads, Farmers, Agriculture, High Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Energy

Solar plant on SIPCOT campus generates green energy in bulk

It produces nearly 4,500 units of power every day

Publication Date: 
31/08/2015
R.Krishnamoorthy
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Solar Energy, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Renewable Energy, Industry, Energy
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the quality of coal to be used by power plants, 28/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ratandeep Rangari Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors dated 28/08/2015 regarding the quality of coal to be used by power plants.

Judgement Date: 
28/08/2015
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Air Pollution, Coal, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Maharashtra, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Fossil Fuels, Industrial Pollution
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)
Water Pollution

Poor public response to Periyar pollution issues

The clamour for protecting Periyar River, it seems, to have ended with public statements.

Publication Date: 
28/08/2015
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Periyar, River Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environmentalists, Water Pollution
Environment

30 polluting units shut in Ghaziabad

GHAZIABAD: A district-level committee in Ghaziabad shut down 30 industrial units in Loni on Thursday after they were found operating from residential areas.

Publication Date: 
28/08/2015
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environmental Health, Health Effects, Environment
Environment

Pollution board to go paperless

All set for the launch of Online Consent Management

Publication Date: 
26/08/2015
Rahul Devulapalli
Hindu (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Waste Disposal, Hospital Waste, Environment
Water Pollution

Periyar Pollution: NGT Seeks Status Report

KOCHI: Expressing concern over the ‘disastrous proportion’ of heavy metals, harmful chemicals and pollutants present in the Periyar, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) - Southern Zone on Monday ord

Publication Date: 
25/08/2015
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Periyar, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution
Environment

Coal hill much closer than SoBo knows

MUMBAI: A mere 5.4kms separates toxic mountains of coal stored on Mumbai Port Trust land from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, one of South Mumbai's busiest railway stations.

Publication Date: 
25/08/2015
Anahita Mukherji
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Coal, Pollution, High Court, Ecology, Environmentalists, Respiratory Diseases, Ports, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment

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