After some major road infrastructure projects in the city, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is in the process of setting up monitoring stations at three locations to kee

The ministry of environment and forests has given clearance to the pulp and paper plant being set up by Kohinoor Pulp and Paper Private Limited at Matia in Goalpara.

Total coliform count exceeds permissible limits: PCB

Investigations by the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) have revealed heavy pollution of wells at select locations in Ernakulam district.
The monitoring agency found that the total coliform (bacteria) count exceeded the permissible limits at various sites. The wells identified for the water quality monitoring programme were located at Vyttila, Edayar, Brahmapuram, Eloor and Kalamassery.

While you could be booked for bursting crackers in a silence zone, you could zip through the same area with your vehicle roaring at 90 decibel.

Diwali may have been quieter this year, but toxic fumes from firecrackers pushed air pollution levels in the city way above the permissible limits on all three days of the festival.

According to initial data obtained from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for the Ambient Air Quality monitoring station at Bandra, the average respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) levels in the area on October 26 were 358 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3). This is more than three times the permissible limit of 100 µg/m3. In fact, this is the second highest value of RSPM recorded on Lakshmi pooja in Bandra from 2007 to 2011.

Chandigarh: “Environment should be an agenda for Punjab’s upcoming assembly elections and both the parties should make a commitment to save natural resources and environment of Punjab”, said Umendr

The holy city of Amritsar will join the Green Pilgrim Cities Network, the first global network aimed at greening pilgrimage to be launched in Assisi, Italy, from October 31 to November 2.

Jaipur: Pollution due to firecrackers during the Diwali festivities has created a serious problem for asthma patients in the past two days.

PANJIM: After acting against 19 mines, the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) is in the process of issuing notices to 25 more mines which have extracted iron ore in excess of the permissible capacity spe