As the city celebrated Deepavali on Wednesday, few among those merrily bursting fire crackers would have realised that air pollution rose to unusually high levels, noise exceeded permissible limits

The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules are usually relaxed during festivals, but only for the deadline and not the decibel levels.

KOLKATA, 24 OCT: To ensure compliance of pollution control norms, especially those for creating noise pollution by bursting firecrackers, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), along with

SHILLONG: The final draft of the much-awaited State Mining Policy that is expected to regulate mining activities in the State, is likely to be submitted to the State Government in November.

Guwahati: Schoolchildren in Shillong and Guwahati are found to be the most susceptible to various diseases caused by air pollution as per finding of a study on ‘Impact of air pollution in specific

A massive campaign will be taken up during the next five years, with the assistance of the local public sector units as well as the private sector, to grow 40 lakh trees in and around Visakhapatnam

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has decided to “defuse” noisy firecrackers this year.

Families have begun preparing for the festival of lights, which is always accompanied by the exchange of sweets, shopping sprees and the bursting of crackers.

Calcutta, Oct 18: (PTI) A joint action team formed by Pollution Control Board, Calcutta and state police will ensure that sound pollution norms against firecrackers were not violated during Diwali.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to initiate steps to ease the problem of traffic congestion and movement difficulties caused by heavy pressure of mineral-carrying trucks on roads.