Experts in SWM call for measures to promote segregation of waste at source and efficient disposal system
In the past few weeks, conservancy workers have been working overtime to clear garbage that has piled up across the city. Apart from being an eyesore, the overflowing waste bins pose health hazards. Garbage is clogging canals and choking stormwater drains in parts of Pulianthope, Adyar, Kodambakkam and Triplicane zones.

PANJIM: State Mines and Geology department has asked all the mine owners, who were issued closure notices by Goa Sate Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), to submit the compliance reports immediately.

Farmers demand adequate compensation for the affected at the grievances day meeting
Expressing deep disappointment over the inability of officials to stem the pollution rot plaguing rivers in the district, farmers demanded permanent steps to end pollution in water bodies and sought adequate compensation for affected farmers.

Action would be initiated against industries situated in and around Thorappalli if they did not adhere to norms laid down by the Pollution Control Board in letting out smoke, said C. Prakasam, District Revenue Officer, here on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to give details about the effluents from the Sterlite Industries’ 400,000-metric tonne copper smelter plant at Tuticorin.

Bharat Coking Coal Ltd – a wholly owned subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL) – today moved the Jharkhand High Court challenging an order by the State pollution control board to close down 22 coal min

The recovery system to extract hazardous metals from electronic wastes has to be improved in the State, according to R.Ramachandran, Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).

The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has ordered the closure of 22 mines of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL). The open-cast and underground mines together produce 35,000-40,000 tonnes of coal a day.

AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal.

Environmentalist Claude Alvares has said that August 12 High Court judgment, which stated that Environment Clearances (EC) under 1994 notification are not valid for more than five years, has put a question mark on the operations of 54 mines in Goa.

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