PANJIM : Though closure notices have been issued to 19 mines on Tuesday, lack of coordination and failure to determine which department should enforce the notices, puts the important ban on operations in limbo.

The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board will hold a public hearing in regard to the 750 MW-Luhri hydro power project — coming up on the Satluj river — in Mandi district’s Parlog on August 9.

Green tribunal slaps notices on Posco, Orissa & MoEF; Seeks info about clearance granted to the project

A foreign firm, OEC-RVA-PHE, has been asked by the Pune district collector, Vikas Deshmukh, to prepare a pre-feasibility report on ways to control pollution in the Indrayani river.

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday served notices on the Union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF), Orissa government, Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and Posco India enquiring them about the circumstances under which environmental clearance was given to the South Korean company’s proposal for setting up a 12 million tonne steel plant and a captive port in Jagatsinghpur district.

In all, 35 mines in Goa might have to suspend their operations immediately as the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has decided to issue notices to them this week for operating without cons

Ranchi, Aug. 1: Jharkhand High Court today directed East Singhbhum deputy commissioner to probe into the alleged dumping of slag by Tata Steel in Kharkai and Subernarekha rivers in Jamshedpur.

The announcement last weekend by the prime minister that an independent National Environmental Appraisal and Monitoring Agency (NEAMA) would shortly be set up has been welcomed in the media.

Mangalore: The Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), an undertaking of the Fishmeal and Oil Manufactures Association (FOMA) was inaugurated by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Chairman A S