An illegal garment dyeing unit at Terakanambi village. Even as the dyeing units are being set up in Terakanambi, Dollipura and Lokkanahalli of the district, the district administration and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) are looking the other way.

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) had earlier roped in the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) to conduct the assessment, which is primarily required so that the government can fix a compensation amount to charge the owners based on damage caused. But, they have now approached the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). “We were in talks with NIO and they even collected samples. But they couldn’t commit to our deadline of a month,” said Valsa Nair Singh, state environment secretary.

In September last year, the High Court had asked the Maharashtra government and the Thane Municipal Corporation to ensure that Ganesh and Janmashtami pandals follow noise regulations, and had directed that a committee be formed in this regard. On Wednesday, the court criticised the inaction of the committee which was created to come up with a plan to avoid chaos during festivals.

“I am proud to be part of a team that works towards minimising pollution levels and saving the earth for future generations,” says K.Thamilselvan, a field assistant of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). He is part of the team of personnel involved in manning five stations as part of the Chennai Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme.

The local communities, NGOs and other groups opposed the setting up of a beach sand mineral separation plant by the Trimex group at Bhavanapadu in Srikakulam district at a public hearing on Thursda

The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has ordered the closure of a pharmaceutical factory near Banur for violation of pollution control norms.

The Regional Officer of Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), Anupam Behera, has indicted aluminium major Hindalco for emission of fluoride from its Smelter Plant at Hirakud which resulted

The sewage treatment plants in Gurgaon are unable to handle the daily load, taking away the gloss of impressive residential highrises and ultra-modern office buildings of the city.

The Trimex group, which set up a beach sand mineral extraction plant near Srikurmam in Srikakulam district, is seeking to set up another plant in the vicinity of Bhavanapadu in the same district as