Having failed in several attempts in the past to identify suitable land for waste treatment in Santa Cruz village, the panchayat authorities saw a slim glimmer of hope as Calapur Comunidade attorney Mariano Araujo offered to provide Comunidade land for the purpose, provided the other committee members also accept the proposal.
The offer was made at the Sunday gram sabha, which discussed the trick

Four major and 338 minor facilities are law breakers: Pollution Control Board

Rashmi Menon, Bangalore, November 28, DH News Service:

Four 100+ bed private hospitals and 338 smaller hospitals in the State are in violation of the rule that makes it mandatory for all government as well as private hospitals and nursing homes to link up with government-recognised Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatmen

Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS

THE piped water you get at home could be laced with toxins if a proposal by five municipalities and a town panchayat to set up a compost yard in Kuthambakkam village comes through.

A proposed compost yard project at Kuthambakkam could be an environmental time bomb, warn green activists.

Amid reports that the ambient air quality at the Commonwealth Games village and other venues was not up to the mark, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has maintained that the situation was under control and polluting units were being sealed to reduce air pollution.

As per ongoing study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Pune), which has set up air quality monitoring sys

Deputy Chief Minister claims State acting swiftly to combat effects of climate change PCB and forest department are acting in tandem to protect Tamil Nadu }
TAMIL Nadu was acting swiftly to combat the impacts that climate change, claimed Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin.

Speaking at the launch of the