Pollution board instructs all production units to register with the government

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After banning the use of polythene carry bags in state, the government is all set to regulate the products of the plastic manufacturing industries in Rajasthan.

Kanpur: Days after environment minister Jairam Ramesh expressed unhappiness over its inaction in cleaning the Ganges, the UP Pollution Control Board said it was working towards cleaning the river and had closed down 65 industrial units polluting it.

Ramesh, who was here to participate in 'Ganga river basin management workshop' organised by IIT-Kanpur on August 28, had rued the inaction of the b

The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has asked the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to have a public consultation on the development of iron ore terminal at West of Breakwater (WOB) proposed by Mormugao Port Trust (MPT).
According to sources in MPT, MPT officials along with GSPCB on Thursday had a meeting, where MPT made a presentation of iron ore terminal.
The expert appraisal

Power connection to these units also disconnected

The Board has also formed three-member flying squad to monitor the units

Public requested to inform the squad members for taking action

Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday ordered closure of 10 Individual Effluent Treatment Plants (IETPs) in Tirupur for its failure to comply with the directives of Supreme Co

The State Government on Wednesday constituted an inter-departmental Special Cell providing the panel powers to conduct joint surveys on the leases identified in the Lokayukta

S. Ramesh

People of Erode district depend on groundwater as local bodies not able to meet demand

Government should look into the issue and initiate action

PHOTO: M. GOVARTHAN

Health hazard:The groundwater at Cauvery Nagar in Erode is polluted heavily following unmindful discharge of effluents into the vacant lands by the textile processing units.

Baliram Kumbar has been making Ganesha idols for several years now.

Even though he has stopped making idols using artificial colours, as it contains harmful chemicals like lead and chromium, there seems to be an increasing demand for the same.

GSPCB says tenders being verified

PANJIM, AUG 11
The impact of various industrial units operating at the Verna and Kundaim industrial estates will be brought out in environment impact assessment (EIA) studies to be conducted at both these locations.

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