Citizens welfare forum, Consumer Protection Council shocked over death of tannery workers in Vaniyambadi

VCWF appeals to Centre, State to order closure of all effluent treatment plants

Calls for White Paper on incidents leading to asphyxiation of workers

The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) has given clearance to a private waste management company to dispose 346 tonnes of toxic waste of the now-defunct Union Carbide Corporation (UCC)'s pesticide plant, officials said.

A Bangladeshi barge carrying around 60 tonnes of fly ash sank in the Hooghly, near Budge Budge, on Thursday apparently after the engine developed a snag during high tide.

The Anmona-2, which was returning to Bangladesh with fly ash from the CESC plant in Budge Budge, has been tied away from the navigational channel, about 60 feet from the bank.

Guntur, April 30: The AP Pollution Control Board has issued a notice to the municipal corporation to construct lining to the dumping yards in Guntur city and build sewage treatment plant to protect ground water.

DC directs PPCB to investigate matter
Awakening to the grave issue of dumping of highly toxic industrial ash in the rural belt as highlighted in The Tribune columns, Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu today held meeting with Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) authorities and directed to investigate the problem.

Muradpura (Amritsar), April 28
The city industrial units have apparently found a new place for dumping their highly toxic petroleum ash, if the huge heaps of the waste in this village are any indication.

The state pollution control board has slapped a closure notice on Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) for failing to dispose of infectious biomedical waste properly.

The notice, issued on April 23, will be implemented

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has urged all health care institutions, including hospitals, clinics, clinical laboratories and veterinary institutions, to mutilate used needles and syringes to prevent reuse.

SHILLONG, April 28: People of Rwiang, West Khasi Hills have accepted the proposals made by a company having a coal plant in the area for protection of the environment.