The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to a veterinary dispensary at Pirna, a health officer of Cortalim Primary Health Centre and Indus Medical Centre, Porvorim, for failing to dispose bio-medical waste as per the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998.

Sesa Goa and the Vedanta Group has challenged the Goa State Pollution Control Board's order of suspension of closure of mines operation.
The GSPCB last month had asked 13 mining leases to suspend operation as they lacked requisite environment clearances.
The GSPCB chairman speaking to reporters said that the companies have challenged the suspension before the adninistrative tribunal.

KOCHI: It seems that the direction given by the district administration to various agencies to take strict action against those polluting the Periyar has fallen on deaf ears.

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has served show cause notices to four companies for discharging effluents from their units in the Edayar industrial area into the Periyar during the Onam holidays.

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CHENNAI: A three-member team of senior engineers of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has said that a nearly 65-acre site at Kuthambakkam, near Poonamallee, where a Solid Waste Management Facility is proposed, is not a suitable location for establishing the facility. This is because rainwater which collects in this area reaches the Chembarambakkam Lake, a major water source for Chennai.

Even as the State is fighting a bitter battle with casino operators in the court, another off-shore casino vessel - Maharajah of Essel group, will soon begin its operation in the Mandovi River.

The Goa State Pollution Control Board is in the process of categorising industries based on colour codes in a bid to have better control over these and to simplify its administrative work.

Acting firm on erring mines, the Goa State Pollution Control Board has asked the Forest Department to furnish information on another 74 mines whether these have obtained necessary forest and wildlife clearances as mentioned in the Forest Conservation Act.

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National Environmental Appellate Authority, on Tuesday, has brought in a stay order on conditional permit issued by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for the Hanakona thermal power station.