AHMEDABAD: Exactly three months ago, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) had promised people about an ambitious scheme of launching an SMS garbage collection scheme. It was to be a unique method to deal with collection of biomedical waste from hospitals in the wake of hepatitis B outbreak.

QUEPEM, JUNE 20

A complaint will be lodged with the police, says RDO

Stern action: Revenue Department and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board officials re-sealed 11 dyeing and bleaching units that were in operation even after they were found violating an earlier closure order.

Giridih, June 15: Villagers in Mohanpur on the outskirts of the town today opposed the new project of Swati Sponge there on pollution ground.

At the first mass-level hearing on the upcoming sponge iron plant, the residents also criticised the role of the state pollution control board on the issue.

The Goa Medical College (GMC) & Hospital at Bambolim is still grappling with the problem of biomedical waste and treatment even as it has made some improvements in the existing treatment facilities following a notice from the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB).
Two Board officials, who inspected the hospital on June 9, found that plasma pyrolis plant was not in operation.

In complete defiance of the High Court order, Village Panchyats (VPs) have done nothing to either set up composting stations or collect plastic and dispose it off.
The inspection report of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) submitted to the Court on Monday indicated that VPs are yet to realise the gravity of the problem.

The High Court has ordered issue of notice to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for a resolution passed during its 160th board meeting dated November 13, 2007.

The resolution sought to regularise the industries, whose licenses were cancelled for causing pollution, by levying administration charges.

June 11: The MCD is considering issuing of showcause notices to those who have managed to get online licences under the orange category pertaining to polluting units with due clearance from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee or by forging its clearance certificates.

ARTI SAHULIYAR

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