Jyotika Sood
The much-awaited National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) report, on which industrialists, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and the state government have been banking upon, clearly states that no direct discharge, be it domestic sewage or industrial effluents, should be allowed in Buddha Nullah.

Ill-effects of burning of paddy straw
Ravinder Saini
Rohtak, June 8
With a view to creating awareness among farmers regarding harmful effects of the burning of paddy straw in fields and making them environment- friendly, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has decided to launch an awareness campaign in the Rohtak and Jhajjar regions.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Three properties of the CGH Earth Group bagged the 2008 Kerala State Pollution Control Awards for environment-friendly tourism practises. While Marari Beach in Alappuzha picked up the first prize, Coconut Lagoon in Kumarakom and Spice Village in Thekkady came up in the second and third places respectively.

It will spend Re.1 crore this year for the project

Good initiative: Environment Minister T.P.M.Mohideen Khan planting a sapling on the SSKV Higher Secondary School premises in Kancheepuram on Friday.

Environmental pollution in State is increasing with every passing year. The primary reason behind this is that industries of State are not adhering to the norms of water and air pollution set by MP Pollution Control Board.

Patiala

Pune The revenue department officials of the collectorate have been assessing five sites in the city, which can be used for solid waste management, and thus ease pressure off the present garbage dump at Urali Devachi.

It may be recalled that Collector Chandrakant Dalvi has assured the villagers of Urali Devachi that an alternative site would be made available in seven months time.

The Lok Adalat, which took the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) officials to task for failing to initiate action against the nine government hospitals that failed to initiate measures to establish effluent treatment plant (ETP) to treat bio-medical waste, has warned of action if they fail to do so by June 18.

Poornima Nataraj, Bangalore, DH News Service:

The general public can now call the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) line and record their complaints against polluting vehicles in the City.