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.

Caused by a chilly oil extract unit
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Residents of ward 6 of Virudhunagar municipality have complained of air and water pollution allegedly caused by a chilly oil extract unit in their locality.

LUCKNOW: It took nearly 22 long years for UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to get a leather industry booked under Water Pollution Control Act, for discharging untreated effluent into a river in Barabanki.

WITH the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board

Pune The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued notices to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to come up with multiple sites to address the issue of garbage dumping in Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages. However, the PMC is yet to discuss the issue with the district collector.

Mumbai Following the case of a flamingo