Voicing views: Farmers at the public hearing conducted by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board in Tirupur on Thursday.

When the Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) has so many composting stations built with taxpayers

HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, OCT 22
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has slammed one more notice on the Corporation of the City of Panaji to immediately stop the treatment, disposal and storage of municipal solid waste at EDC Patto Plaza.
The directions come after an inspection conducted yesterday by the Board following complaints of foul stench.

Visakhapatnam, Oct.

SHILLONG: State Pollution Control Board had conducted an extensive study on the impact of mining and the report was submitted in 1997. An expert committee had suggested at that time that a State Mining Policy was imperative. State Government never shared the report and did nothing with it.

In an unprecedented action, Goa Pollution Control Board on Friday excavated a ring road under construction to find out whether the contractor has used garbage and waste for land filling.

DH News Service, Mangalore:

State Pollution Control Board Chairman Dr H C Sharatchandra has indicated that it would be difficult to obtain approval for the second phase of Mangalore Special Economic Zone.

ERODE: Farmers affiliated to the Tamizhaga Vivasayeegal Sangam and Kalingarayan Pasana Sabai protested in front of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board office and later locked it.

Erode
Action please: Effluents from a yarn-dyeing factory at Vairapalayam in Erode enter Kalingarayan Canal, which irrigates thousands of acres in Erode district.

Nalini Ravichandran | ENS
Chennai,

A tough law that bans lighting up in public places has put smokers on notice. City Police Commissioner R Sekar intends to enforce the law sometime this week. Whether or not he manages to do so, at least a step has been taken in the right direction.