No One Knows Who Should Check The Inflow Of Banned Bags
Kumar Manish | TNN

After a brief hiatus, those ubiquitous, thin plastic bags are back in circulation in the city! Despite a ban, grocers and milk, vegetable and fruit vendors are using them with impunity, often at the behest of customers.
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had banned the sale and use of plastic bags whose thickness is less than 20 microns with effect from April 1, 2007. The civic body had also planned to

Nagercoil: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has announced restriction in the immersion of Vinayaka idols in water bodies.

According to Collector B.Jothi Nirmala, the immersion of clay Vinayaka idols in water bodies during Vinayaka Chathurthi festival has been practised every year in the district.

Water pollution

However, in recent years, Vinayaka idols made of plaster of Paris were immersed, resulting in water pollution.

Palak Shah / Mumbai September 3, 2008, 0:40 IST

Over 100 chemical storage tanks built at the Pirpav jetty near Chembur have been operating without approvals from the ministry of environment and forests for over 18 years. Each of these tanks has an average capacity of 200,000 kilolitres of oil.

Radhakrishnan Kuttoor

ARANMULA: The dumping of huge quantity of waste generated at the Oottupura of Sree Parthasarathy Temple here on the banks of the Pampa and the liquid waste flowing directly into the river have been causing pollution of the river.

The pollution status of the river has gone up considerably with the beginning of the festival season of Vallasadya, ritualistic feast given to oarsmen of snakeboats, at the temple. An average of three Vallasadyas take place at the temple every day during the period, according to temple authorities.

Not averse in sacking the Board
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, AUG 27 - The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) was today whipped on the floor of the House with Environment Minister Alex Sequeira agreeing that the Board was playing football by passing the buck on other departments over serious issues of pollution irking the State's environment.
The Environment Minister told the House that he himself was frustrated and would not hesitate to explore the possibility of sacking or dismissing the Board following demands from the MLAs on the same.

CHENNAI: The dumping of untreated waste

PANJIM, AUG 21

SANGUEM, AUG 20

Tripura

About 100 kg of gold and silver is being sold in jewellery shops in Tripura every month, according to the Tripura Chamber of Commerce. Traditionally, families in Tripura have had a huge stock of gold because tribal people had been gifted gold by erstwhile kings and during the post-1971 exodus from Bangladesh, non-tribal families brought only gold with them. Now Tripura is importing gold to meet