State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

Owner's mine

Regulating mining in Meghalaya is tricky. Since Meghalaya is a Sixth Schedule state, the state government and the mining department do not have a direct control over its mineral resources; it is

Publication Date:

14/05/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

North East, Jaintia Hills, Mining, Climate Change, Climate Science, Coal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), India, Meghalaya

Municipal commissioner fined over pollution

the Sirsi district court in Karnataka has sentenced A H Gurumurthya, former municipal commissioner, to 18 months of imprisonment for releasing untreated sewage into two tanks in 2001-02. The

Publication Date:

14/05/2008

Author(s): Deepa Kozhisseri

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Nagarpalikas, Waste Disposal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), India, Karnataka

Industry

Minutes of the 10th meeting of the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority held on 22/04/2008

Minutes of the 10th meeting of the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority held on 22/04/2008.

Publication Date:

22/04/2008

Source: Government of Gujarat

Tags:

Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Coastal Regulations, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Act 1986, Nirma, Bhavnagar (D)

Industry

Minutes of the 8th meeting of the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority held on 04/12/2006

Minutes of the 8th meeting of the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority held on 04/12/2006 under the chairmanship of Shri P. N. Roy Chowdhury, Principal Secretary, Forests and Environment Department, Government of Gujarat.

Publication Date:

04/12/2006

Source: Government of Gujarat

Tags:

Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Coastal Regulations, Surat (D), Public Hearing, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Remote Sensing

Habitat And Urbanisation

Letter from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to the Secretary, MOEF on Lavasa

Letter from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to the Secretary, MOEF on the environmental clearance for a tourism project/hill station in Mulshi and Velhe Talukas of Pune District, Maharashtra dated July 15 2005.

Publication Date:

15/07/2005

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Lavasa Corporation, Tourism, Urban Planning, Pune (D), Maharashtra, Urban Development, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Habitat And Urbanisation

Hazardous Waste

Toxins as manure

In July-August 2003, when soft-drink firms across the country were struggling to contain the impact of the discovery of pesticide residues in their products, in Kerala, Coca-Cola came under intense

Publication Date:

06/05/2005

Author(s): R. Krishnakumar

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Kerala, Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Pesticide Residues, Toxins, Palakkad (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS), Supreme Court

Water Resources

Plachimada's loss

In the Kerala High Court, a village panchayat loses its battle for water with Coca-Cola.

Publication Date:

06/05/2005

Author(s): R. Krishnakumar

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Kerala, High Court, Coca Cola, Panchayats, Palakkad (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Groundwater, Drinking Water Scarcity

Habitat And Urbanisation

Consent granted by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to M/S the Lake City Corporation Ltd.

Publication Date:

12/04/2004

Source: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board

Tags:

Lavasa Corporation, Habitat And Urbanisation, Pune (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Maharashtra, Waste Disposal, Solid Waste, Air Quality Standards, Hazardous Waste, Pollution Control

Air Pollution

Report of the expert committee on atmospheric environmental quality and preservation of Taj Mahal and Agra monuments - Vol I (Varadarajan Committee Report on Taj)

The Government of India announced its decision in 1973 to set up a 6 million tonne per year Petroleum Oil Refinery at Mathura under the Indian Oil Corporation of India.

Publication Date:

01/04/1995

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Environment

Evaluation of pollution control legislation in India

When India and other nations convened the U.N. Conference at Stockholm in June, 1972, it marked a new epoch in international concern for the environment. India was among those nations representing to the call for a cleaner environment. However, India's environment has improved very slowly since 1972. In this article, we will point out several weaknesses in India's statutory scheme for environmental protection.

Publication Date:

01/01/1986

Author(s): C. M. Abraham, Armin Rosencranz

Source: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law

Vol:

11

Issue:

101

pp:

101-118

Tags:

Pollution Control, Legislation, India, Governance And Institutions, Water Pollution, Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, Air Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Public Participation