Cases of mandatory environment clearance are piling up due to failure of the government to constitute a new State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and State-level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC).

The term of the three-member SEIAA headed by AK Goswami expired in October last and the SEAC also completed the term at the same time.

LUCKNOW: After persistently recording higher noise levels, Lucknow has come under the direct watch of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).

The real time ambient noise monitoring network was launched by minister of state for environment and forests, Jairam Ramesh, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Lucknow is a part of the network with Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalor

BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) is all set to crack down on sale of nonsmoking tobacco, available in plastic sachets.

Ranchi, March 21: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) will organise a series of public hearings between April 18 and May 6 in an attempt to address grievances related to polluting industrial units in the state.

Through the first such exercise of its kind, JSPCB will try to gauge the magnitude of problems faced by residents living in areas where polluting industrial units like mines,

SHASUN Chemicals in the SIPCOT industrial park in Cuddalore, from where a bromine gas leak earlier this week left hundreds of people gasping for breath, was functioning illegally as it did not have a valid consent from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to operate the plant. Getting the consent is mandatory under the Water and Air Act.

JAMMU, Mar 10: Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, Mian Altaf informed the House that a 3-member committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Chairman, Pollution Control Board comprising its members as Magistrate and Police Officer of their respective areas to give suggestions how to control the noise pollution in twin capital cities of the State.

The Minister was replyin

Jamshedpur, March 10: A public hearing on expansion of UCIL

The state pollution control board has issued a set of clarifications on microphone norms the day after Metro highlighted violation at the two meetings attended by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

There has been a drastic decline in the quantity of waste generated by the large, medium and small industrial units in the State in the past one year. As compared to the year 2008-09, the industrial waste has shown a decline of around 54,000 mt tonne in the year 2009-10. Interestingly, the decline is attributed to closure of existing industries rather than regulatory measures.

KOCHI: The expert committee formed to assess the pollution mitigation measures in Greater Cochin area will recommend to the Central Pollution Control Board to lift the moratorium on new industries.

The committee, which assessed the progress of some long and short-term measures, felt that the pollution levels have come down considerably in the area, said P.