The district administration is exploring ways and means to streamline usage of air horns in vehicles and the public address system in order to declare Kanyakumari as a noise-pollution-free district

The Collector, Rajendra Ratnoo, said on Tuesday that even as it was a Herculean task, following the successful implementation of ban on plastic (non-degradable) materials and the zero waste managemen

Agitated residents of Cavrem village descended at the Margao residence of Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat on early Tuesday morning, demanding an immediate closure of a mine in the village.
The residents, including a large number of women activists, took out a morcha to the residence of the Chief Minister and impressed upon him the need to close down the illegal mine.
After giving the residents a

With a view to establishing an online environmental monitoring system in the critically polluted areas of industries, a one-day meeting was organised by Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board today. Representatives from Cement Industries and Thermal Power plants attended the meeting. Board member secretary R.K. Jain apprised the representatives of objective of holding meeting.

The Tourism Department was on Tuesday preoccupied with the ensuing Carnival festivities, while an inspection conducted by the Goa State Pollution Control Board of Colva

In summer last year, Tamil Nadu created history by becoming the country's first state to formulate a policy for safe disposal of ewaste. Nine months later, there has been no movement, as its implementation hit a roadblock.

Nitta Gelatin India Limited (NGIL) at Kathikudam, near here, has refuted the charge that the untreated effluents released by the company have been polluting the Chalakudy River.

Treatment plant

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, NGIL managing director G.

Jamshedpur, Feb.

JHARSUGUDA: At the first glance, Sanjob, Chuwaliberna, Madhuban Nagar and Ramadera are no different from scores of other villages dotting Jharsuguda district.

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) that had taken up the task of cleaning the Mumbai shoreline following the oil spill caused by the collision of MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia 3 in August last year, said on Monday that it had completed the process of bioremediation along the Navy Nagar Coast, with 90 per cent success.

The New Delhi-based institute was appointed to carry out partial clean-up

MUMBAI: The crime branch of the police on Wednesday invoked the stringent Environment Protection Act on six oil mafiosi arrested last month in connection with an adulteration racket.

The police had written to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), asking it to inspect illegal godowns in the Kurla-Kalina belt since mafia activity caused pollution in the Mithi river.