People in Erode town have expressed serious concern over the indiscriminate discharge of untreated effluents from the textile processing and tannery units into the Pichakkaran Pallam Odai, a major water carrying canal in the town. Thousands of gallons of untreated effluents that are being let into the canal, finally flow into the Cauvery river, causing irreversible damage to the environment.

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This year's Bhogi recorded a slight increase in the pollution level as compared to that last year. The smog due to burning of waste was marked in the early hours of Friday. The average Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) level in the city, during the 24-hour period ending on 2 p.m.

Aizawl city has witnessed a slight increase in air pollution during this month compared to the same month last year.

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Whatever your views on Jairam Ramesh, there is no denying that the environment minister has given his job an elevated profile and a knuckle-duster punch that was lacking in times past.

A sarpanch from village Tikaria in Jabalpur has lodged a complaint with various authorities, regarding erratic mining by a private company at village Jhiti in the Sihora area of the district.

The Gujarat high court on Monday issued notices to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), the state industries and mining department, AMC and the State Human Rights Commission in connection with high-level of industrial pollution in Vatva and Narol areas of the city.
Taking suo motu cognizance of a letter written by an RTI activist, Alpesh Bhavsar, on the basis of a photograph printed in

BHUBANESWAR: A crack in a pipeline of the Indian Oil Corporation has caused the death of hundreds of fishes in nearby water bodies, about 1.5 km from company's storage point at Paradip.

A two-member team of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) rushed to the spot and assessed the damage caused by the leak.

Chief Manager (maintenance) of IOCL's refinery project at Paradip, N.K.

Talwara (Hoshiarpur): Industrial units in Himachal Pradesh continue to discharge toxic industrial waste into the tributaries of Beas and Sutlej rivers.

Industries alone are not to be blamed for water pollution in Orissa.