Tamluk/Gadiara, Nov. 23: Two container vessels today collided, apparently after one of them went adrift because of a snag, in a narrow stretch of the Hooghly where tide travails compound the space problem.

The 33 sailors of the two ships are safe but both vessels were damaged and started spilling oil after the 11.30am hit at Hooghly Point, around 50km from Calcutta.

Patiala: It seems that awareness drives, campaigns and other programmes initiated by the government agencies and the NGOs for celebrating Divali without busting crackers, which pollute the environment have brought some fruitful results.

Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Friday evening ordered closure of 54 dyeing units, attached to three common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) here, for its failure to comply with the Supreme Court directive pertaining to pollution caused on water bodies.

Effluents

TNPCB District Environmental Engineer R.

Pollution Control Board issues notification banning the insecticide
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Responding to a public outcry over the disastrous consequences of the use of Endosulfan in different parts of the State, particularly in villages of Kasaragod district, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has banned the use of the dreaded insecticide across the State.

An official press note issue

Jamshedpur, Nov.

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has asked all sponge iron industries in the State to follow pollution control measures as per the norms set by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

The KSPCB organised its first ever workshop on

More than 300 commercial units in Madhya Pradesh are causing pollution by emitting harmful air and water effluents beyond the permissible limits, the State Pollution Control Board has said.

In reply to an RTI query, the State Pollution Control Board gave details of about 313 such industries which flouted standard pollution control norms during 2009-10.
170 such units are located in the industr

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has invited suggestions/objections to the draft coastal regulation zone notification. The draft notification was available at MoEF and TNPCB website. Board chairman R. Balakrishnan has asked the responses to be sent to Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

KOLKATA, 31 OCT: The $28.9 million capacity building project on identification and remediation of contaminated hazardous waste dumpsites in the state funded by the World Bank and implemented by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has made several officials of the board uncomfortable as it questions their competence.

A senior official of the WBPCB, who is also a member of the team co

Ranchi, Oct.