Expressing concern over the increase in pollution levels in water-bodies following immersion of idols after Durga Puja, the Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) today said that no satisfactory actions were being initiated by the district administration and the local authorities concerned on the direction issued by the Board in connection with idol immersion.

The PCBA every year issues a number

Contaminated drinking water the primary cause: Seechewal
Umesh Dewan
Tribune News Service

Punjab Pollution Control Board member Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal shows polluted waters of the Beas and Kala Sangha drain, collected in bottles, to mediapersons in Patiala on Sunday.
Punjab Pollution Control Board member Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal shows polluted waters of the Beas and Kala Sangha drai

The goddess

Several hospitals in the city are not heeding to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) norms of treatment and disposal of bio-medical waste.

Over 50% of the hospitals sell off their bio-medical waste such as worn out disposable syringes, saline bottles, suction pipes used for blood transfusion and glucose, scissors and urine bags to scrap dealers.

According to MPCB guidelines, all h

Kolkata, 11 Oct: The noise level and other environment-related parameters would be monitored by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board during the Puja festival beginning this week.
A number of teams will monitor noise pollution from microphones and crackers from 13 October till October 17 in and around Kolkata, WBPCB chairman, Prof.

At a time when the state is reeling under acute water scarcity, the government is yet to formulate a water policy, even after eight years since the National Water Policy came into being.
The National Water Policy 2002, had made the formulation of State Water Policy mandatory, backed by an operational action plan

BHUBANESWAR: In the face of growing concerns over e-waste disposal across the country, the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is ready to undertake intensive mapping of the waste management and handling scenario in the State.

Following the appointment of a high power committee to investigate the health hazards posed by the city

Requesting that the temporary dumping site used by the Municipal Corporation in Sector 23 be shifted, the regional officer of Haryana State Pollution Control Board has sent a communique in this regard to the chairman.