Smelting Unit Of Vedanta Flagship Has Violated Environment Norms: Court

Chennai: Just a month after the Union ministry of environment and forests rejected the proposal to mine Niyamgiri hills for its aluminum refinery in Orissa, Vedanta Resources Plc.

MUMBAI: Increasing noise pollution is an environmental issue city residents are finding difficult to ignore.

KOLKATA, 19 SEPT: Despite several campaigns by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to promote lead-free colours among idol-makers and even after many Puja committees have ordered for idols painted with such colours, the artisans are still apprehensive about using it this Puja.

The artisans have earlier tried the colours on Manasa and Ganesha idols but they are reluctant to use it o

One out of five Ganesh pandals in the city meet at least some of the

On August 7, two merchant vessels, MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia, collided in the harbour, leading to a major oil spill. During investigations into the cause of the collision, the management of Chitra was asked to pay Rs3 crore as compensation.

Chitra was carrying a large number of containers, some with toxic material. Two of its tanks got damaged, letting out around 800 tons of oil into the sea.

RELIGIOUS rituals may have to make some compromises for the sake of environment.

KOLKATA, 13 Sept: The managing committee of the proposed petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region (PCPIR) at Nayachar today decided that the required documentation to secure environmental clearance would be submitted to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) within a few days.

The first meeting of the managing committee was held under the chairmanship of chief secretar

KOLKATA, 2 SEPT: The state pollution control board has lodged an FIR against a person who operated an illegal biomedical waste dump yard in Chowbaga, South 24 Parganas and used to sell the waste from several big and reputed private hospitals and nursing homes of the city as plastic scrap to another trader.

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is currently running an internal audit ag

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Margao/Panaji: The deposition of tar balls on some stretches of south Goa