Mumbai: Armed with a Bombay High Court directive, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has ordered immediate closing down of 44 of the 53 slaughter houses in the state as they were found to be operating under unhygienic conditions and flouting norms.

LUCKNOW: Several teams constituted by the UP Pollution Control Board inspected 44 tanneries in Kanpur district on Wednesday. The teams were constituted by the UPPCB as a follow-up to an order passed by the Allahabad High Court early in November.

Nangal: The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of the incident of death of thousands of fish in the Sutlej waters at Nangal. The commission has sought report in this regard from the state government, through the Chairman, Punjab State Pollution Control Board (PPCB), Patiala, and the Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department, Punjab, Chandigarh, by December 31.

Chandigarh: Anticipating serious implications of hazardous smoke emanating from consistent increase in the number of motor vehicles, Haryana government has decided to make use of compressed natural gas (CNG) compulsory in all towns of Haryana falling in national capital region (NCR).

Climate change has played a spoil-sport for a Meghalaya village, once a home of orange.

New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday advised the Gujarat government and other agencies not to allow the beaching and dismantling of the controversial Platinum II ship at Alang.

Residential houses and commercial establishments in Calcutta are responsible for more than one-fourth of its carbon dioxide emission, an international study has found out.

Industrial units and vehicles together contribute close to three-fourth of the city

A team of scientists from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is monitoring air, water and soil in the areas affected by the fire that broke out in 11 IOC tanks in Jaipur in Rajasthan.

The fire at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot continued to burn for the sixth day even as government officials maintained that only one of the 11 containers was ablaze on Tuesday evening, which would be expended in another 24 hours.