Ignoring the presence of a high level of toxic metals in the groundwater in Narela Industrial area, the Delhi government has initiated a housing project there, risking the health of prospective occupants, an expert panel has said.

New Delhi: For almost three years, civic agencies in Delhi have not been able to construct 13 enclosures on the Yamuna banks for people to throw in their religious samagri and not pollute the river.

Jalandhar: Setting up of a large number of thermal plants can prove to be a curse for Punjab.

Washington: Environmentalists have long denounced plastic as a pollutant that does not break down. A new study indicates that in the oceans, plastic does decompose with surprising speed, but says that is not a good thing either.

Tribal inhabitants and forest-dwellers today pressed for their forest rights through a huge rally in the city.

The Campaign for Survival and Dignity, a national forum for the tribals and forest-dwellers, protested non-implementation of Forest Rights Act by taking out a rally which saw participation of hundreds of tribals from across the State.

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London: A British court has ruled in favor of a group of young people who say pollution from a former steelworks contributed to their birth defects.

Eighteen claimants aged between nine and 22 sued a local authority, claiming their mothers were exposed to what one expert called an

FARMERS from the Mettur area are planning to meet Chemplast Sanmar shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday, to sensitise and warn them about the unaccounted social costs due to the company's alleged legal and environmental violations.

MUMBAI: At a time when Chembur residents are seeking the closure of the Deonar dumping ground for emitting toxic gases, a bio-medical waste treatment plant set up by the BMC at the ground's entrance is adding to their woes. The incinerator, which burns 10 metric tonnes of bio-medical waste, is situated near residential buildings.