Environment

Bengal initiates steps to tackle pollution

The West Bengal Government has devised a multi-pronged strategy to curb the growing environmental degradation including development of appropriate technology to curb industrial and other pollution

Publication Date: 
31/08/2011
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Environment, Air Pollution Control, Water Pollution Control, Afforestation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Plastics, Radiation, Health Effects, Electronic Waste, Sewage, Wetlands, Ganga Action Plan, Environment Act 1986, Bio-Medical Waste Rules 1998
Water Pollution

Rs 29 billion required for cleaning contaminated water of Manchhar Lake: Supreme Court informed

The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that Rs 29 billion was required for a project of cleaning the contaminated water of Manchhar Lake whereas Sindh government has demanded Rs 5 billion from f

Publication Date: 
10/08/2011
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Supreme Court, Lake Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Water Resources
Water Pollution

Pollution in rivers (Question asked in the Monsoon session of LS 2011)

Pollution in rivers (Question asked in the Monsoon session of LS 2011).

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Lok Sabha
Tags:
River Pollution, Statistics, India, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Water Quality, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Ganga Action Plan, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Water Pollution Control, National River Action Plan, Yamuna Action Plan, Narmada

Installation of pollution control equipment by sugar mills and industry (Question asked in the Monsoon session of LS 2011)

Question asked by Nnarahari Mahato and Nripendra Nath Roy on Installation of pollution control equipment by sugar mills and industry. (Question asked in the Monsoon session of LS 2011)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Tags:
Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sugar Industry, Pollution Control, Industry, Water Pollution Control, Industrial Waste Treatment, Air Pollution Control
Environment

Environmental regulations, air and water pollution, and infant mortality in India

 

Publication Date: 
01/07/2011
Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna
MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Tags:
Water Pollution, Infant mortality, Legislation, Air Pollution, India, Supreme Court, National River Conservation Directorate, Water Policy, Catalytic Converter, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), CSE, CNG, Air Pollution Control, Water Pollution Control, Health Effects
Water Pollution

Keeping raw sewage & contaminated stormwater out of the public’s water

 

Publication Date: 
01/07/2011
Environmental Protection Agency
Tags:
Health Effects, Water Quality, Sewage Pollution, United States Of America (US), New York, Puerto Rico, Water Pollution Control
Health

Accelerate steps to prevent monsoon-related diseases

Nine cases of dengue fever have been reported in Thodupuzha.
KATTAPPANA: A meeting was held at the district collectorate, Painavu, on Tuesday to review the steps taken to prevent the spread of viral diseases during the monsoon season.

District Collector M.C.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2011
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Dengue, Diseases, Water Pollution Control, Monsoons, Viral Diseases
Water Resources

The Water Act of Bhutan 2011

This Act shall be called The Water Act of Bhutan 2011. This Act shall apply to all issues related to water resources of the Kingdom. This Act hereby repeals the provisions of any other Acts, regulations and administrative instruments which are inconsistent with this Act.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2011
Government of Bhutan
Tags:
Water Resources, Bhutan, Water Policy, South Asia, Water Management, Water Pollution Control, River Basin, Water Quality, Private Sector, Environment, Drinking Water, Dam Safety, Irrigation
Water Pollution

Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for World Bank assisted National Ganga River Basin Project

The Government of India (GoI) has established the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) for comprehensive management of the river. The NGRBA program will adopt a river-basin approach and has been given a multi-sectoral mandate to address both water quantity and quality aspects. The NGRBA has resolved that by year 2020 no untreated municipal sewage or industrial

Publication Date: 
12/05/2011
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, World Bank, Ganga Action Plan, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Solid Waste, Waste Management, Industrial Pollution, Legislation, Water Pollution Control, India, Water Pollution
Industry

Zero discharge to river from an integrated pulp and paper mill - An OPM Amlai, initiative

Orient Paper Mills, Amlai is an old integrated pulp and paper mill. There is a continuous effort to reduce water consumption per ton of paper produced. The plant is a pioneer in effectively using the treated effluent for its own plantation through HRTS and do not discharge any coloured effluent in the river.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
S. C. Jena, M. S. Maheswari, Shalabh Agarwal & et al
IPPTA
23
1
195-198
Tags:
Paper and Pulp Industry, Water Conservation, Wastewater Recycling, Industrial Waste Treatment, Water Pollution Control, Shahdol (D), Madhya Pradesh

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