Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal filling of wetland, Hoogly, West Bengal, 16/09/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Save Green Association, Konnagar, Hoogly Vs State of West Bengal dated 16/09/2019 regarding illegal filling of wetland adjacent to Hindustan Motor Factory, Hooghly, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
16/09/2019
Tags:
Wetlands, Hoogly, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the proposed constructions on forest land, Jhargram, West Midnapur District, West Bengal, 30/08/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 30/08/2019 regarding the proposed construction of a Medical College Hospital in Jhargram, West Midnapur District, West Bengal in a forest land measuring about 20 hectares. The land is stated to be a “Protected Forest” published in the Calcutta Gazette dated 21.06.1956 vide Notification No. 1855 dated 17.02.1956.

Judgement Date: 
30/08/2019
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Medinipur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), West Bengal, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Climate Change

Conserving springs as climate change adaptation action: lessons from Chibo–Pashyor Watershed, Teesta River Basin, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India

Springs are the most important source of water for millions of people in the mid-hills of the Himalaya. Both rural and urban communities depend on springs for meeting their drinking, domestic, and agricultural water needs.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2019
Ghanashyam Sharma, Nawraj Pradhan, Durga Prasad Sharma, & et al
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Watershed Development, Teesta, River Basin, West Bengal
Economy

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Economic Sector For the year ended 31 March 2017: Government of West Bengal

West Bengal failed to create a Green Energy Fund (GEF) under the renewable energy policy of the government, the CAG has said in its audit report.

Publication Date: 
18/07/2019
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Economy, Energy, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), West Bengal
Environment

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Performance Audit of Pollution by Industries in West Bengal (Economic Sector)

This Standalone Audit Report on Economic Sector for the year ended March 2017 has been prepared for submission to the Governor of West Bengal under Article 151 of the Constitution of India. This Report contains significant issues arising out of the Performance Audit of Environment Department on “Pollution by Industries in West Bengal”.

Publication Date: 
11/07/2019
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, West Bengal, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
Health

Haryana at bottom among 7 states: CAG

Haryana ranks at the bottom in terms of average health expenditure (2012-2017) among seven states that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) examined to assess the progress towards attaining su

Publication Date: 
09/07/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Health, Budget, Health Policy, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Assam
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding destruction caused to East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal, 08/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Other dated 08/07/2019 regarding destruction caused to East Kolkata Wetlands.

Judgement Date: 
08/07/2019
Tags:
Wetland, Wetland Conservation, West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Sanitation

Telangana fails to meet target of Centre’s ODF scheme

West Bengal and Sikkim are very close to achieving 100 per cent ODF coverage.

Publication Date: 
05/07/2019
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Open Defecation, Telangana, West Bengal, Sikkim, Sanitation
Air Pollution

Environmentalists question Bengal pollution control board's PM2.5 findings

Interim report by board could not identify the source of around one-fifth of Calcutta’s PM2.5 pollution

Publication Date: 
01/07/2019
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, PM 2.5, Kolkata, Air Pollution, National Envirnmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
Water Supply

Centre to work with States on water access

Given that water is a State subject, it will take the exercise of “cooperative federalism” to achieve the Modi government’s big-ticket agenda of providing piped drinking water to all households by

Publication Date: 
12/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drinking Water, Water Supply, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha

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