West Bengal

Kolkata: NGT stay on helipad construction at Sagar Island

KOLKATA: The eastern zone bench of National Green Tribunal on Tuesday ordered an injunction on the construction of a helipad at Sagar Island after going through an application by environment activi

Publication Date:

14/03/2019

Source: Times of India (Kolkata)

Tags:

West Bengal, Coastal Regulations, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Eco-Sensitive Zone, Environment

Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of mangroves at Dhew Sagar on the Ganga Sagar Island

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion regarding Sunderbans Forests Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/03/2019 regarding large scale falling of mangroves at Dhew Sagar on the Ganga Sagar Island which is an estuary of river Ganga in the Bay of Bengal which falls within the eco-sensitive Sunderbans area.

Judgement Date:

12/03/2019

Tags:

Sundarbans, Mangroves, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal

Air Pollution

Ban on stubble burning

The violators are to be prosecuted under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and can land in jail

Publication Date:

12/03/2019

Source: Telegraph (Kolkata)

Tags:

West Bengal, Air Act 1981, Agriculture, Kolkata, Air Pollution

Sanitation

93% of rural Indians have access to toilets: sanitation survey

A new government-commissioned survey has found that 93.1% of rural Indian households now have access to toilets, in comparison to 77% last year.

Publication Date:

06/03/2019

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Toilets, Open Defecation, Rural Sanitation, Goa, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Sanitation

Environment

State notifies sound-limiter for DJ, loudspeakers

Kolkata: The state finally complied with the National Green Tribunal’s 2017 order and issued a gazette notification on Thursday, banning the use of DJs, sound boxes and loudspeakers without sound-l

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Source: Times of India (Kolkata)

Tags:

West Bengal, Noise Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment

Water Pollution

4 cr rural Indians drink metal-contaminated water

Bengal, Rajasthan top in arsenic contamination

More than four crore people in rural India drink water contaminated by heavy metals, fluoride, arsenic, and nitrate.

Publication Date:

21/02/2019

Author(s): Radheshyam Jadhav

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Rajasthan, Drinking Water, West Bengal, Arsenic Poisoning, Water Pollution

Environment

PCB shoots down civic body proposal to upgrade two hot-mix plants in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has shot down Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s proposal to upgrade its two ageing hot mix plants in the city to make them emission compliant.

Publication Date:

20/02/2019

Source: Times of India (Kolkata)

Tags:

West Bengal, Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Pollution Contrl Board (SPCB), Environment

Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding introduction of Zig Zag Technology in brick kilns of West Bengal, 19/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anurup Panda Vs Member Secretary, WBPCB & & Others dated 19/02/2019 regarding introduction of Zig Zag Technology in brick kilns of West Bengal.

Judgement Date:

19/02/2019

Tags:

Bricks, Appropriate Technology, West Bengal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Court, Air Pollution Control

Health

Unseasonal swine flu deaths ominous: Doctors

KOLKATA: The H1N1scenario in the state may not be as scary as that of Rajasthan, but with five deaths reported since January this year — four from a single hospital — and over 25 patients being tre

Publication Date:

14/02/2019

Source: Times of India (Kolkata)

Tags:

West Bengal, Swine Flu, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Vaccination, Health

Water Resources