KOLKATA: From Tollygunge to Kidderpore and Gariahat to Amherst Street, every time you buy vegetables, fish, chicken or grocery from roadside markets, you are taking home dollops of heavy metal pois

The DVC has been incurring losses due to the 1,200-MW Raghunathpur power plant, the estimated financial bleeding at Rs 70 crore per month.

Kolkata: Environment scientists at the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) expect this Kali Puja and Diwali to be the most environment-friendly in recent memory, not due to a sudden behavio

“We will work in coordination with police. We have already conducted a series of meetings with police,” Kalyan Rudra, Chairman of West Bengal Pollution Control Board, told The Indian Express

KOLKATA: After reviewing the vector-control measures in its MMiC meeting, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is setting up medical camps in the most-affected wards.

The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has flagged concerns regarding the award for work for Haldia multi-modal terminal even as a final order on Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance is pending.

KOLKATA: If Delhi is the worst polluted city in India on Diwali night, Kolkata is not far behind.

West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) appeals to public to avoid bursting firecrackers on Diwali.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sunil Mondal Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 12/10/2017 regarding hotels in Burdwan town not complying with pollution norms.

NGT has asked for a list of non-compliant hotels along with the names of owners and their addresses to be submitted before the next date of hearing and also directed the State PCB to inspect all the hotels in Burdwan town and submit a report on the compliance of the pollution norms without fail before the next date.

KOLKATA: The dengue serotype that is stalking the city this time around is deadlier than usual.

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