Energy

JSW to set up solar project in West Bengal to meet captive needs

Group in advanced talks to rope in foreign major

Publication Date: 
20/07/2017
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Solar Energy, JSW Steel Ltd, Power Industry, Land Acquisition, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Renewable Energy, Energy
Health

Dengue claims 1 more on fringes

KOLKATA: Dengue on Wednesday claimed its fourth victim in south Dum Dum this year with the death a 43-year-old homemaker. Ranjita Mondal, the victim, had tested positive on July 15.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2017
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Kolkata, Health Effects, Health
Natural Disasters

Rain-hit farmers in 11 districts to get Rs 205 crore as compensation

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday allotted Rs 205 crore as compensation for farmers hit by unseasonal rain.

Publication Date: 
18/07/2017
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Rainfall, Crops, Farmers, Compensation, Madhya Pradesh, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Natural Disasters
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding bio-medical waste management of hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal, 17/07/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrato Mookherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/07/2017 regarding bio-medical waste management of hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal.

NGT grants the erring hospitals a final opportunity to comply with the pollution norms as recommended by the State PCB within three months. This shall include obtaining authorisations, consents to operate and completion of ETPS.

Judgement Date: 
17/07/2017
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Waste Management, Kolkata, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal
Water Resources

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment and filling up of a waterbody Nayanjuli, South Dum Dum Municipality, Kolkata, West Bengal, 10/07/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dwaipayan Sengupta Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change & Others dated 10/07/2017 regarding encroachment and filling up of a waterbody commonly known as Nayanjuli which extends from Ultadanga to Lake Town crossing on the southern side of VIP Road covering four wards under the South Dum Dum Municipality viz. Ward Nos. 29,30,34 and 35.

Judgement Date: 
10/07/2017
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Pollution, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Hydrology, Urban Encroachments, Kolkata, West Bengal, Municipal Solid Waste, Garbage, Municipal Corporations
Environment

How this Kolkata locality got rid of sound pollution

KOLKATA: Residents of Mominpur, South Kolkata have successfully put an end to sound pollution in the vicinity courtesy Imam Mohammad Ashraf Ali Qasmi (40) of the mosque adjacent to Hussein Shah Par

Publication Date: 
28/06/2017
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Noise Pollution, Religious Places, Health Effects, Environmental Health, Environment
Environment

Government to curb construction pollution

PWD issues set of rules to be followed at construction sites.

Publication Date: 
27/06/2017
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Construction Industry, Kolkata, Industrial Pollution, Environmental Health, Garbage, Pollution, Environment
Air Pollution

Nowhere to hide in city of poison air

Take a deep breath.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2017
Jayanta Basu
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Air Pollution, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Water Resources

Road through Sarobar will disturb ecological balance: Green activists

Kolkata: The Calcutta high court judge who was on the bench that barred the entry of cars into Rabindra Sarobar has questioned the necessity of a road through the Lake area that serve as the lungs

Publication Date: 
14/06/2017
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Lakes, Ecology, Birds, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Water Resources
Climate Change

Is climate change affecting your cuppa? Researchers to find out

Is climate change affecting the quality of Darjeeling tea and its production process?

Publication Date: 
06/06/2017
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Climate Change, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Chemical Leakages, Climate Impacts

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