KOLKATA, 14 FEB: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) receives several complaints against radiations from mobile network towers, but it is unable to act on them as it has not been delegated any power to deal with electro-pollution.
The WBPCB officials said that harmful effects of non-ionizing radiation from telecommunication towers is a much-debated topic and had been adequately resear

KOLKATA, 10 FEB: The CESC today indicated that despite the rise in demand over the past one year, the power situation in Kolkata will be better this summer.

KOLKATA, 9 FEB: Indian Railways will do everything needful to save the main temple at Belur Math from getting damaged due to pollution, said railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today.

She was speaking at the foundation stone laying programme of the 1-km long new railway line between Belur and Belur Math station at Belur this evening.
Miss Banerjee said during her last visit to Belur Math, th

POWER generation major NTPC will soon see 7% of its generation vanish off the grid, thanks to wagon breakers who managed to topple a rake carrying coal to its Kahalgaon Thermal Power station in Bihar, rendering the track unusable for at least 4-5 days.

This track, owned by NTPC, is its main link to source coal.

Gosaba (Pathankhali island), 1 Feb: The villagers of Pathankhali island finally got electricity today. The Sunderban development minister Mr Kanti Ganguly inaugurated the programme. The estimated cost of the project of providing electricity to the village is Rs 22 crore. Work is underway to provide electricity to the 12 gram panchayats in Gosaba.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the country

Just three years after shelving its multi-billion dollar investment plans at Nandigram in West Bengal, one of the promoter groups, Singapore-based Universal Success Enterprises (USEL) has returned with plans to set up a power project in Nayachar, the sparsely inhabited delta near the original flashpoint.

The project is part of two coal-based plants with a combined capacity of about 6,000 MW in

The Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) is set to be the first state-aided university to install solar-powered street lights on its campus.
It has come up with an environment park with a building specially dedicated to house solar panels and other equipment needed to run the solar-powered lights.

A high court bench on Wednesday said it wanted to set up an expert committee to monitor the state government

The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd will enter into joint venture agreements with both Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and NTPC Ltd for setting up power plants at Katwa in Burdwan and Santhaldighi in Purulia by the end of this year.

Memorandum of understanding is expected to be signed between the State government and the companies soon, the State Power Minister, Mr Nirupam Sen