Water Pollution

Immersion process will not pollute the Ganga: KMC

As soon as civic workers immersed the idol into the Ganges, a herculean crane moved into action.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2016
Zeeshan Javed
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, River Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ecosystems, Health Effects, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Arsenic contamination in water alarming in 100 Kolkata Municipal Corporation wards

AMONG THE 144 wards under Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), 100 have significantly higher arsenic contamination in water than the limits deemed safe by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Publication Date: 
14/10/2016
Indian Expess (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Water Pollution, Arsenic Poisoning, WHO, Municipal Corporation, Groundwater Pollution
Air Pollution

Durga Puja: Pandal made from scrap, spare parts glitters in Kolkata

KOLKATA: In a unique Durga Puja celebration, people in Central Kolkata's Nonapukur Lohapatty area have made pandals out of scrap automobile materials and spare parts.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2016
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Durga Puja, Religious Beliefs, Air Pollution Control
Energy

Deadlines turn rural electrification into mission impossible

The deadline to achieve 100% rural electrification has been advanced twice. But several states have been severely lagging.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2016
Kanchan Srivastava
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Rural Electrification, Power Transmission, West Bengal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ministry of Power, Orissa (Odisha), Energy
Sanitation

No data-led changes in Swachh Bharat: CSE

Prime Minister Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi

Publication Date: 
07/10/2016
Ajanta Chakraborty
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Rural Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Waterborne diseases, Toilets, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sanitation
Agriculture

Government stares at Bt brinjal moment before taking call on GM mustard

NEW DELHI: With the deadline of submitting comments of stakeholders on genetically modified mustard to the central biotech regulator coming to an end on Wednesday, both anti and pro-GM groups have

Publication Date: 
05/10/2016
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bt Brinjal, Oilseeds, GM Crops, Bihar, West Bengal, Environmentalists, Biosafety, Agriculture
Health

Renewed dengue attack claims 2 lives

Two persons in south Dum Dum municipality area died of dengue in the past 48 hours, taking the toll from the locality to nine this season.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2016
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Fisheries

Antibiotic Use and Waste Management in West Bengal Aquaculture

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in 2014 highlighted the rampant use of antibiotics in the poultry sector and presence of antibiotic residues in chicken meat. Earlier,

Publication Date: 
01/10/2016
Amit Khurana, Rajeshwari Sinha
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Aquaculture, Antibiotics, Waste Management, West Bengal, Fisheries, CSE Study
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding running of a plastic factory in Jorabagan, Kolkata flouting pollution norms, 21/09/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Bimal Singh Karnawat & Others Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 21/09/2016 regarding running of a plastic factory in Jorabagan, Kolkata in breach of the Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution ) Act, 1981 , Water ( Prevention and Control of Pollution ) Act, 1974 and Noise Pollution ( Regulation and Control) Rules 2000, the Environment ( Protection) Act, 1986, the Municipal Solid Waste ( Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 and the West Bengal Fire Services Act, 1950.

Judgement Date: 
21/09/2016
Tags:
Plastics, Industrial Pollution, West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Kolkata, Air Act 1981, Water Act 1974, Noise Pollution
Water Pollution

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding severe pollution of the river Churni (Nadia District, West Bengal) resulting in huge fish kill, 21/09/2016

National Green Tribunal on Sep 20, 2016 directed the Ministry of External Affairs to continue discussions with the Govt. of Bangladesh for setting up of an Effluent Treatment Plant for the industries contributing to the pollution of river Mathabanga which subsequently flow into river Churni in West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
21/09/2016
Tags:
River Pollution, Fisheries, Nadia, National Green Tribunal (NGT), West Bengal, Court, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, Industrial Waste, Waste Disposal, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)

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