Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal brick kilns operating in the State of Odisha, 27/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Odisha State Pollution Control Board Vs Bishnu Prasad Mishro & Others dated 27/05/2016 regarding illegal brick kilns operating in the State of Odisha.

Judgement Date: 
27/05/2016
Tags:
Bricks, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Court, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution level of major cities in India, 24/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 24/05/2016 regarding pollution level of major cities in India. NGT directs the CPCB to place before the Tribunal complete data in relation to the population density, car density, total pollution of the area and the pollution level of major cities in the entire country.

Judgement Date: 
24/05/2016
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns operating without consent to operate, West Bengal, 23/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its Own Motion Vs M/S Mithila Bricks & Others dated 23/05/2016 regarding brick kilns operating without consent to operate, West Bengal. Tribunal directs that the brick kilns shall not operate until consent to operate is granted to them by the concerned PCB.

Judgement Date: 
23/05/2016
Tags:
Bricks, West Bengal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Energy

Green energy blooms on 'solar tree'

Durgapur: Scientists at a Durgapur-based research institute have developed a 'solar tree' made out of photovoltaic panels at a cost of Rs 3 lakh each.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2016
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Durgapur, Energy Technology, Energy
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Mitigating ozone pollution can enhance rice, wheat output: Study

India can enhance its rice yields by 2.5 percent and wheat by 3.3 percent if emissions leading to generation of ground-level ozone could be mitigated, say scientists who have developed an ozone ris

Publication Date: 
17/05/2016
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Ozone Mitigation, Rice, Wheat, Ozone, Pollution, World Meteorological Orgnisation ('WMO)
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding erosion on the stretch of river Ganga falling within the Kolkata Port Trust area, 13/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/05/2016. The issue deals with losses to biodiversity and livelihood of fishermen from abstraction of excessive amounts of water for irrigation and from alteration of Ganga by Farakka Barrage Project. 

Judgement Date: 
13/05/2016
Tags:
Ganga, Ports, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Soil Erosion, Municipal Corporation, Kolkata, West Bengal
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns operating without valid consent in Tripura, 13/05/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Pollution Control Board, Tripura & Others dated 13/05/2016 regarding brick kilns operating without valid consent in Tripura.

Judgement Date: 
13/05/2016
Tags:
Bricks, Tripura, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), North East, Compensation, West Bengal, Bihar
Mining

Bengal gets HC nod for big-ticket mining operations

Kolkata: Barely a fortnight before the formation of the new government, West Bengal finds a silver lining on the revenue front.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2016
Udit Mukherji, Subrata Chattoraj
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Mining, Coal, High Court, Power Industry
Solid Waste

Poush Mela leads to severe pollution, Visva Bharati University informs NGT

Visva Bharati University (VBU) acting registrar Mani Mukut Mitra informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench through an affidavit that the university doesn't have adequate resour

Publication Date: 
11/05/2016
Jayanta Gupta
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Waste Management, Festival, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Plastics, Non Biodegradable Waste, Solid Waste
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding the establishment of the blast furnace in village Namopra, Burdwan District, West Bengal, 06/05/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Biswanath Maji & Others Vs Pollution Control Board, West Bengal & Others dated 06/05/2016 regarding the establishment of the blast furnace at the site of the village Namopara, District-Burdwan, West Bengal by Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd (ISCO). The Application filed by the villagers is that in the year 1988, about 305 acres of land was acquired for modernization of IISCO plant which includes the Nakasota-Namopara village.

Judgement Date: 
06/05/2016
Tags:
Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Rehabilitation, Land Acquisition, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Barddhaman (D), West Bengal

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