Air Pollution

Pollution in northern India affecting West Bengal

Scientists have found out that polluted air generated in industries in northern India travel over 2000 km to reach the hills of Darjeeling and islands of Sundarbans in West Bengal.

Publication Date: 
02/03/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Air Pollution, Environmentalists, Sundarbans, Vehicular Pollution, Industrial Pollution
Environment

Rare 9cr-year-old coral fossil found in Narmada valley

Indore: In a rare discovery, palaeontologists have stumbled upon a nine crore-year-old rare coral fossil similar to that of brain coral in Bagh beds of Narmada valley region.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2016
Ashish Gaur
Times Of India (Indore)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Narmada Valley, Fossils, Corals, Marine Life, Marine Ecosystems, West Bengal, Environment
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick fields operating without obtaining consent to operate certificate from the PCB, West Bengal, 29/02/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/S New United Brick Field & Others Vs Joydeep Mukherjee & Others dated 29/02/2016 regarding brick fields operating without obtaining consent to operate certificate from the PCB.

Judgement Date: 
29/02/2016
Tags:
Bricks, West Bengal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Pollution
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick fields operating without consent from Pollution Control Board (PCB), East Midnapore, West Bengal, 29/02/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/S Sri Durga Brick Field Vs Joydeep Mukherjee & Others dated 29/02/2016 regarding brick fields operating without consent from Pollution Control Board (PCB).

Judgement Date: 
29/02/2016
Tags:
Bricks, Medinipur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Energy

BHEL commissions 40 MW hydro power project in West Bengal

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has commissioned a 40 MW hydro electric generating unit in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2016
Hindu (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Hydroelectricity, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), Teesta, Green House Gases, Energy
Energy

Country's second solar slum inaugurated in Kolkata's Topsia

KOLKATA: The state's first and country's second solar slum was inaugurated on Tuesday by state power minister Manish Gupta at Topsia's Majdoor Para area falling under ward number 66 of the Kolkata

Publication Date: 
24/02/2016
Suman Chakraborti
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Solar Energy, Kolkata, Renewable Energy, Slums, Energy Policy, Energy
Air Pollution

India’s pollution levels beat China’s: study

Greenpeace analysed NASA’s satellite data on particulate matter from 2003 to 2015 in India and China

Publication Date: 
24/02/2016
Damini Nath
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, India, China, West Bengal, Bihar, PM 2.5, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Air Quality Standards
Environment

Rising coastal activities exerting pressure on Sundarbans

India's Sundarbans is facing increasing pressure owing to peoples' needs and multiple uses that coastal and marine areas can be put to, a group of researchers from West Bengal told an international

Publication Date: 
24/02/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Sundarban NP, Coastal Regulations, Marine Life, Sustainable Development, Ecosystems, Environment
Water Pollution

The Adi Ganga - A forgotten river in Bengal

The article sheds light on the Adi Ganga, one of the most significant streams of the Ganges in its lower course, and narrates how the stream (later Tolly’s Canal) which was once the life line of Kolkata transformed into a mere sewer and was ruthlessly slaughtered with the changing politicoeconomic interests of the state.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2016
Jenia Mukherjee
Economic and Political Weekly
51
8
1-9
Tags:
Rivers, River Pollution, Ganga, Kolkata, West Bengal, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, Municipal Corporation, Metro, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Inland Waterways
Health

Pupal productivity & nutrient reserves of Aedes mosquitoes breeding in sewage drains & other habitats of Kolkata, India: Implications for habitat expansion & vector management

The quality of breeding sites is reflected through the pupal productivity and the life history traits of Aedes mosquitoes. Using nutrient reserves and pupal productivity of Aedes as indicators, the larval habitats including sewage drains were characterized to highlight the habitat expansion and vector management. The pupae and adults collected from the containers and sewage drains were characterized in terms of biomass and nutrient reserves and the data were subjected to three way factorial ANOVA.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2016
Soumyajit Banerjee, Sushree Mohan, Nabaneeta Saha & et al
Indian Journal of Medical Research
142
7
87-94
Tags:
Vector Borne Diseases, Sewage, Kolkata, West Bengal

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