Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental pollution caused by poultry farms, 24 North Parganas, West Bengal, 16/02/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Qamaruddin Gazi Vs Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal dated 16/02/2016 regarding environmental pollution and injury to the human health, particularly to the people living nearby a poultry farm established in a residential area, District- 24 Parganas (North), West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
16/02/2016
Tags:
Poultry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), 24 Parganas (N), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Small Scale Industry, Pollution, Health Effects
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting of trees by saw mill owners, Burdwan, West Bengal, 15/02/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of North Kolkata Tree Plantation Welfare Society & Others Vs W.B. Pollution Control Board & Others dated 15/02/2016 regarding illegal cutting and felling of the trees by the saw mill owners in the District Burdwan, West Bengal.

NGT asks for a status report to be sumitted detailing the particulars of the saw mills which are in operation in the area in question highlighting the nature of licence and the other particulars of the business.

Judgement Date: 
15/02/2016
Tags:
Paper and Pulp Industry, Barddhaman (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal
Air Pollution

Polluters take advantage of gap between rule and court directives

Is the battle against emission limited to judicial activism? At least that is what claimed by the officers responsible for controlling pollution at the ground.

Publication Date: 
12/02/2016
Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Heavy Duty Vehicle, Motor Vehicle Act 1988, Environment Act 1986, Kolkata, High Court, Air Pollution, Auto Industry
Wildlife

Elephant goes on rampage in Siliguri, smashes cars, homes

A wild elephant rampaged through West Bengal's Siliguri town on Wednesday, smashing homes and sending frightened residents running.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Siliguri, Wildlife
Climate Change

Kolkata Municipal Corporation to launch app for climate and disaster alerts

The set-up of the climate change cell has been supported by the UK under a two-year UK-Kolkata Municipal Corporation Programme of 1 million pound technical assistance on low carbon and climate-resi

Publication Date: 
11/02/2016
Indian Expess (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Municipal Corporation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Carbon Dioxide
Agriculture

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield gap using the CERES-rice model of climate variability for different agroclimatic zones of India

The CERES (Crop Estimation through Resource and Environment Synthesis)-rice model incorporated in DSSAT version 4.5 was calibrated for genetic coefficients of rice cultivars by conducting field experiments during the kharif season at Jorhat, Kalyani, Ranchi and Bhagalpur, the results of which were used to estimate the gap in rice yield.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
10/02/2016
P. K. Singh, K. K. Singh, L. S. Rathore & et al
Current Science
110
3
405-413
Tags:
Agriculture, Rice, Soil Capability, India, Agricultural Research, Jorhat (D), Kalyani, Ranchi (D), Bhagalpur (D), Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rainfall
Environment

High cadmium contamination at the gateway to Sundarban ecosystem driven by Kolkata metropolitan sewage in India

Cr, Pb, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu, Co and Fe content in the surface sediments was studied at three sites along a 20 km stretch on the Bidyadhari River (situated at the gateway to Indian Sundarban mangrove ecosystem) starting from the sewage outfall zone of the Kolkata metropolis (northern limit of Sundarban) during the dry (March) and wet (August) seasons in the year 2011.

Publication Date: 
10/02/2016
Anirban Akhand, Abhra Chanda, Sourav Das & et al
Current Science
110
3
386-391
Tags:
Sundarbans, Sewage Pollution, Kolkata, Heavy Metals, Rivers, Water Pollution, Waste Disposal, West Bengal
Energy

IIEST solar hub set to remould use of energy

Kolkata: Solar power has now found a new 'hub' at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur.

Publication Date: 
09/02/2016
Somdatta Basu
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Solar Energy, Kolkata, Renewable Energy, Solar Cells, Energy Technology, Energy
Air Pollution

Kolkata chokes on exhaust fumes

Survey in central business district shows 20% of population at high risk

Publication Date: 
08/02/2016
Ajanta Chakraborty
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Air Pollution, Respiratory Diseases, RSPM (PM 10), Health Effects, WHO
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by a bakery, Kolkata, West Bengal, 05/02/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tapan Kumar Bhowmick & Others Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 05/02/2016 regarding pollution caused by a bakery, Kolkata, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
05/02/2016
Tags:
Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Kolkata, West Bengal, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Court

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