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.

Delhi is the country's pollution capital but Calcuttans are breathing in more toxic air because of higher exposure, a study has shown.

Kolkata: The city is losing its waterbodies faster than any other metro in India, revealed a study by a green NGO, which also warned that if ponds and lakes are filled up at the current rate, all t

Kolkata's chaotic, grinding traffic can not only be taxing on your blood pressure but also pinch your wallet.

Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is in the process of selecting agencies that will collect environmental samples from the industrial areas of Asansol, Howrah, Haldia and Dur

CSE has recommended that Kolkata should start acting on emergency pollution control measures like Delhi.

Tata Metaliks DI Pipes has got environmental clearance for capacity expansion of its ductile iron pipe plant in West Bengal from 1,10,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) to 3,00,000 tpa, entailing an invest

Also, more than 60 per cent of all women and 53.2 per cent of pregnant women were found anaemic in the state.

Dwindling prey and skewed gender ratio a concern, says study

The National Mission for a Green India proposal, released under the aegis of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, is a significant attempt to integrate the mechanism of ecosystem services in the overall framework of forest conservation in India. It suggests a series of strategies for improving the quality of forests and proposes reforms for strengthening joint forest management. This paper discusses the likely impact of these reforms on current forest use practice. It does so by analysing the various provisions of the mission and how they support or contradict ongoing forest uses.

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