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.
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: 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
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
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.