The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to restart eight air monitoring stations that were closed down after 2011

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/01/2016 regarding illegal construction of pathway on the river bed of river Ganges in the name of river front beautification programme along the stretch of river adjacent to Manor Floatel Hotel by Kolkata Municipal Corporation, construction of Manor Floatel Hotel by the private respondent on the bank of river Ganga making encroachment into the river and also the construction of one crematorium and parking space at

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Susanta Kumar & Others Vs Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 13/01/2016 regarding cutting of mango trees (whose age are varying from 25 to 30 years) without any permission from the competent authority under the West Bengal Trees (Protection & Conservation in Non-Forest Areas) Act 2006.

The Application stands dismissed as the Court noted that already a civil suit is pending wherefrom appropriate relief may be obtained by the applicants as per law if he succeeds.

KOLKATA: The UK government will help Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) reduce carbon emission in the city and make it climate-resilient.

India’s NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd.

Kolkata: The extent of damage done by smoke-belching diesel vehicles remains unassessed in Kolkata.

KOLKATA: West Bengal is finally making efforts to reintroduce big cats in north Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve, where no tiger sightings have been reported in the past two decades.

Kandi block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal is situated in the Mayurakshi–Dwarka Plain. This is one of the maximum flood-affected blocks in Murshidabad. The average frequency of occurrence of floods in the last decade is 8. This study prepares a vulnerability map of Kandi block at village level combining physical, social and economic indicators of flood hazard. PCA analysis has been applied for computation of vulnerability indices. The results reveal that there is a difference in biophysical exposure and vulnerability index.

MIDNAPORE, WEST BENGAL: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that over seven crore people in the state have been brought under food security scheme and claimed that the works

KOLKATA: Kolkata's air is as bad as Delhi's, if not worse, and calls for equally drastic measures to save the city from turning into a smoke pit.

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