Forests

Trees get identity cards in Kolkata suburb

Just like humans, trees too now have identity cards in a Kolkata suburb.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2015
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Trees, Climate Change, Environmentalists, Carbon Dioxide, Forests
Environment

NGT turns down proposal for Nayachar thermal power project

The Kolkata bench of national green tribunal (NGT) headed by Justice Pratap Kumar Roy rejected the proposal to set up a thermal power station in Nayachar island as it violated the coastal regulatio

Publication Date: 
17/09/2015
Debashis Konar
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Thermal Power Plants, Coastal Regulations, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environmental Security, Ecology, Environment
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding municipal solid waste in Ranaghat Municipality, Nadia District, West Bengal, 16/09/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madan Lal Vs Union of India & Ors. (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) regarding municipal solid waste in Ranaghat Municipality, Nadia District, West Bengal dated 16/09/2015.

Judgement Date: 
16/09/2015
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Nadia, West Bengal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Management
Mining

Green body lens on mining

The National Green Tribunal's Kolkata bench headed by Justice Pratap Kumar Roy has asked for closure of all stone-mining activities in Bengal's Birbhum and Jharkhand's Pakur.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2015
Debasis Konar
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Mining, Stone, Silicosis, Health Effects, Stone Industry
Water Resources

Meet in Kolkata to stop wetland encroachment

Following the Calcutta high court order to the state government to demolish 14 unauthorized constructions in the East Kolkata wetlands and submit a compliance report by October 9, the state officia

Publication Date: 
15/09/2015
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Wetlands, Land Encroachments, Kolkata, Wetland Conservation, Water Resources
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding free flow of water in the Nayanjuli water body, Kolkata, 11/09/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dwaipayan Sengupta Vs Union of India & Ors dated 11/09/2015 regarding free flow of water in the Nayanjuli water body, Kolkata.

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Judgement Date: 
11/09/2015
Tags:
Water Resources, Waste Disposal, Garbage, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Municipal Corporation, Kolkata, West Bengal
Health

Cases of malaria, dengue have fallen in the city: KMC

Cases of malaria and dengue have fallen in 2015 compared to 2014, according to a report submitted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to the director of National Vector Borne Control Program

Publication Date: 
11/09/2015
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Malaria, Dengue, Municipal Corporation, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Hazardous Waste

Calcutta sits on ticking e-waste bomb

Calcutta tops the chart in generating e-waste after Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bangalore and Chennai.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2015
Jayanta Basu
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Electronic Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Telecommunication, Groundwater Pollution, Waste Management, Hazardous Waste
Water Pollution

NGT seeks report from chief secretary on arsenic contamination

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Monday, directed the chief secretary to file a report on the arsenic situation in West Bengal.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2015
Jayanta Gupta
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Arsenic Poisoning, Water Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Health Effects, Drinking Water
Health

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding consumption of arsenic contaminated ground water, West Bengal, 07/09/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. dated 07/09/2015 regarding consumption of arsenic contaminated ground water resulting in suffering from various diseases, West Bengal.

Different newspaper reports have been annexed including a recent one where it is reported that the villagers of Ghaighata of North 24 Parganas District and the people of Teghoria of Dum Dum Municipality are leaving their dwelling places due to such arsenic contamination of drinking water.

Judgement Date: 
07/09/2015
Tags:
Arsenic, Drinking Water Quality, West Bengal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Health Effects, 24 Parganas (N), Groundwater Quality, Tubewells

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