Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of brick fields without consent to establish, West Midnapore, West Bengal, 16/07/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 16/07/2015 regarding illegal operation of brick fields and polluting the environment.

Judgement Date: 
16/07/2015
Tags:
Bricks, Pollution, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Medinipur (D), West Bengal, Compensation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Land

NDA takes states route on land Bill

Tacitly admitting that there’s no likelihood of the Rajya Sabha approving the Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, in the immediate future, the NDA government is prodding states, especiall

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Parliament, Land Acquisition Act 2013, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Land Act 1894
Land

10 states seek to have their own land laws

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Archis Mohan, Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Political Parties, Land Acquisition, Farmers, Legislation, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Tripura, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan
Wildlife

Tiger habitat in Buxa has shrunk: foresters

Amid concerns that tigers may have disappeared from West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve, foresters have claimed that the habitat of the big cat has shrunk to a small area on the foothills.

Publication Date: 
15/07/2015
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Buxa NP, Tiger Reserves, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Tiger, Wildlife
Water Resources

In 5th project, Assam, Bengal & Bihar rivers may be linked

Govt To Seek Consent From 3 States Soon

Publication Date: 
14/07/2015
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Linking, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Rivers, Teesta, Water Resources
Environment

Why shouldn’t you pay Rs 5 crore as penalty, NGT asks Bakreswar Thermal Power Project

KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Monday, directed the Bakreswar Thermal Power Project (BkTPP) to show cause why it should not be penalized for polluting the Chandrabhaga and Bakreswar

Publication Date: 
14/07/2015
Jayanta Gupta
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Thermal Power Plants, Environmental Health, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Riverine Ecology, Flora, Fauna, Ash, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Environment
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Chandrabhaga and Bakreswar rivers by Bakreshwar Thermal Power Plant, 13/07/2015

The National Green Tribunal’s eastern zone bench on 13 July, 2015 issued a cause notice to Bakreshwar thermal power plant, asking why it should not be penalised for dumping fly-ash and polluting Chandrabhaga and Bakreshwar rivers in West Bengal. Read full text of this NGT order.

Judgement Date: 
13/07/2015
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Fly Ash, River Pollution, Chandrabhaga, West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Pollution
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the categorization of the cotton hosiery unit, 13/07/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Basudeb Mondal Vs. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board and Ors. dated 13/07/2015 regarding the categorization of the cotton hosiery unit under the classification/harmonization of Red, Orange and Green category of Industries.

Judgement Date: 
13/07/2015
Tags:
Industry, West Bengal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Noise Pollution Control, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Climate Change

ZSI tracks climate impact on mangroves

KOLKATA: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has set up 25 permanent monitoring stations in five islands of the Sunderbans to study the impact of climate change on the mangroves and its fauna.

Publication Date: 
13/07/2015
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Climate Impacts, Mangroves, Andaman Islands, Sea Level Rise, Water Pollution, Biosphere Reserves, Sundarban NP, Climate Change
Natural Disasters

GSI surveys landslide-hit area of Darjeeling

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) will come up with a digitised and updated database of landslide-prone zones for West Bengal's Darjeeling hills where recent landslides claimed around 40 lives,

Publication Date: 
13/07/2015
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Darjiling (D), Landslides, Geological Survey Of India (GSI), Rainfall, Natural Disasters

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