GSPCB to categorise industries on colour codes
The Goa State Pollution Control Board is in the process of categorising industries based on colour codes in a bid to have better control over these and to simplify its administrative work.
The Goa State Pollution Control Board is in the process of categorising industries based on colour codes in a bid to have better control over these and to simplify its administrative work.
Jairam Calls For Emulating Beijing On Emission Control Beijing: China has agreed to include India in a three-nation (China, Japan and South Korea) joint mechanism on climate control, minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday.
Jalandhar: Setting up of a large number of thermal plants can prove to be a curse for Punjab.
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: The city of diamonds and textile may have earned the distinction of being one of the cleanest cities in the country, but it lags behind when it comes to keeping a check on industrial pollution.
Stalin criticises AIADMK Government for neglecting industrial growth Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin looking at the machines installed at the factory of Gangotri Textiles Ltd., at SIPCOT Industrial Estate, in Perundurai, Erode on Monday.
Beijing, Aug. 20: More than 1,300 children have been sickened by lead poisoning in central China, the second such case involving a large number of children this month, state media said on Thursday.
The recommendation of NEERI and the P Ram Committee to attain zero liquid discharge by local dyeing units to save the Buddha Nullah has brought the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) back in action.
Sompeta, Aug. 18: Several fishermen, doctors and people
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will have to do some explaining at the Forest and Environment Ministers
Beijing: Hundreds of villagers broke into a smelting plant in north China blamed for the lead poisoning of more than 600 children, smashing trucks in protest, state media reported on Monday.
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Hundreds of villagers in China
THE Centre on Monday warned of strict action against polluting industries and asked states to identify critically polluted clusters in order to prepare an action plan for initiating corrective steps.
They work in our interest we have heard a great deal in recent years about the demand-supply chasm in India
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KARUR: Welcoming the statement of the Union Textiles Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, on the need to combat pollution in select cities in the State, handloom weavers and farmers have called upon the Central and the State governments to address the issue on a war footing to save both the textile industry, agriculture and environment.
P.V. Srividya People express strong opposition to the project at Maruthampallam NAGAPATTINAM: A public hearing on a proposed 2x500 MW coal-based thermal power plant at Maruthampallam village in Sirkazhi taluk was postponed amid opposition to the project from the public gathered there on Tuesday evening. Could affect 3 villages
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) would undertake an inspection of all 17 large-scale dyeing industrial units in Ludhiana by September 15 to ascertain the extent of compliance of pollution norms prescribed by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB).
A task force will be constituted for monitoring pollution caused by brick kilns. The task force will work under the district mining officer and is being constituted in view of a recent directive from the state chief secretary. At present, more than 30 brick kilns are operational in and around the city.
Report to be submitted to board
THE Orathupalayam dam received over 14 ft of water from the Noyyal river under southwest monsoon. But the entire water is being drained into the Cauvery river instead of using it for irrigation, as the water from the Noyyal is filled with textile effluents from Tirupur textile units.