Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Garbage disposal is plaguing the city in more ways than one. It seems that the Left Front-led board at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has failed to ensure proper and timely disposal of garbage from different parts of the city (in SNS photo). The Examiner of Local Accounts in its audit …
The Union government is planning to set up 43 molecular and culture detection laboratories across the country to conduct sputum tests for those suffering from tuberculosis. The initiative was taken after it was found that there were few intermediate reference laboratories to conduct such tests. Mr Vishwa Mohan Katoch, secretary, …
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has failed to implement a proper system of checks and balances in its solid waste management department. As a result there is ample scope of pilferage, including the existence of surplus staff in the payrolls of the solid waste management department. Describing the existing …
KOLKATA, 9 MAY: The Centre has recently cleared five important projects in West Bengal involving construction, widening and strengthening of roads and construction of an international standard carriageway way along the State Highway 2. The work under the projects would start after municipal elections are over and the state government …
KOLKATA, 3 MAY: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will set up a study centre at the Alipore Correctional Home this year where courses on human rights, Bachelor Training Programme and others will be offered at to inmates. According to IGNOU officials, the total number of inmates who have enrolled …
The state pollution control board has slapped a closure notice on Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) for failing to dispose of infectious biomedical waste properly. The notice, issued on April 23, will be implemented
The cigarette ban law that came into effect in October 2008 is set to finally get some teeth more than a year and a half later, when Calcutta police start collecting a Rs 200 fine from those who light up in public.
Class VIII student Juhi Neogi of Loreto House is determined to start a campaign against environment sharks after attending a session by actor and wildlife photographer Sabyasachi Chakraborty and fashion designer Agnimitra Paul.
KOLKATA 25 April: In order to pin down the cause of air pollution in the state, the state pollution control board will set up an Environment Compliance Assistance Centre (ECAC) at every small and medium enterprise such as, tanneries, petrochemical and bleaching factories. An initiative in this regard was taken …
KOLKATA, 25 APRIL: Consulting Engineering Service (India) Private Limites, (CES) in collaboration with Bengal Engineering and Science University (Besu) would set up a research centre within the Besu campus to promote green movement. Mr Sudhangsu Sekhar Chakraborty (in SNS photo), chairman and managing director of CES, said to reduce consumptive …
The state IT department is planning to set up a bio-incubator centre at Salt Lake Sector V, in a bid to promote biopharmaceutical industries in the state. A plot of around 1.5 lakh square feet area has been allotted and the building is expected to come within two years. At …
Kolkata is among the most polluted cities, ranked alongside Cairo and Delhi, a World Bank study reveals. This is notwithstanding the fact that more people are affected by pollution in Kolkata than in the other cities of India on account of the density of population. The World Bank report is …
The Regional Meteorological Department, Alipore, today issued a thunder squall warning for different districts of North Bengal in the next 24-hours. The department has also predicted that there are chances of rain in the city and its adjoining areas. According to officials of the Regional Meteorological Department, a Nor
Unfortunate citizens of Kolkata, given the power situation during summer in the state, continued to struggle with endless sessions of powercuts today, as there was a shortfall of around 400 MW of power across the state. As if that was not enough, the hot and uncomfortable weather that prevailed today, …
Dhanbad, April 7: More than 90 per cent coal traders evade tax while 80 per cent of the remaining 10 per cent file their returns in other cities outside the state like Calcutta, slowly, but steadily, draining the district
The civic authorities on Wednesday started demolishing encroachments on Bikramgarh Jheel, off South City, that has shrunk from 100 to 20 bighas following rampant landfill by a section of realtors.
The Union minister of state for shipping, Mr Mukul Roy, today criticised the state government for failing to utilise funds sanctioned by the Centre to renovate the ghats along the river Hooghly. He said this while inaugurating a ghat renovation project along the Hooghly, at Nimtala ghat. Mr Roy said, …
