Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
residing in an area with heavy traffic may not only affect health but also social behaviour. According to a new study, Traffic's Human Toll, heavy traffic on streets in the vicinity severely limits the ability to know neighbours or enjoy outdoors. Transportation Alternatives, a us -based ngo advocating environmentally sensible …
What does the ubiquitous auto-rickshaw and the plush aeroplane have in common, other than getting us from one place to another? The auto-rickshaw, as India's largest manufacturer Rahul Bajaj will tell you, is the symbol of democratic mobility - it provides transport for large numbers of people at what he …
A number of brick-kiln owners in the district and nearby areas of the region are using dry fodder, old tyres, rubber tubes, battery bodies and other such waste material to bake bricks. Due to the increased cost of coal and other fuel, the kiln owners are using these materials as …
Fly ash has become a precious commodity thanks to a Central government directive allowing more of it to be blended in cement. Cement companies are now vying with each other to get fly ash, hitherto derided as a polluting waste product spewed by thermal power stations using coal. With the …
The us Environmental Protection Agency (usepa) has recently approved new air pollution standards, promising cleaner air to all Americans. Health and environmental groups, however, say the revised rules are too weak to protect against lung and other pollution-related diseases. Earlier, in December 2005, the agency had proposed to reduce the …
South Asia, home to a quarter of the world's population, is a major energy consumer. According to the us Energy Information Administration, the region's primary energy consumption increased by 58 per between 1991 and 2000, and is expected to increase by another 40 per cent in the next three decades. …
if you are living by the main road, you may have reasons to worry. A new study by scientists in Germany has revealed that living close to major roads (within 50 m) and long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and particulate matters may be associated with increased death incidents from heart …
It was not easy for Nirabhra Mandal, a student of Class VI to organise an anti-pollution rally in Howrah, but he did it and also got 234 of his companions (all 11-years-old) to support him. Whether anyone cares or not, these students of Don Bosco School, Liluah, are definitely concerned …
The division bench of the chief justice, Mr VS Sirpurkar and Justice Ms Nadira Patherya of Calcutta High Court today expressed dissatisfaction over the state government's failure to file its affidavit-in-opposition to a writ petition about severe air pollution in the city of Kolkata during the night. The court wondered …
This study provides an account of the agriculture crop residue burning in Punjab during wheat and rice crop growing periods. Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P6) Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) data during May and October 2005 have been analysed for estimating the extent of burnt areas and thereby greenhouse gas …
China environment agency is implementing a broad new strategy to monitor air pollutants focusing on gathering better emissions data as well as using more advanced pollution monitoring and filtering technology.
Diwali, the festival of lights, passed off as the festival of "terror' with illegal high-decibel fire-crackers being burst in abundance throughout the state. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board's much-publicised guidelines and the "strict' police vigil went for a toss. Both police and WBPCB denied responsibility of the sound menace …
Divali was less noisy and polluting for Delhiites this year due to a drive against crackers that violate norms laid down by the government, claims Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). The concentration of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide in the Delhi atmosphere showed a considerable decline this year compared to …
The Pollution Control Board (PCB) and the city police have launched a two-pronged strategy to control sound and air pollution caused by bursting of highdecibel crackers. For the first time, both the organisations have formed special teams to check the sale of banned crackers. A massive campaign has been taken …
farms in the terai region of Uttar Pradesh were enveloped by fog this August. Fog is not unusual in this part of the country but it usually starts happening in winter, mostly in late December and January. Experts at the India Meteorological Department (imd) are unclear about the factors that …
Faced with air pollution levels that on some days force the elderly and the asthmatic to stay indoors and have some foreigners contemplating a move to cleaner climes, the government of this financial city said that it was time to get tough on the worst polluters. Donald Tsang, the Hong …
To make Diwali a celebration of light rather than the sound, the Hyderabad City Police and AP Pollution Control Board have planned a joint campaign to bring down the level of noise and air pollution by cracking down on high decibel "bomb" crackers this year. The campaign will focus both …
Hong Kong's overall air quality has declined significantly in the past six years as booming industry in mainland China sends clouds of soot and toxic gases wafting into the city. In additional, local power plants and diesel-fueled traffic fill the narrow streets with four air that gets trapped at street …
The number of polluting vehicles those emitting pollutants above the permissible level. Is on the rise in the Kolkata, West Bengal and what even more alarming is that private cars and taxis are the main culprits.
