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Graphite India To Pay Rs. 50 Lakh Compensation For Pollution In Bengaluru

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 31, 2018

Graphite India Ltd (GIL) told the Supreme Court today that it would pay Rs. 50 lakh to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) under the 'polluter pays principle' for its Bengaluru...

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National Thermal Power Corporation to use biomass to co-fire coal-based power plants, cut emissions.

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 22, 2018

NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer, plans to start biomass co-firing across all its coal-based thermal power stations in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut pollution,...

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Garbage in water drains polluting Mumbai coastline: BMC

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2018

The Mumbai civic body told the Bombay High Court on Friday that garbage and solid waste thrown into open storm water...

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Bengaluru worse than Delhi in pollution levels: CPCB

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2018

Bad air is no more the worry of national capital New Delhi; Garden City Bengaluru tops the list of six major polluting cities in India, says a CPCB...

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12 dyeing units to lose power supply due to defunct effluent plant

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 26, 2018

The district administration on Wednesday directed Tangedco to cut power supply to 12 textile bleaching and dyeing units at Mangalam here as their common effluent treatment plant (CETP) was not...

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NGT SLAMS JAL BOARD OVER CLEANING OF YAMUNA RIVER

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 26, 2018

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) slammed Delhi Jal Board (DJB) over cleaning of the Yamuna River. It said there has been no “meaningful progress” on the ground in the last three years and panel...

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Nine organisations join ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 5, 2018

Nine organisations have joined the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Roadmap to Zero Programme, a coalition of over 100 contributors, working on the implementation of safer chemistry...

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‘Illegal dyeing units polluting Pitchaikkaran canal, Cauvery’

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 5, 2018

Residents of Senathipathipalayam, Rangampalayam and Kasipalayam on Wednesday alleged that illegal dyeing units in their area had been polluting Pitchaikkaranpallam canal by discharging untreated...

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Pollution in Bandi river: NGT seeks report from Divisional Commissioner

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 19, 2018

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the divisional commissioner, Jodhpur, to submit a report on the steps taken by the administration to control the pollution caused in the Bandi...

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NGT warns of action against Kanpur tanneries over effluent treatment plants issue

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 8, 2018

The National Green Tribunal has rapped the tanneries located in and around Kanpur over the delay in setting up of common effluent treatment plants (CETP) and directed them to contribute 25 per...

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