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Telangana Pollution Control Board cracks down, shuts four polluting industries

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 22, 2018

Taking a tough stand, the Telangana Pollution Control Board (TPCB) closed four industries on the outskirts of the city for violating pollution norms. It issued the closure orders after a task...

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Odisha State Pollution Control Board slaps closure notice on 16 industries

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 3, 2017

The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Tuesday slapped closure notices on 16 small industries in Puri and Bhubaneswar for their failure to check water pollution. The move follows a...

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NGT orders closure of 76 units in Bengaluru

By : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2017

 The National Green Tribunal has directed authorities to ensure the closure of 76 polluting industries around Bengaluru’s Bellandur Lake.

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NGT directs closure of industries using pet coke without nod

By : sustainabilityo..., May 17, 2017

Industries which do not have permission to use petroleum coke, also called pet coke, as a fuel should be closed immediately, the National Green Tribunal ordered on Tuesday.

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NGT directs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to close industries running without consent

By : sustainabilityo..., May 10, 2017

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to shut down all the industries running in residential areas without any consent....

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Odisha govt shuts down two IMFA mines over flouting of pollution norms

By : sustainabilityo..., May 5, 2017

The Odisha government has shut down two chromite mines of India Metals and Ferroalloys, a leading ferroalloys producer of the country, on the ground of non-compliance of pollution control norms...

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NGT shuts 13 polluting industries along Ganga channel

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 27, 2017

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed 13 polluting industries situated along tributary or major drain of the Ganga river to be shut down.

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Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to serve closure notices to 12 MSMEs in Nashik; industry approaching board for treatment plant

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 7, 2017

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board is to issue closure notices to 12 MSMEs at Tigrania Road near Swaminarayan Bridge in Nashik.  

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Tata Chemicals Haldia plant gets shutdown notice

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 15, 2017

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed Tata Chemicals to shut down its fertilizer plant in Haldia (West Bengal) for violating liquid waste discharge rules. The CPCB directive...

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Ready to remove untreated effluent near Hapur plant: Coca Cola

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 1, 2016

Beverages major Coca Cola has told the National Green Tribunal that its Hapur plant in Uttar Pradesh was ready to “lift and transfer” untreated effluent behind its unit, after a plea alleged...

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