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Government to crack the whip on 1,000 polluting industries along Ganga

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 21, 2017

The government has decided to crack the whip on 1,000 industrial units across five states along the Ganga that are continuing to empty untreated waste into the river.

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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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Central Pollution Control Board proposes buffer zones around landfill sites

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 2, 2017

To prevent people living in areas around landfill sites from impact of high pollution from them, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has now proposed guidelines to keep and maintain a...

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Air pollution: Environment Pollution Control and Prevention Authority to enforce graded response plan in Delhi-NCR

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 17, 2017

Odd-even may be back on Delhi roads and a host of other emergency measures will kick in if pollution levels touch emergency proportions with the Centre entrusting the Supreme Court-appointed...

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Past imperfect, CPCB draws up fresh action plan

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 1, 2016

There is no dearth of action plans to tackle the deadly air pollution in the capital, but their implementation is far from satisfactory. Even basic steps such as deploying adequate number of...

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Central Pollution Control Board readies action plan to fight bad air

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 23, 2016

After being rapped for not adopting any emergency smog control measure, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is preparing an action plan that will be submitted to the Supreme Court on...

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Delhi Pollution Levels Soar, Centre Summons 5 Northern States

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 1, 2016

After a nearly 21-fold increase in pollution levels here on Diwali, the Centre summoned governments of Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh over enforcing ban on stubble burning...

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Subject Tags: air pollution , CPCB

CPCB issues closure notice to 295 units in Maharashtra for not installing online continuous monitoring systems (CMS)

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2016

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked the state pollution control board to issue closure notices to 295 units in Maharashtra region for not installing online continuous monitoring...

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Untreated effluents: Pollution board seeks report from MC

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 4, 2016

Getting no reply from the municipal corporation (MC) regarding 12 outlets through which untreated effluent is being allegedly released in Buddah Nullah, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB...

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Delhi HC refuses to stay e-waste management rules for CFL manufacturers

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 29, 2016

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the applicability of the E-Waste (Management) Rules-2016 on manufacturers of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).

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