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National Green Tribunal hearing on Ganga pollution today

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 12, 2016

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will commence hearing on Ganga pollution from Friday.

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NGT issues notices to UP government, pollution control boards over illegal industries in Mathura

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 7, 2016

A plea alleging that the apex pollution monitoring body was sleeping like “Kumbhakarna” over illegal industries operating at Mathura in Uttar Pradash has prompted the National Green Tribunal to...

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Subject Tags: CPCB , NGT , pollution

Online air pollution real-time monitor soon

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 26, 2016

Work on installing an online automatic ambient air quality monitoring system in the city will begin shortly. According to district pollution board officials, Sahibabad industrial area has been...

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CPCB report shows need for urgent action in the Eloor-Edayar contaminated area

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 24, 2016

Even as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is expected to hear two different batches of petition related to Periyar pollution next week, there is growing evidence to support the demand for an...

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Subject Tags: CPCB , pollution

Poor air quality across 41 cities in 2015, says CPCB survey

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 19, 2016

While the worsening air pollution in the country's metro cities has been under scrutiny of courts and Centre, the air quality across tier-II or million plus cities is equally bad. People in 41...

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Subject Tags: air pollution , CPCB

15,342 tn plastic waste generated in India everyday: Dave

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 3, 2016

More than 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste are generated in India everyday, of which 6,000 tonnes remain uncollected and littered, the government today said.

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Increase in concentration of pollutants during odd-even scheme

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 27, 2016

A recent assessment by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) indicates that there was increase in concentration of pollutants at most of the monitoring locations during the second phase of...

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Black & Veatch and BMC to develop wastewater project in Mumbai

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 12, 2016

Black & Veatch, the US-based EPC company that provides ‘concept to commissioning’ project solutions for power, oil & gas, water and telecom sectors, has been selected by Brihanmumbai...

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Pollution Board to keep an eye on polluting industries

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 7, 2016

The district pollution board has succeeded in goading major polluting industries in Ghaziabad and Hapur to install online pollution monitoring systems. As per pollution board officials a total...

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Environment Ministry lifts moratorium on industrial unit in Maharashtra

By : sustainabilityo..., May 30, 2016

The Environment Ministry has lifted the moratorium on polluting industrial clusters in the Critically Polluted Areas ( CPA ) of Chandrapur in Maharashtra, a move aimed at enabling new...

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