You are here

Punjab Pollution Control Board promoting adoption of Zinc recovery plant at Mandi Gobindgarh to curb pollution

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 25, 2017

In an effort to use the hazardous waste of induction furnaces and recover valuable metals, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) aims at promoting more firms to adopt this technology that...

Read more..

Closure notices issued to over 1000 industrial units by CPCB

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 12, 2017

The Central Pollution Control Board has issued closure directions to 1033 industries that failed to install Online Consent Management & Monitoring System or connect them to the CPCB server...

Read more..

Special cell to curb waste burning: Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 7, 2017

The state government on Thursday asked the MCG to create a special cell for monitoring garbage burning and management of construction and demolition (C&D) waste in the city....

Read more..

Now, industries polluting Ganga under live monitoring

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 6, 2017

Over the past two weeks, close to 3,750 SMSes and e-mail alerts have been issued to industries generating more than the permissible limit of pollutants in the Ganga basin. 

... Read more..

IT to bring transparency in pollution control efforts: Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 28, 2017

There is a need to clear the "pollution of corruption" in addition to addressing air and water pollution, Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said today as he stressed the need for using...

Read more..

Uttar Pradesh government to take action against sugar mills flouting NGT norms

By : sustainabilityo..., May 24, 2017

The Uttar Pradesh government will take stern action against sugar factories that flout green norms and are spreading pollution, the state sugarcane development minister Suresh Rana warned today...

Read more..

Centre to strengthen regulatory mechanism to curb pollution

By : sustainabilityo..., May 22, 2017

The marine environment in India is under stress due to pollution and it has become one of the probable reasons for the decline in fish stock, said the new national policy that was released by...

Read more..

PM Modi to launch river conservation project in Madhya Pradesh to ensure pollution-free Narmada

By : sustainabilityo..., May 15, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch on Monday the Narmada Seva Mission for the conservation of the crucial river, which is a lifeline of Madhya Pradesh.

...

Read more..

Delhi govt directs schools to install air purifiers

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2017

In a bid to protect students from the effects of shooting pollution levels in the national Capital, the Delhi government has directed the city schools to install air purifiers....

Read more..

NGT notice to states, UTs for violating plastic waste management rules

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 28, 2017

A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench, headed by chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, issued on Thursday notices to all state governments and Union territories on CPCB's application that plastic...

Read more..