A quick glance at the city’s pollution data of the last few months would leave any green activist happy. The real story is, however, starkly different — the figures are misleading since 17 of the 20 pollution measuring units have not been working since January. Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the government to restore all manual measuring units within a week and pulled up the state pollution control board chairman, appointed by the new government, for not taking enough initiative to check night pollution.

The legacy of the "imperfect deal" — as it was called by all participants — at the Copenhagen climate conference two years back continued in the Durban summit last December. People's need had lost out to political manoeuvring. The reason for Durban's failure to come up with a perfect deal, however, was different — and perhaps more fundamental — from Copenhagen. In Copenhagen, the "imperfectness" was linked with the process. The chairman of the conference had bulldozed a consensus with the help of a few countries.

The proposed eastern circuit bench of the national green tribunal may be shifted from the city as the state government has failed to provide as little as 5,000sq ft of space despite the Centre’s repeated reminders.
The tribunal, constituted in October 2010 after the national green tribunal act was passed in Parliament, has its headquarters in Delhi. The regional circuit benches have been planned in Pune, Bhopal, Chennai and Calcutta.

The government must protect the wetlands, plant trees and phase out polluting vehicles for the city

Calcutta, March 27: Bengal confronts today what India almost banished yesterday.
The state has become the focal point of international polio-control efforts after it reported the country

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Diwali fireworks in Salt Lake, where the festival of lights turned noisy.

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Calcutta, July 18: Just as India was making progress in checking polio, Bengal threatens to spoil the effort because of what state officials themselves admit to be

A committee set up by the environment department has recommended that a