Local villagers under banner of Lok Maitri launched protests against the state govt move.

Indore: The State Government, which faced stiff opposition from people and NGOs when it gave its nod for disposal of toxic waste of the Union Carbide, is contemplating to dispose 10 tons of toxic waste of Hindustan Insecticide Ltd. ( HIL) at the incinerator in Pithampur.

Officials of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board on Sunday sealed a textile unit at Balanagarmandal in Mahbubnagar district following complaints from farmers that effluents from the factory

Illegal textile processing units pose a threat to farm sector in the region

The discharge of untreated effluents into the waterways in the district has increased substantially in the last few weeks as many unauthorised textile processing units have come up in Erode and its suburbs.

Court also orders nuclear company to pay £72,000 costs for mistake which sent low-level waste to wrong site

Following complaints from local residents, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has issued closure and warning notices to quite a few factory units in the city in the last couple of mont

Directorate of Environment (DoE) on Wednesday realised a fine of Tk.

Environment and Forest Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud informed the House on Tuesday that Taka 53.79 crore was realized as fines from 423 mills and factories during the four and a half years of the presen

There is an alarming increase of cases of lead poisoning across the country. Across our major cities, doctors are expressing concern at this “silent epidemic”.

Officials from SRL Diagnostics claimed that they receive 600 samples every month for Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy which detects metal content in human body fluids. From these, 350 samples were found to contain lead followed by Copper (125), Zinc (50) and other metals such as Arsenic, Mercury and Chromium.

Solid waste management or the absence of it in Dibrugarh town, considered one of the fastest growing industrial towns of Assam, remains a worrying issue.

There is no formal door to door garbage collection system in the town. Neither are wastes segregated at source. Waste disposed off by people in roadside bins or enclosures are collected in trailers by a few tractors and dumped in the open on the bank of River Brahmaputra at Maijan Road.

Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui assured the members of Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) of early removal of garbage, currently left unattended in the tannery zone of Korangi Industrial