Deploring anti-uranium mining groups in the State, Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary today said there were sections opposing the mining project due to misunderstanding and spreading misinformation on the issue.

The brick-kiln owners in the state have opposed the government notification asking them to use fly ash for making bricks.

As per the notification, a brick-kiln in 100 kilometre radius of any thermal plant is required to add 25 per cent of fly ash in the material used to make bricks. However, the kiln owners have rejected the government decision.

New Delhi: Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the government had identified 24 critically-polluted areas in the country and was trying to focus on these

The UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) ordered closure of a yeast manufacturing unit in Bulandshahr district. The orders were given on July 6 after the factory did not adhere to water pollution control rules.

Small and medium enterprises based at Adityapur Industrial Area (AIA) will contribute more than Rs 3 crore to develop the Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL).

Senior AACL officials said that the entrepreneurs would provide Rs 20,000 for each acre that is being used by them to develop the proposed project. The units would be paying the amount in three instalments.

DURGAPUR, 14 JUNE: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has asked state-owned Durgapur Projects Limited to prevent pollution caused by its coke-oven plant by 21 June. If the company fails to follow the order within the stipulated timeframe, the plant would be closed down.

Patiala: The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has confirmed that oil spillage in the Ghanauli drain, which connects to the Satluj, occurred not because of negligence but was an accidental breakdown of metallic pipeline of furnace oil.

Sources in the PSEB said the staff of Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant was taking measures to avoid such incidents in future.

Shimla: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has submitted an action plan to the state pollution control board for carrying out various protection works and stabilisation of muck dumping sites for restoring the damage caused to environment.

Ropar: No pong ash is being used from Ropar thermal plant for the construction of Kurali-Kiratpur Sahib stretch of the National Highway 21 despite strict guidelines of the government of India.

Madurai: Corporate heads signed the code for ecologically sustainable business growth evolved by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in confirmation of their voluntary commitment to work towards conserving natural resources without compromising on high and accelerated growth, in a CEOs meet organised by CII, Madurai Zone, here.