Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) raided on Monday two illegal dyeing units in Tirupur knitwear cluster.

The units were located at Pitchampalayam Pudur and Thottiamannarai and found discharging effluents into the open despite the Madras High Court directive last year asking dyeing/bleaching units to strictly follow zero liquid discharge in the dyeing process.

All large residential, commercial and retail projects, projects involving redevelopment of slums, cessed or dilapidated building and public infrastructure projects that fall within the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) will henceforth be required to go through a detailed public hearing in order to get a CRZ clearance.

MUMBAI: For a dynamic city like Mumbai, it is difficult to stop new constructions or renovations of old buildings. But it is these constructions combined with the chilly weather that are making Mumbaikars unhealthy. Certain pollution levels are more than 100% higher than the normal limits that a person should breathe on days when the temperature dips unusually low.

Owners of zip, button and accessories dyeing/bleaching units observed fast here on Wednesday to condemn the sealing of many such units by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) over the past few months on the charges of creating pollution.

The agitators were of the view that closure/sealing of about 150 zip, button and accessories dyeing units by TNPCB could not be justified as sludge generation was very minimal when compared to the normal dyeing operations carried out by the fabric dyers.

The panel, at its sitting here on Monday, called for reports on the encroachments into the Kallai river about which there had been complaints. It also asked the State Pollution Control Board to submit a report on the quality of river water based on scientific tests, in view of complaints about widespread pollution.

Pune Lavasa Corporation has said it will be filing a writ petition in the Bombay High Court to set aside the orders of the Pune court.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate N T Ghadge had ordered Lavasa Corporation and 15 others including promoters and directors to appear in the Pune court on January 30, 2012 to defend themselves in the criminal case filed by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for environment violations.

Sterlite Industries has completed taking 23 out of the 30 environment protection measures mandated by the Supreme Court for its copper smelter plant at Tuticorin, officials of the company told visiting journalists on Saturday.

The plant has come under focus lights after the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board had ordered it shut citing grounds of pollution, which was subsequently stayed by the Supreme Court on the condition that the company would undertake specific environment protection measures.

BERHAMPUR: Rows of sugarcane-laden trucks in front of Aska Cooperative Sugar Factory speak volumes of uncertainty over latter’s functioning. A molasses tank bursted last Sunday on the factory premises which led to the death of a woman and two children. With the remaining three tanks filled to the brim with molasses, the authorities are in a fix as there is no place to store more after crushing the sugarcane.

Officials fail to act despite orders from the Forest Minister

A Tamil Nadu company has allegedly been quarrying on an encroached government land at the tiger reserve near Biligirirangana Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (BRTWLS) near Huthuri village in Hanur of Kollegal taluk.