Guwahati waste management: Evaluation of solid waste processing plant completes
Some 15 lakh metric tonnes (MTs) of waste have accumulated at the closed dump site
Some 15 lakh metric tonnes (MTs) of waste have accumulated at the closed dump site
State’s tourism department has planned to construct a watch tower and to explore creating tourism infrastructure like Kashmir’s Dal Lake
Banning Firecrackers Not Against Any Particular Community, Says Supreme Court
The bench has said that it will pass orders to set up a “new committee” for assessment including a retired SC judge and environment experts.
NGT sent notices to 18 states including Assam to reply on pollution by firecrackers during Diwali
The NGT has sought replies from these states on an urgent basis by November 5
The plea before NGT highlighted that increase in pollution may affect vulnerable groups and increases the fatality rate in COVID19 cases
The petitioner challenged the approval given by the National Board of Wild Life (NBWL) allowing coal mining in 98.59 hectares of reserve forest
The tribunal also formed a high power committee under the chairmanship of Retired Judge B P Katakey to examine the damage
Shifting of the West Boragaon landfill site used for dumping municipal solid wastes, which has posed a threat to the ecological fragility of the Deepor Beel wetland, has become a distant dream