CPCB says industries can face closure if failed to follow strict emission norms
7 years ago

CPCB says industries can face closure if failed to follow strict emission norms

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s top pollution watchdog, the Central Pollution Control Board, has asked all the states to ensure that industries that fall under the 17 highly polluting categories comply strictly with emission norms. CPCB and the state pollution control boards have been pursuing industries to install air pollution control equipment to comply with emission standards prescribed under the Environment Protection Act 1986. In September 2017, CPCB asked all the state pollution control boards to ensure compliance with such norms but when it carried out inspections, it found that, a “number of industries have not provided proper facilities for stack emission monitoring” in accordance with emission regulations. Noting this, CPCB directed all SPCBs to ensure that industries which are counted under the 17 highly polluting categories follow strict emissions norms.

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Too many chinks in Delhi pollution fight: CAG
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Too many chinks in Delhi pollution fight: CAG

Hindustan Times  

The Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on Delhi’s air pollution exposed severe lapses in the city’s efforts to mitigate vehicular pollution, highlighting a lack of data on the number of vehicles and their emissions, delays in public transport expansion plans and improper placement of air quality monitors, according to officials familiar with the findings of the agency. The report also …

Civil Society urges MoEFCC to withdraw notifications that exempt industries from air, water pollution
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Civil Society urges MoEFCC to withdraw notifications that exempt industries from air, water pollution

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Dozens of civil society organisations, activists, and lawyers urged the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change to revoke the exemption given to white-category industries from the mandatory consent requirement for environmental clearance from pollution control authorities related to air and water pollution. They submitted the letter stating the decision was arbitrary and unscientific exemption without proper assessment …

Mumbai pollution: High Court calls for panel on phasing out diesel vehicles
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mumbai pollution: High Court calls for panel on phasing out diesel vehicles

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has taken a proactive stance on Mumbai's worsening air quality, initiating a suo motu Public Interest Litigation to address the city's escalating pollution crisis. This move underscores the court's focus on finding long-term solutions to vehicular emissions, which are a significant contributor to the city's air pollution. Expressing dissatisfaction with the laxity of state and municipal …

Centre exempts 'white category' industries from mandatory pollution clearances for air and water
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre exempts 'white category' industries from mandatory pollution clearances for air and water

New Indian Express  

The notification, issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, exempts all industrial plants with a pollution index score of up to 20, as listed in the schedule of the notification. Additionally, industries that have obtained prior environmental clearance from the MoEFCC before September 14, 2006, under the Environment Act, 1986, are also exempt from the requirement to …

Bihar: BSPCB urges strict enforcement to tackle poor air quality as AQI crosses 300
1 year, 4 months ago

Bihar: BSPCB urges strict enforcement to tackle poor air quality as AQI crosses 300

India TV News  

As many cities across Bihar grapple with very poor air quality, the Bihar State Pollution Control Board has called upon district administrations to rigorously implement measures aimed at curbing air pollution in their respective areas. The concerning air quality levels were highlighted in the Central Pollution Control Board's daily Air Quality Index bulletin for November 11 at 4 pm. Several …

MPCB issues closure notices to 17 factories in Kurla
1 year, 4 months ago

MPCB issues closure notices to 17 factories in Kurla

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board Tuesday issued closure notices to 17 laundries and foundries on Khairani road, Kurla for violating environmental rules despite repeated warnings. HT Image The Swachh Chandivali Association and Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association have been complaining about pollution from industrial units on Khairani road for the past five years. Inhabitants of the Nahar residency complex also …

The weakest link in the air pollution fight
2 years, 4 months ago

The weakest link in the air pollution fight

The Hindu  

In the fight against air pollution in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, there are several important protagonists, none more so than India’s frontline environmental regulators, the State Pollution Control Boards, and the Pollution Control Committees in the Union Territories. As environmental indicators such as air quality and water quality worsen in many parts of the country, the Boards are evidently failing to …

Closure notices issued for violation of pollution norms in Delhi-NCR, Centre tells SC in affidavit
3 years, 3 months ago

Closure notices issued for violation of pollution norms in Delhi-NCR, Centre tells SC in affidavit

India Today  

The Centre, in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, has said an active action plan and proposed short and medium-term plans are in place to curb the pollution crisis in Delhi-NCR, adding that closure notices have been issued for violation of the norms. In an affidavit filed in the top court, the Centre said notices of site closure over …

Delhi Pollution: Air Quality Panel Directs Immediate Closure Of NCR Industries Not Using Cleaner Fuels
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi Pollution: Air Quality Panel Directs Immediate Closure Of NCR Industries Not Using Cleaner Fuels

ABP News  

New Delhi: In a stern action against industries, the Commission for Air Quality Management on Tuesday ordered the immediate closure of all those NCR industries which have not switched to cleaner fuels in industrial areas despite their availability. "Despite the measures taken in different sectors towards the improvement of air quality in Delhi-NCR, the air quality still remains in the …

Day after SC’s warning, Centre sets up enforcement task force to check Delhi air pollution |10 points
3 years, 3 months ago

Day after SC’s warning, Centre sets up enforcement task force to check Delhi air pollution |10 points

Firstpost  

This comes a day after the apex court pulled up the central and state government over the rising air pollution levels in the National Capital Region. An enforcement task force and flying squads have been formed to ensure that the air pollution norms are followed, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday. Here are the top 10 updates from …

DPCC to issue closure notices to 70 units in Patparganj Industrial Area
3 years, 7 months ago

DPCC to issue closure notices to 70 units in Patparganj Industrial Area

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee will issue closure notices to 90 industrial units and show-cause notices to at least 70 other units operating in east Delhi’s Patparganj industrial area, based on a recently concluded survey to assess the pollution norms being flouted in the area. However, showcause may be issued to nearly 70 units as they were found violating the …

Air panel won’t resume ‘for now’, CPCB is in focus
4 years ago

Air panel won’t resume ‘for now’, CPCB is in focus

Hindustan Times  

The Commission for Air Quality Management for the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas, which became non-functional last Saturday after an ordinance constituting it lapsed, will not resume its work for now, the Union environment ministry said on Tuesday. The commission replaced all ad-hoc committees and bodies created under court orders, including the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution Authority, to monitor …

Delhi pollution: CPCB issues directions for strict action against air polluting activities
4 years, 5 months ago

Delhi pollution: CPCB issues directions for strict action against air polluting activities

Live Mint  

As Delhi's pollution levels remain worse, the Central Pollution Control Board on Thursday submitted before the Delhi High Court that it has issued directions to implementing agencies including State Pollution Control Boards, construction agencies, municipal bodies and traffic police and transport department of Delhi and NCR for strict action against air polluting activities. The CPCB, in its reply on an …

Revise mechanism for setting up, expansion of industries in polluted areas, NGT directs CPCB
5 years, 4 months ago

Revise mechanism for setting up, expansion of industries in polluted areas, NGT directs CPCB

India TV News  

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to revise its mechanism for setting up of new industrial units as also expansion activities in critically polluted areas. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also warned that it will "coercive action" against the heads of State Pollution Control Boards for failing to take concrete …

CPCB extends ban on night-time construction in Delhi-NCR till 2 Nov, asks Punjab and Haryana to take immediate action to curb stubble burning
5 years, 4 months ago

CPCB extends ban on night-time construction in Delhi-NCR till 2 Nov, asks Punjab and Haryana to take immediate action to curb stubble burning

Firstpost  

New Delhi: A CPCB-led anti-pollution task force on Wednesday recommended extending the ban on night-time construction in Delhi-NCR till 2 November and asked Punjab and Haryana to take immediate stringent action to curb stubble burning. At a meeting in New Delhi, the ‘Task Force on Graded Response Action Plan’ also recommended that coal-based industries, barring power plants, in satellite towns …

CPCB-led task force recommends extending ban on night-time construction in Delhi-NCR till November 2
5 years, 5 months ago

CPCB-led task force recommends extending ban on night-time construction in Delhi-NCR till November 2

India Today  

A Central Pollution Control Board -led anti-pollution task force on Wednesday recommended extending the ban on night-time construction in Delhi-NCR till November 2 and asked Punjab and Haryana to take immediate stringent action to curb stubble burning. At a meeting in New Delhi, the 'Task Force on Graded Response Action Plan' also recommended that coal-based industries, barring power plants, in …

Pollution Caused By Small Scale Industries In Mumbai: SPCB Files Report [Read Order]
5 years, 7 months ago

Pollution Caused By Small Scale Industries In Mumbai: SPCB Files Report [Read Order]

Live Law  

Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board has filed a report before the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal in New Delhi, highlighting the progress made in curbing the air and water pollution caused by the small scale industries in the Nandanvan Industrial Estate region. It says: 'It was reported that a team of the Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board visited …

Uttar Pradesh government asks NCR districts to ensure EPCA orders on pollution
6 years, 3 months ago

Uttar Pradesh government asks NCR districts to ensure EPCA orders on pollution

Live Mint  

Noida/Ghaziabad: The Uttar Pradesh government Monday asked districts in western part of the state adjoining Delhi to strictly adhere to a three-day ban on industrial and construction activities imposed by the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority. As the national capital’s air quality remained in the ‘severe’ category for the third consecutive day Monday, the EPCA ordered that industries in …

Delhi Air Quality: Pollution control task force seeks temporary ban on construction, industries at hotspots
6 years, 3 months ago

Delhi Air Quality: Pollution control task force seeks temporary ban on construction, industries at hotspots

India TV News  

The grim condition of Delhi's air quality has forced a pollution control task force to seek temporary ban on construction and industrial operations in the hotspots across the national capital till Wednesday. Delhi's air quality remained in the 'severe' level for the third consecutive day on Monday as wind speed and other meteorological factors remained "highly unfavourable" for dispersion of …

CPCB calls for special anti-pollution drive in areas in Delhi battling severe pollution
6 years, 3 months ago

CPCB calls for special anti-pollution drive in areas in Delhi battling severe pollution

India TV News  

The Central Pollution Control Authority-led task force has directed all municipal corporation and other concerned agencies in Delhi-NCR to carry out a special drive and enforce corrective actions particularly in the areas battling severe pollution levels. According to CPCB data, 19 areas in Delhi have been identified where special anti-pollution drive would be carried out. The areas identified in Delhi …

CPCB for ban on construction activities in pollution ‘hotspot’ if Delhi air quality turns severe
6 years, 4 months ago

CPCB for ban on construction activities in pollution ‘hotspot’ if Delhi air quality turns severe

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A task force led by a CPCB official on Thursday recommended a ban on industrial and construction activities in major pollution “hotspots” here if the air quality turns severe and stricter implementation of actions already in force. The task force, also comprising members from the India Meteorological Department the Delhi Pollution Control Board and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution …

₹80 lakh penalty imposed in two days for polluting activities in Delhi-NCR: CPCB
6 years, 4 months ago

₹80 lakh penalty imposed in two days for polluting activities in Delhi-NCR: CPCB

Hindustan Times  

A total penalty of ₹80 lakh was imposed on violators in the last two days by the teams deployed to monitor implementation of measures to combat pollution in the Delhi NCR under the Clean Air Campaign, the CPCB said Saturday. Based on 465 complaints, a total fine of ₹41,82,500 was imposed on Saturday itself by 52 teams in the national …

NGT Directs CPCB, DPCC To Find Whether Mosques In Delhi Causing Noise Pollution, Asks DCP To Ensure Compliance [Read Order]
6 years, 7 months ago

NGT Directs CPCB, DPCC To Find Whether Mosques In Delhi Causing Noise Pollution, Asks DCP To Ensure Compliance [Read Order]

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to find out if mosques in East Delhi were causing noise pollution.The tribunal passed the order on an application filed by a right wing NGO, Akhand Bharat Morcha, which had claimed that seven mosques at different locations across East Delhi were. The National …

While government fails to enforce pollution standards on power plants, India breathes more toxic air
7 years, 4 months ago

While government fails to enforce pollution standards on power plants, India breathes more toxic air

Firstpost  

India wants more electricity and needs more power plants to get it, but the government is not enforcing the pollution standards it needs to on these plants. Source: Lok Sabha / Central Electricity Authority of India “India’s failure to implement emission control standards for coal-fired power plants is leading to severe air pollution levels,” Aishwarya Sudhir, an independent researcher on …

Children Dying; Act Against Pollution On War Footing: SC
8 years, 1 month ago

Children Dying; Act Against Pollution On War Footing: SC

Live Law  

Stepping up its war against pollution, the Supreme Court today said instead of various authorities submitting various reports to the court it was better for them to sit together and adopt an uniform and synchronized approach.It asked Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi government, SC-appointed Environment Pollution Control and Prevention Authority Haryana, UP and Rajasthan to hold. It asked Central Pollution …

Children Dying; Act Against Pollution On War Footing: SC
8 years, 1 month ago

Children Dying; Act Against Pollution On War Footing: SC

Live Law  

Stepping up its war against pollution, the Supreme Court today said instead of various authorities submitting various reports to the court it was better for them to sit together and adopt an uniform and synchronized approach.It asked Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi government, SC-appointed Environment Pollution Control and Prevention Authority Haryana, UP and Rajasthan to hold. It asked Central Pollution …

Govt. issues Directions for Pollution Control and Improving Ambient Air Quality in Delhi and NCR
9 years, 3 months ago

Govt. issues Directions for Pollution Control and Improving Ambient Air Quality in Delhi and NCR

Live Law  

The Centre today issued directions, to all agencies falling under Delhi airshed area, under Section 18 of Air Act, 1981, to control air pollution and improve the Ambient Air Quality in Delhi and National Capital Region. The following is the text of the directions under Section 18 of the Air Act, 1981 regarding prevention, control or abatement of air pollution …

Govt. issues Directions for Pollution Control and Improving Ambient Air Quality in Delhi and NCR
9 years, 3 months ago

Govt. issues Directions for Pollution Control and Improving Ambient Air Quality in Delhi and NCR

Live Law  

The Centre today issued directions, to all agencies falling under Delhi airshed area, under Section 18 of Air Act, 1981, to control air pollution and improve the Ambient Air Quality in Delhi and National Capital Region. The following is the text of the directions under Section 18 of the Air Act, 1981 regarding prevention, control or abatement of air pollution …

Air quality in Delhi violates prescribed norms: CPCB | IndiaTV News
10 years, 1 month ago

Air quality in Delhi violates prescribed norms: CPCB | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Amid growing concerns over deteriorating air quality in the capital, the Central Pollution Control Board has said that air quality in Delhi is seriously violative of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. A CPCB survey, which covered 16 cities in NCR and spanned over a period of 68 days from December 5, 2014 to February 10, 2015, stated …

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