The district magistrate of West Burdwan, S Ponnambalam, has formed a special team to monitor rising pollution levels in the Durgapur and Asansol Sadar sub-divisions.
Kolkata is alive, its streets are pulsating with a diverse tapestry of cultures and ventures. Yet, as traffic snarled, pollution thickened and logistics services deteriorated, the joy of exploration faded.
The reported processing capacity of 322 registered e-waste recyclers in India is 22,08,918.064 metric tonnes (MT) per annum and the processing capacity of 72 registered e-waste refurbishers is 92,042.18 MT per annum as on Feb 9, 2025, Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh informed Parliament on Thursday.
Delhi-NCR woke up to light rainfall on Tuesday morning, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting that showers will continue throughout the day.
Mark Twain once remarked that “Whisky is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Fresh water is a very precious and limited natural resource even though water covers about 71 per cent of the earth’s surface.
This is a part of proactive measures taken by the Delhi Government to address the increase in the national capital's pollution levels during winter season.
Israel launched a new technological platform to enhance the monitoring of industrial pollution nationwide, the Ministry for Environmental Protection said in a statement on Monday.
The beloved Raikhor fish (Cirrhina reba), a local culinary treasure, has become a rare sight in the Atreyee river this monsoon season, alarming residents and environmentalists alike.
The most Government spokesmen will concede is that we may experience climate change by the end of the twentyfirst century, to counter which, they have laid down elaborate goals for 2050 or 2070.
Amid the rising pollution that has adversely impacted the health of adults and children alike, city experts underscored the dangers associated with the menace informing that 22 micrograms of particulate matter (PM2.5) is equivalent to smoking one cigarette in terms of damage.
