Kicking up a stink

Green tribunal panel finds ash from Okhla plant 'truly hazardous'

The local commissioner appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to oversee investigations into pollution caused by the municipal waste incinerator at Okhla in south Delhi has submitted a report which says that ash from the plant can be “truly hazardous”.

End-of-life neglect

Wasted e-waste

National Green Tribunal firm on not allowing new polluting industries in Ghaziabad

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on December 12 reiterated its earlier order of not allowing any new polluting industries in Ghaziabad. The order was given by a bench comprising Justice A S Naidu and expert member G K Pandey while hearing the case relating to compliance with pollution and environmental norms by industries in Ghaziabad.

Bhopal waste to be disposed of in the sea?

Recent reports in the media suggesting that there is a proposal to incinerate toxic waste lying at Bhopal’s Union Carbide factory at sea has left activists worried and officials puzzled.

Diwali this year caused more air pollution, but made less noise

India’s Minamata

Saraju Nisha sits at the door of her house, about 500 metres from a mountain of coal mine waste in Chilika Daad village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district. The 60-year-old former miner is in deep pain.

Ground reality

Plan to incinerate Bhopal waste at Pithampur

The Union government is reconsidering its options of disposing of the hazardous waste lying at the abandoned Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. At a high level meeting held in Bhopal on September 18, it was suggested that the waste be disposed of at the incineration plant in Pithampur in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.