The pollution commons

CETPs: in fashion

Kolkata tanners unhappy with new relocation site

Mahad loses river, crops

Polluting industrial units closed only on paper

Factories poison Khed

Villagers angry over chemical effluents in their drinking water

Waste manager dumps it in river

Gujarat firm gets closure notice for stealthily disposing of untreated hazardous waste

Tannery convicted

Spam in fishing net

No check on effluents

Tirupur dyeing units told to close

Madras High Court orders shut down till zero discharge

Field science

States asked to clean up

No permits in high-polluted areas  

For a clean ganga

No let-off till zero discharge

Industrial devil-ution

Maharashtra and Gujarat. The brightest jewels in India's industrial crown. But impressive industrial growth figures fail to hide the grim …

Hell-Hole

Gujarat industrialists are building a site to dump toxic wastes in Nandesari. The plans of the landfill, however, are severely flawed and it …

Sewage Outpour

When prashant krishnan, vinita garg, aditya jha, gurpreet singh and neeraj kumar set out to map Mayapuri's drainage,they had no inkling that new …

NGT seeks action plan to ensure zero discharge from Jodhpur industries

National Green Tribunal has also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on each industry operating without consent of the state pollution control board

Survival in a chemical dustbin

Residents sleep with doors and windows shut tight. Dangerous gases are released at night in Dombivli

Making polluters pay

Despite bureaucratic hurdles, a non-governmental organisation hope to bring to book an erring paper mill in Punjab

Small policy

The Union government's decision to strengthen small-scale industries will have serious repercussions on the efforts to save environment

Master plan for anarchy

The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …

First birthday

Although setting up of the EPA did result in policies to control pollution, political interference has blunted its effectiveness

Critically polluted: Treated effluents from Vapi CETP don’t meet safety standards, find pollution control boards

Industrial area’s comprehensive pollution index score hasn't been calculated in 5 years, say activists

We plan to involve panchayats in monitoring pollution levels

Sheila Rani Chunkat has recently been appointed chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). She spoke to Binayak Das on how …