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DailyO
March 29, 2018
It can also expose your body to 13 times the level of bacteria considered safe, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data says. ... The Ganga is the lifeblood of one of the most populated pockets of the country, passing over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal in its journey fromÃâà...
Telegraph India
March 29, 2018
Regional officer of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board Suresh Paswan said festival organisers must resort to eco-friendly means of celebrations. "That is the best way to stop river pollution," he added. Ram Babu Singh, general secretary of Jamshedpur Kendriya Durga Puja Samiti that co-ordinates andÃâà...
Telegraph India
March 28, 2018
On a complaint against a polluting Ramgarh factory, filed by a resident who did not wish to be named, the chief minister asked Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board chairman A.K. Pandey to send a team and conduct a surprise inspection of the Bihar Casting Foundry premises. Pandey had earlier said aÃâà...
Hindustan Times
March 28, 2018
An analysis of 2017 data from state pollution control boards in five states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal — through which the Ganga flows shows that water quality in the river was abysmal in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in 2017 mostly because of faecal pollution. Data forÃâà...
Telegraph India
March 21, 2018
Till now, only Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) used to check noise levels during festive occasions," JNAC special officer Sanjay Kumar Pandey said. According to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) norms, the permissible noise limit in residential areas is 55 decibel between 6amÃâà...
Business Line
March 8, 2018
The long-pending Tori-Balumath railway line, a crucial project for faster coal transportation from mines in Jharkhand to power plants, will be inaugurated tomorrow, the ... This railway line will significantly reduce air pollution and carbon foot print and will promote environmental friendly transportation of coal.
Hindustan Times
March 8, 2018
A six-member experts' committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) found 'shocking' facts during a study of the environmental impact on wildlife sanctuaries and rural life due to mining of minor minerals in Hazaribag and Koderma districts. The committee members, stationed in JharkhandÃâà...
The Telegraph
March 5, 2018
Besides, CPCB's senior scientist, the team has a representative each from the ministry of environment, forest and climate change, Jharkhand Pollution Control Board and IIT(ISM), Dhanbad. The apex tribunal on environmental affairs had issued an order on January 29 to CPCB to set up a high-levelÃâà...
The Telegraph
March 3, 2018
Besides, CPCB's senior scientist, the team will have a representative each from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Jharkhand Pollution Control Board and IIT(ISM), Dhanbad. Prakash, who is currently a practicing lawyer in Delhi High Court, told The Telegraph over phone that the teamÃâà...
Telegraph India
December 31, 1999
... the two rivers), covering Kadma and Sonari, the surface of Kharkai resembles a green carpet, but a nasty one for aquatic life. Suresh Paswan, regional officer of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), said algae on water surface blocked sunlight and prevented photosynthesis in aquatic plants.
Dream Wanderlust
December 31, 1999
I wanted to know the main causes of pollution in Ganges, the impact of this pollution on humans who are dependent on this river." He started from Gangotri and covered 5 states of India Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. From West Bengal where the "Padma" river (name ofÃâà...
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