Tag: Pollution Control

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to seek technical knowhow from the Chicago University in energy efficiency and pollution control. This was revealed during a meeting between a delegation of the University witih Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan, Energy Secretary Rajesh Kumar Varma and other senior officials at the Secretariat here […]

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh and the Uttarakhand governments to file affidavits stating what steps they have taken to comply with its directions to clean the Ganga in the stretch between Gomukh and Unnao. The green panel, in a detailed judgement, had passed a slew of […]

New Delhi: The capital may not witness smoggy mornings this winter as many farmers in the neighbouring state of Punjab have stopped burning paddy stubble and are using it to generate electricity with the help of biomass machines, chairman of Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) Bhure Lal has said. Stubble is also being used to produce […]