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'Denim capital' of Karnataka faces uncertain future: 36 jeans washing units shut over environmental concerns in Ballari
November 20, 2025 6:45 pm
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board's decision follows a Lokayukta visit that revealed untreated wastewater being discharged into drains.
Two-thirds of NCAP funds used for dust management, less than 1% for industrial pollution: Report
July 19, 2024 8:50 pm
Launched in 2019, the NCAP is India's first national effort to set clean air targets, aiming for a 20-30 per cent reduction in PM10 pollution by 2024, with 2017 as the base year
Dust particles in Jamshedpur have high concentration of toxic metals: experts
February 06, 2023 3:02 pm
Street food stalls may be a major source of ingestion of these metals posing a high risk, especially for children.
Complaints on industrial pollution double in five years
October 01, 2021 2:38 am
Some of these complaints are also coming from areas that are predominantly inhabited by tribal population, it shows.
'Urban forests': Miyawaki technique helps create dense green patches in one year
March 07, 2021 11:59 pm
Along with manicured gardens, playing arenas, jogging and cycling tracks, the 57,000-sq m Bhakti Park, located in the city's industrial ward Chembur/Wadala, hides a nascent forest of nearly 1,100 native plants that were planted a year ago on 230 sq m of area.
The margins of Mumbai: Living in colony adjoining 17 industrial units
September 22, 2019 7:02 am
5,500 families live in a housing colony in the city under conditions that the high court has said could cause them to die. The Indian Express on a resettlement colony adjoining 17 factories and refineries, the many pollution reports it has failed, the people who have fled it, and those who can’t.
Industrial waste affecting groundwater, health of residents, finds NGO study
August 14, 2014 2:30 am
The contamination is made worse as many of these units are located near residential areas in the city.
Himachal cracks down on industrial pollution
June 11, 2014 8:55 pm
"All industries in the area will be legally bound to send hazardous waste to hazardous waste dumping facility at Dabhota," said the board.
Environment panel to conduct random checks to curb industrial pollution
September 25, 2013 2:44 am
In a bid to check on industrial pollution,District Planning and Environment Committee is all set to conduct random checks on industries emptying effluents into rivers.
Industrial pollution: Govt report had raised alarm in September 2007
May 16, 2011 3:18 am
Even the Gujarat Pollution Control Board was hauled up
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