Fence off Mollar Bheri, orders NGT
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in an interim order, has directed several measures to be taken for protection of the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW). These include fencing of the Mollar Bheri by
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Bid to check conflict in Sunderbans
The forest department is planning new rules in the Sunderbans, that according to them, would check man-tiger conflict. The department, in a recent proposal, said that it's planning to discourage use
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Floating solar panel to come up at Rajarghat of Kolkata by November
The country's first floating solar power panel will come up on a waterbody beside the Eco Park at Rajarhat New Town by November. Solar power expert and former advisor to the state power department SP
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Sunderbans mangrove trees losing capacity to absorb CO2: Study
The vast mangrove forest in the Sunderbans is fast losing its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases, from the atmosphere due to rise in the salinity of water, rampant deforestation
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1st encephalitis death in city, KMC doubts report
A two-and-half-yearold boy has died of encephalitis at a state-run hospital in Kolkata, triggering fears that the outbreak that has killed 135 people in North Bengal may be creeping towards the city .
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Encephalitis deaths being played down?
Suspension Of Health Officials Scares Docs The state government appears to be working on a war footing to control encephalitis outbreak in North Bengal; not through civic measures but by gagging doctors
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Move global rights bodies against cycle ban: Expert
“Banning cycles on any road is human rights violation. If the West Bengal Human Rights Commission doesn't take cognizance of it, citizens' groups fighting for the cause should move global fora like Amnesty
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Study confirms threat from chem units
Armed With Health Dept Report, Ganganagar Locals Start Campaign Against Illegal Factories Kolkata: A TOI report on the health hazards faced by the people of Ganganagar Katakhal area owing to mushrooming
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Bengal's forest cover grows by 3810 sq km
Bengal has recorded a phenomenal growth in its forest cover in last two years. Quoting the India State of Forest Report, 2013, released in New Delhi by Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on
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Lead pollution high in Bengal, says Jairam
Bengal has more than 27 highly polluted areas, including one in the heart of the city. An area in Picnic Garden, where used batteries are dumped, has been listed among the worst-affected places of the
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Bengal to set up 8 bottled water plants
The government will set up eight bottling plants - to be called 'Pran Dhara' - across the state in different districts to produce and supply safe bottled drinking water. The project will be implemented