Pollution: An incurable disease for the planet
Naorem Munal Meitei2 Dec 2023
National Pollution Control Day 2023: India needs a network of air quality checking stations in every part, including the rural areas.
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National Pollution Control Day 2023: India needs a network of air quality checking stations in every part, including the rural areas.
The Nagaland government stated that inspections will be conducted at regular intervals, and defaulters will be penalized heavily for the offense of using single-use plastics..
An official team found the production of half litre packaged drinking water bottles at several companies, including ‘Laija Eeshing’ at Wangjing and ‘M Enterprises’ at Tentha.
Cows in the Lamdeng Solid Waste Management Plant area have reportedly become frequently ill and some even died after consuming the wastes at garbage dumps, empty water bottles and plastic bags at the site.
There should be mechanism for assessing the viability and environmental impact as and when polluting units are in the radar to be followed by a stern monitoring mechanism.
The MPCB asked brick fields, stone crushers and saw-mills owners to submit documents and appealed to the people of Manipur to cooperate with the board in checking pollution in the state.
The Meghalaya High Court has sought a report on the source of coal used by the coke oven plants and ferroalloys plants operating in Meghalaya.
It is easy to manage stubbles by incorporating them into the field. Farmers, however, do not prefer in-situ incorporation since the stubble takes time to decompose.
This World Rivers Day 2022, let us ensure that everyone is aware of the importance of river stewardship. Let us pledge not to do anything that harms, threatens and endangers our river.
A protest and public rally was organised by the JAC Against the Establishing of the Khoirom MIE in Residential Area on Sunday.
The real campaign for plastic bag free should be started on a unit basis, from myself, my family and then neighbours and then our locality and ultimately our state.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that “global well-being is in jeopardy, in large part because we have not kept our promises on the environment.”
Future of humanity will depend on how we together take care of mother earth today.
World Health Day 2022: A new WHO data shows that billions of people across the world still breathe unhealthy air. And, people living in lower and middle-income countries are the most exposed to air pollution.
As Wangjing- Heirok riverbed in Thoubal district has now become a hub for illegal mining of sand and pebbles, in the absence of any action against it by authorities concerned, the river has dried up and villagers fear losing the river and the disastrous impact on the ecosystem of the area.
A protester said that the villagers of Mayaikoibi are worried that the opening of a dry cleaning unit in school and residential areas will pollute the surrounding area and affect the health of locals.
The vice-president stressed the need to act stringently with violators of pollution laws and consider strict enforcement of the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle.
IFP Editorial:Time to drive home the message that we should go easy on motorised vehicles moving on diesel or petrol and move on to environment friendly vehicles while also actively encouraging walking and cycling in the streets. For this, we have to take into consideration the safety of pedestrians and cyclists while mapping roads
District magistrates must ensure banned firecrackers are not sold and any victim of pollution can approach the district magistrate for compensation, the NGT said on Wednesday.
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