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Jharia most Polluted city in India: Greenpeace Report
According to the recent report released on Tuesday, 21st January 2020, by the environmental non-governmental organization, Greenpeace’s India branch, Jharia, a city in Jharkhand is the most polluted city in India, which is followed by Dhanbad of the same state. Greenpeace was founded in 1971 in Vancouver, Canada and is headquartered in the capital city ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Allahabad • Bareilly • Bengaluru • Canada • Central Pollution Control Board • Delhi • Dhanbad • Firozabad • Ghaziabad • Greenpeace • Jharia • Jharkhand • Netherlands • Noida • Vancouver • World Health Organisation
Water Efficiency Report: Gujarat Topped
As a part of the mid-term review of the Central and the State government departments by the Jal Shakti Ministry, Gujarat has been ranked first in meeting the efficiency targets, to provide piped drinking water connection to every household in next 5 years. In 2018 ranking, Gujarat was ranked 7th, while Telangana topped the ranking. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Central Pollution Control Board • Damodar Valley Corporation • Gujarat • Gujarat surface water department • Ministry of Jal Shakti • National Hydrology Project • Tamil Nadu • Telangana
National Pollution Control Day 2019
National pollution control day is observed on 2nd December every year in India in the memory of the people who lost their lives in 1984 Bhopal gas calamity. The day is observed on the objectives to make industries and people aware of the importance of pollution control acts, to prevent pollution caused by human negligence ..
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: bhopal gas calamity • Central Pollution Control Board • CPCB • environment pollution control authority • EPCA • hawa badlo • industrial disasters • National air quality index • national pollution control day • pollution control • Sameer app
India produces 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste everyday
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar in a written response at the lower house of the Parliament on 22nd November informed that the demand of plastic products has increased sharply in the country due to increased use of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), which have indirectly caused a challenge of plastic waste ..
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Central Pollution Control Board • fast moving consumer goods • Prakash Javadekar • tonnes of plastic waste
India’s first e-waste clinic set up in Bhopal
India’s first e-waste clinic is being set up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. For this noble cause, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have signed pact that would enable segregation, processing and disposal of waste from both household and commercial units. Initially, it will be 3-month pilot project and being ..
Topics: Bhopal • Bhopal Municipal Corporation • Central Pollution Control Board • India • Ministry of Environment and Forests • Municipal solid waste • Pollution in India • Social Issues • Waste