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The high court said that Bengaluru Development Authority cannot go ahead with the steel flyover project without clearance from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

The bi-weekly pollution action plan, which is being formulated by scientists from IIT-Delhi, is expected to come up with pre-emptive measures. It will give an idea about which place will record a higher level of pollution.

The Sita Rama Lift Irrigation Project is expected to benefit at least 180 villages and is scheduled to be completed in three years.

The study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, expands overall knowledge of the effects of tobacco smoke on cardiac function in nonsmokers.

A bench headed by NGT chairperson AK Goel asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to pass a fresh order for renewal of consent and authorisation to handle hazardous substances, subject to appropriate conditions for protection of the environment in accordance with law within three weeks from Saturday.
 

The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is a statutory body under the environment ministry set up to combat organised wildlife crime

Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Satya S Tripathi, said the government should not carry out the rebuilding work alone because no government can ever be able to deal with a problem of such a massive proportion.

'The Delhi government will forthwith deposit a sum of Rs 25 crore towards the cost of damage to the environment with the CPCB for restoration of the damage. We further direct that on failure to comply with this order, the Delhi government may be required to deposit at least Rs 10 crore per month till the order of this tribunal is fully executed,' the Bench said

On November 15, the projects in Amaravati came up before the ministry of environment’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) which is headed by the director general of forest and special secretary Siddhanta Das.

Reacting to video of her with co-protester of the Sterlite movement, environment activist Fathima Babu said the protest will not be hampered by this 

Sterlite plant that is facing closure due to various environmental issues, has distributed relief material worth Rs 25 lakh to victims of Cyclone Gaja in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.

Bengaluru citizen claimed that Amitabh Bachchan had labelled tigers man eaters in show Kaun Banega Crorepathi and he should cease to be the ambassador for the conservation of tigers. 

Bengaluru: It has been six days since former Union minister Ananth Kumar passed away. His wife Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, who runs the Adamya Chethana non-government organisation (NGO) came out to plant saplings on the occasion of ‘Green Sunday’.

Adamya Chethana has been observing Green Sunday since 151 weeks. Ananth Kumar too was fond of greenery and environment issues. Continuing his concern, Tejaswini also watered the sapling. Ananth Kumar's brother Nandakumar was also seen on the occasion.

The park was named Ananthvana in 2015 and tributes were paid to Ananth Kumar before starting the event.