Petrochemical investment region in Tamil Nadu approved
August 23rd, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 23 (IANS) The union government has approved setting up of a Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts of Tamil Nadu, Minister ... Read more...
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Loan for Tirupur’s effluent treatment plants
December 16th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has ordered release of a Rs.127.40 crore interest-free loan for modernisation of 15 common effluent treatment plants in and around ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad residents voice green concerns
June 19th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, June 19 (IANS) People living in Ghaziabad organised a 'paryawaran' panchayat Sunday to voice concern over the city's deteriorating environment.Former vice chancellor of Meerut University R.B.L. Goswami presided over ... Read more...
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Badal tells officials to monitor effluents
May 20th, 2011 - 2:11 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 20 (IANS) A day after environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal and his supporters blocked a drain near Jalandhar as it was carrying toxic effluents into a river, Punjab Chief ... Read more...
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Tirupur ‘independents’ to withdraw from poll fray
March 27th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 27 (IANS) With their livelihood lost due to a court order shutting down 729 dyeing units, dyers and owners in Tirupur hit upon a novel idea to draw ... Read more...
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Out of work dyers, company owners to contest Tamil Nadu seat
March 25th, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 25 (IANS) In an attempt to draw attention to the plight of around 72,000 workers in dyeing units closed by a Madras High Court order, around 200 people ... Read more...
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Rs.107 crore environment plan for Bengal’s Bantala SEZ
January 18th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government has prepared a Rs.107 crore plan to address the environment problems at Bantala special economic zone (SEZ) in the eastern part of the city, ... Read more...
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Health tourism to get industry status in Haryana
January 4th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 4 (IANS) Health tourism will now be given the status of industry in Haryana and projects with over Rs.100 crore (Rs.1 billion) investment will qualify for the applicable incentives, the ... Read more...
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1,395 industries discharging effluents into rivers
November 24th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) There are 1,395 industries across the country discharging effluents into rivers, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Wednesday."Out of the 1,395 identified industries, 950 are operating effluent ... Read more...
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Policy on manufacturing by year-end: Sharma
August 21st, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 21 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma Saturday said a national manufacturing policy (NMP) is likely to be in place by this year-end.
"The draft of the policy is ... Read more...
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‘Pollution norms flouted in effluent treatment facilities’
June 4th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, June 4 (IANS) Effluent treatment facilities set up with central and state subsidies across the length of the Golden Industrial Corridor from Ahmedabad to Vapi in south Gujarat bordering Maharashtra do ... Read more...
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Contaminated river water causing fish deaths in Uttar Pradesh
October 16th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by ANI
By Vibhav PorovMoradabad, Oct.16 (ANI): Discharge of effluents from factories or mills into Ramganga River of Uttar Pradesh has endangered the lives of fishes here. A large number of fishes have died ... Read more...
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24 critically polluted areas under scanner
September 17th, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Twenty-four areas around the country where water, air and soil pollution have reached critical levels are now being studied by experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) ... Read more...
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Gammon India - profile of Delhi Metro’s contractor
July 13th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Gammon India, under public scrutiny after a viaduct it built for the Delhi Metro collapsed Sunday and killed six people, is a mid-size infrastructure company in ... Read more...
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Agra launches anti-pollution campaign
June 1st, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 1 (IANS) Agra, city of Taj Mahal - one of the seven wonders of the world, has launched a campaign against polluters, ahead of the World Environment Day June 5.
Agra ... Read more...
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IVRCL Infra bags Rs.8.376 bn order from ONGC
June 2nd, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) IVRCL Infrastructure has secured a Rs.8.376 billion contract from ONGC Petro Additions Ltd, a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), for its Dahej Petrochemical Complex project. ... Read more...
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Bangladesh moves to save river Buriganga
April 27th, 2008 - 2:25 pm ICT by admin
Dhaka, April 27 (IANS) Bangladesh has formed a panel to save the river Buriganga, whose water has turned pitch black because of the dumping of millions of tonnes of human and industrial ... Read more...
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Special regions for information technology investment
April 3rd, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The government Thursday approved the creation of information technology investment regions (ITIR) equipped with integrated townships, special economic zones, and industrial parks. The ITIRs approved by the ... Read more...
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