Rising air pollution in Cossipore railway siding has prompted West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim to announce that the state government will formally address the issue with the Railways. The call for ...

KOLKATA: A study by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has found that low-decibel, colourful, light-emitting fireworks cause more harm to the environment than high-decibel firecrackers.

Ghosh also said the West Bengal Pollution Control ... Another WBPCB official said air pollution increases whenever the loading and unloading operation takes place in the railway siding.

Some teachers also joined the camp, for which tents were set up on the forest range office campus in Jayanti Tents erected for the nature camp at Jayanti in the Buxa Tiger Reserve The West Bengal ...

The report is available on the website of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board. Ballygunge, the upscale south Calcutta neighbourhood, was the worst among the six air quality monitoring stations in ...