Air and water pollution levels in Calcutta hit mangroves in the Sunderbans, experts claim
Citizen assembly, organised by environmentalists from Calcutta and Melbourne, was attended by environmental experts, ...
Kolkata has second worst air among India’s metros. What it needs to do to breathe better
Bengal capital’s air quality improved marginally last year, but the city is still second most polluted among Indian metros despite fewer industries, vehicles. Experts explain the reasons, and what nee ...
Kolkata professor’s work published in leading science journal, made guest editor for issue on sanitation
Assistant professor at Asutosh College in Kolkata achieves publication in Nature journal and guest editor role for clean ...
2 hours of clean-up net 162 kg waste from Ganga
Kolkata: On the occasion of World Water Day, the Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI), in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund ...
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KMC’s pollution lens on big projects
Kolkata: In a significant move to combat air pollution, KMC made real-time air and noise quality monitoring mandatory for all construction sites measuring 20,000 square metres (2.2 lakh sqft) or more.
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Pollution worsening in Indian metros
The national capital remained India’s most polluted megacity by a wide margin during the 2024-25 winter with an average PM2.5 concentration of 175 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³).
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Bengal govt to write to Railways over air pollution in north Kolkata siding
An Eastern Railways spokesperson told PTI that the Railways will explain its stand over the issue once it gets the letter from the West Bengal government but asserted that issues of sanitation ...