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Delhi Pollution Control Committee was established in 1991 by central government and works with Central Pollution Control Board and National Green Tribunal to control the pollution in the capital. [6] The Committee was established to tackle environmental degradation and pollution in Delhi by monitoring and regulating air and water pollution ...
Besides human and environmental damage, pollution has caused economic damage as well; Delhi may have lost the competition to host the 2014 Asian Games because of its poor environment. [16] Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) is empowered to perform the functions to control pollution in capital. [17] [18]
Functions of CPCB comes under both national level and as State Boards for the Union Territories. CPCB, under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, aims to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and to improve the quality ...
NASA was on Capitol Hill this week, making the case for its planetary exploration budget. It's holding up its New Horizons mission to Pluto as ongoing evidence for the importance of that funding.
An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Green Tribunal (NGT) for the effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to the environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and matters connected therewith or ...
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The committee heard from individuals with concerns about the ongoing projects throughout Louisiana. The ongoing carbon dioxide capturing projects have caused public complaints for many years.
Dilip K. Biswas is an Indian environmentalist and former chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee. [1] He was a member of the panel which conducted ecological studies on Silent Valley and checked the feasibility of a hydro-electric project in the area, eventually recommending against project, leading to the declaration of Silent Valley as a National ...