Residents flag environmental risk from Shristhal molasses tank | Goa News

Canacona: With the monsoon approaching, residents of Shristhal and nearby areas have raised concerns that the large quantity of molasses effluent remaining at the Shristhal Industrial Estate could overflow into nearby water bodies and cause environmental contamination.Officials had earlier assured residents that the molasses effluent stored in a damaged tank would be removed before the…

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NGT moved over tree felling for park development in Odisha

CUTTACK: Alleged large-scale felling of trees for a proposed Rs 28-crore urban development project in Odisha’s Baripada municipality area has landed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), with a Kendrapada based petitioner seeking immediate intervention.Seeking relief, Pratap Chandra Mohanty has urged the tribunal to declare the tree felling illegal under the Van Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan…

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