Sometimes the real picture emerges even if the smoke has not quite cleared. That is what seems to have happened with regard to the findings of a study by the National Environmental Engineering Researc...

Goods vehicles are responsible for the bulk of automobile pollution in Calcutta and Howrah and the proportionate share is more in Howrah, a study by the National Environmental Engineering Research Ins...

The final report of the air pollution source apportionment study by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has found that roadside dust and vehicular emission form the major...

Vehicles are the biggest source of pollution in Calcutta and Howrah, a central government laboratory researching on environmental engineering has said in a study. In a draft of its final report, the ...

The roadside eateries (dhabas) and cloth ironing set-ups of dhobis across Calcutta and surrounding areas, including Salt Lake and Rajarhat, are under the scanner for contributing a significant proport...

The state government is thinking of not buying diesel vehicles any more, a state official said on Monday. A source apportionment study of Calcutta’s air pollution by the National Environmental Engin...

Environmentalists have raised questions about an ongoing study ordered by the state pollution control board to measure various pollutants in Calcutta’s air and the board’s claim that roadside eate...

Success in reducing sound pollution in Calcutta on Diwali has been rather less than fulfilling, although the efforts of the police and the active role of the state pollution control board did not go w...

Bengal’s new environment minister Saumen Mahapatra on Thursday took on the onus to deal with air pollution in the city on a priority basis.The minister said that the environment department and state...