Informal sector steps up coal stocking over price concernsCoal prices have risen internationally and percolated to the free market rates for coal clocking a premium of 10-15% over the usual rates d...
Lights on: Brick kiln workers in western UP begin the transition to solar energyIn western Uttar Pradesh, solar panels have begun transforming brick kilns and workers' lives, reducing pollution and providing electricity...
Waste from Adidas, Walmart, other brands fuelling Cambodia brick kilns: reportWaste from at least 19 international brands including Adidas and Walmart is being used to fuel kilns in brick factories in Cambodia, and so...
Motihari brick kiln blast deaths: PM Modi, Bihar CM express condolencePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief at the loss of lives in a brick kiln blast in Bihar's Motihari and announced an ex...
SC directs CPCB to conduct surprise inspections at brick kilns in NCRThe top court directed that those units, located in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, which have the consent to operate and have also declared the...
Mathura brick kilns seek government relief following heavy losses"We're requesting the government to wave off royalty, tax on royalty and GST for better survival of the industry," Bhanu Prakash Varsney, g...
Coal-fired brick kilns cannot be allowed to operate in NCR during severe pollution: NGTUnless there is a change to a cleaner fuel (PNG), brick kilns beyond the number specified cannot be allowed in the NCR, the green panel sai...
Centre mulls banning use of burnt clay bricks in its construction projectsTraditional brick kilns cause air pollution as they use coal in brick-making process. However there are technologies available to produce e...
Illegal brick kilns: NGT may impose fine on UP, 3 more states- Abolish old brick kilns to fight fog: Atmospheric scientist
Bengaluru, Jan 19 (IANS) In the wake of 15 schoolchildren dying in a tragic bus accident in Uttar Pradesh, reportedly due to foggy conditio...
NGT notice to Uttarakhand government on brick kilns in HaridwarAn environment activist has moved the National Green Tribunal alleging that brick kilns in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district were illegally e...
Protests continue as Karnataka HC adjourns Jayalalithaa's bail pleaWith this, the toll of those believed to have died in various parts of the state unable to bear the four-year jail term awarded to Jayalali...
- About 25% brick kilns in Punjab seek green clearance for resuming production
Making of bricks may resume in the coming months, which is likely to bring down brick rates, that have shot up due to lack of supply.
Green tribunal bans digging earth for making bricks, roadsIn a blow to brick-kiln industry and road contractors, the National Green Tribunal has banned digging of earth across the country for makin...
Odisha govt directs removal of brick kilns from river bedsCautious after the devastation in Uttarakhand, Odisha government on Wednesday asked all district collectors to ensure that no brick kiln op...
National Green Tribunal refuses permission to brick kilns near Kaziranga National ParkThe National Green Tribunal has refused permission to some brick kiln units from operating in the no-development zone near Kaziranga Nation...
- 76 bombs recovered in Nandigram
Altogether 76 bombs were on Sunday found near a brick kiln in Nandigram, CRPF officials said.