COVID-19: Bengal beckoning 3rd wave with norm flouting during Durga Puja, warn experts

Positive cases in the state are rising and may spike in the days to come, data shows

Chromium digesters

Bacteria can absorb the toxic chemical

West Bengal bans ammonia use as refrigerant

State pollution board’s decision comes after three gas leaks hit Kolkata

20 years down the line what ails the urban local bodies

Lack of money, capacity and states' unwillingness to cede power

COVID-19: Sounds of birds replace noise pollution in Kolkata

This is an unprecedented phenomenon, say the city's residents

Kolkata to host parallel AIDS conference after US denies entry to sex workers

Country’s laws do not permit granting visa to those involved in prostitution

Cycles congest roads: traffic cops

Kolkata police justify ban on non-motorised transport in the city

Fish and a philosophy

A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage management

E-waste toxins in mum’s milk

Urban people more at risk

COVID-19: Is novel coronavirus spreading among Kolkata pavement dwellers through waste

Those who live by the streets often pick up waste for livelihood

Hope in jaywalkers

The dominant urban vision is deeply exclusionary

Kolkata among world's most flood-prone coastal cities: study

Its growing population and exposure to storms make it vulnerable

Kolkata’s hellhole

Kolkata tanners unhappy with new relocation site

Bichitrapur and Kirtania ports will endanger Olive Ridleys

Odisha forest department says ship movement will disturb turtle habitat

Indian companies' CDM projects pollute environment

Most clean projects cleared on face value and are based on tall claims

Political vendetta? Minister, experts dispute findings of central survey on cleanliness in Bengal cities

The cities of the state, ranked at the bottom in the survey, were found to have slipped on multiple fronts

The man who showed Kolkata’s kidneys to the world, no more

Ever since East Kolkata Wetlands gained worldwide fame, it has been recognised as a model system that depicts sustainable living

Kolkata sewer deaths: Do not improve sewerage and water supply at the cost of sanitation workers

4 lives lost puts many on the dock including local officials as well as state government 

Bengal govt cites COVID-19 excuse for not phasing out old commercial vehicles

Large commercial vehicles, including goods carriers and buses, account for 74-80% of PM 2.5 and PM 10 in Howrah and Kolkata

A month on, NGT’s order on Kolkata wetland yet to be implemented

Vedic Dharma Sansthan Trust erected a 60-feet-tall structure in wetland region, which was deemed illegal by the National Green Tribunal

Diarrhoea-causing pathogen becoming prevalent in Kolkata, prevention & control strategies needed: Study

Children were found to be more susceptible to Entamoeba moshkovskii infection

Diwali amid COVID-19: Will West Bengal have a firecracker-free Kali Puja

The state dilly-dallys despite a high court directive even as environmentalists seek strict action against violations; is the fire …

East Kolkata Wetlands: NGT warns officials for violating waste dumping norms

The National Green Tribunal directed scientific shifting of legacy waste accumulated in the wetlands for decades

No place for green agenda in Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections

The group lays down set of 15 environment-related demands; urges poll commission to pass directives for maintaining green norms