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Water factory sealed off, 2 others fined
A mobile court on Tuesday sealed off a water factory and penalised two others in Chittagong for producing substandard drinking water which is harmful to public health. The mobile court of Bangladesh Standards
Bottled Water Industry
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding manufacture and sale of packaged drinking water without Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification mark, 25/02/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Karukvel Ayyanar Enterprises Chennai & Others Vs The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India New Delhi and others
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding packaged drinking water manufacturing units over exploited areas, 07/02/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sri Amman Mineral Waters Pvt Ltd Mathuvarapuram Coimbatore Vs The Chairman Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Chennai and others dated 07/02/2014 regarding
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Packaged drinking water cannot be produced, sold without BIS mark’
Regulatory body makes assertion in affidavit to National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the highest regulatory body in the country, said no
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Water wars between farmers and beverage giant at Kaladera
Farmers blame drastic fall in groundwater table on bottling plant, saying it draws out far more water than can be naturally recharged Till the late 1990s, Bansi Aheer, like all other farmers around Kaladera, used to irrigate his seven-bigha farm, drawing water from a well. “Water was easily available at about 40 feet. But it dropped annually by one or two feet and later by eight or ten feet,” he says.
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Industrialisation spree hurting Uttarakhand: environmentalist
Slamming the Uttarakhand government for encouraging industrial development in the ecologically sensitive region, environmentalist Anil Prakash Joshi opposed the proliferation of industries in the State,
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Campaign against privatisation of water
it's a right: Volunteers take part in the campaign against privatisation of water in Bangalore on Monday. In a bid to stop water privatisation in all its forms in Karnataka, ‘Namma Neeru’ – a month-long campaign – was launched on Monday. Freedom fighter H S Doreswamy flagged off the initiative started by a non-governmental organisation called People’s Campaign for Right to Water. He said privatisation of water is against the Indian Constitution and social justice.
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Close 252 packaged water units: NGT
Directs TNPCB to ensure their closure The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Wednesday ordered the immediate closure of 252 packaged drinking water units across Tamil Nadu as they came under the ‘overexploited area’ category classified by the PWD. It also directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to ensure that they are closed until further orders.
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Water units go on strike against green panel order
A drinking water crisis looks imminent in the state as members of the Tamil Nadu packaged drinking water manufacturers on Wednesday declared an indefinite strike in protest against the National Green Tribunal's
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding packaged drinking water units, 03/01/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Pure One Products Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Ors dated 03/01/2014 regarding packaged drinking water units in Tamil Nadu. Original