Industries pollute fields and rivers in Pissurlem
Chemicals are being released into rivers and fields affecting yield and the lives of people living in the area Valpoi: Four companies from Pissurlem IDC are releasing waste chemicals in local rivers
River Pollution
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NGT orders closure and action on 124 industries polluting rivers in Uttar Pradesh
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered closure and registration of cases against 124 industrial units which are polluting the Kali, Krishna and Hindon rivers in six districts of western Uttar
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Government considering ban on microbeads after Gauteng drinking water is found to be contaminated
The government has set up a task team to look at imposing a total ban on microbeads – the tiny plastic beads used in cosmetics, toothpaste and sandblasting. This comes after a Water Research Commission
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Water quality deteriorating in sea areas
Water quality in the country's offshore areas is deteriorating, even though the amount of wastewater discharged into the sea dropped last year, a report has found. About 68 percent of water in the country's
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NPC environmental committee drafts special river protection law
The nation's top legislative body has started drafting a special law for the protection of the Yangtze River, the country's longest waterway, as China continues the green development of the river, according
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Polluted Vaal River water should be avoided: government
Residents have been advised not to drink water from the Vaal River due to pollution. Officials say various levels of government are tackling the crisis. Water and sanitation department spokesperson
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Ghaggar on account of discharge of effluents- industrial as well as municipal, 07/08/2018
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Stench Grips Mansa’s Sacred Ghaggar River (Suo-Motu Case) Vs Yogender Kumar dated 07/08/2018 regarding pollution of river Ghaggar on account
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Nowhere in world has such a comprehensive plan been made to clean a river: Uma Bharti on Namami Gange
Haridwar: Union minister for drinking water and sanitation Uma Bharati who was in Haridwar on Saturday refuted allegations that the Ganga cleaning work under the Namami Gange mission was moving at a snail's
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Churni, Nadia District of West Bengal, 06/08/2018
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. Union of India. The proceedings were initiated on an allegation of severe pollution of river Churni passing through
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C’garh's five river stretches are polluted: Min
Chhattisgarh's five river stretches have been put under “Priority Class V” of pollution parameters of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The polluted stretches are in Hasdeo, Kelo, Kharun, Mahanadi