In the last one year, Shubham Wasnik got hospitalized twice. “My stomach always hurts,” says the 26-year-old. Recurring diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and jaundice have tormented Shubham through his youthful
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Railways on the steps it has taken and proposes to take to ensure availability of clean and safe drinking water on its trains as well as stations.
<p>Action taken report in the matter of Vikrant Tongad Vs Union of India & Others in Original Application No. 25 of 2020 dated February 25, 2020. A team of assigned officers of CPCB, UPPCB, CGWA, Noida
The report entitled "Report on Ground water quality in shallow aquifers in India" summarizes various aspects of ground water quality in the shallow aquifers in the country with special reference to six
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, on Thursday, allowed an intervention application, against unpackaged drinking water suppliers, which alleged that product sold by such firms should be
<p>On 03rd Oct 2019, a meeting was convened and chaired by Hon'ble Minister (CA, F&PD) to discuss quality of Drinking Water which was attended by representatives from Ministry of Jal Shakti, Food
CHANDIGARH: As currently, the scarcity of potable water remains one of the major problems in the city, mainly during the summer season, the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) reveals a shocking fact, the
The standard prescribes the requirements, test methods and sampling procedure for ascertaining the suitability of water for drinking purpose.
Junior consumer affairs minister reveals 224 of 743 bottles tested by FSSAI contained impurities; action against 131 manufacturers taken In what would come as a jarring statistic for the billion-dollar
Chandigarh: The ground water level in most areas of Chandigarh, though not alarming, has been witnessing a continuous declining trend since more than a decade now. According to Anil Bhatia, the Regional
CHENNAI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is tightening safety standards for packaged drinking water and plans to come out with norms for spring natural water. "There is some
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
Residents of the city may have benefited from better access to groundwater, but it has also given rise to the threat of arsenic poisoning. A study conducted by the Central Ground Water Board confirmed
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has called a high-level technical meeting on February 6 to discuss safety standards of bottled water sold in the city. The move followed a research paper by Bhabha
At least two persons died and 50 fell ill after allegedly drinking contaminated water over the last few days in NCERT Colony, South Delhi. While samples of water from tanks in the colony have been sent
The Maharashtra government announced on Tuesday that it would regulate the fast-growing packaged drinking water industry by introducing policy guidelines soon, with the intent of providing safe drinking
The state’s first purified water ATM will be installed soon at Jharmajri village in the industrial hub of Baddi. A Mohali firm will install the machine. The machine will help provide purified and chilled
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) today informed the Southern Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal that majority of packaged drinking water units in the state don't have its permission to
If you think you are consuming packaged water and thus you are safe, you may be wrong. The report card of the State Health Department on water samples shows that water could be substandard, even if it is stored in a sealed container. Of the eight packaged drinking water samples analysed by the Public Health Institute of the department of Health and Family Welfare in June, seven (87.5 per cent) were found to be substandard and thus did not meet the prescribed specification of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
Packaged drinking water may not always be your safest bet, going by a random survey conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA drew 95 water samples from packaged drinking water plants
