HC also asks govt to explain why all sewer lines into river should not be sealed The High Court wants the government to police the banks of the Buriganga to stop disposal of waste into the river. It yesterday directed the authorities to deploy police along the river banks immediately. It also ordered them to form a committee to monitor the law enforcers' actions with regard to waste-dumpi
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun May 03, 2010, 0:28 IST On the issues related to the Ganga, the Uttarakhand government appeared to be now competing with the Centre. After the Centre declared the Ganga as national heritage last year, the state government is also not lagging behind.
The State Government has sought a detailed Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on the pollution allegedly caused by various chemical industries to water bodies including River Cauvery, and villages and hamlets in and around Mettur. In response to the Madras High Court’s direction, N. Thirumurthy, Deputy Secretary, Department of Environment and Forests, Government of Tamil Nadu asked the TNPCB Chairman to “send an action taken report on the complaints of pollution (due to chemical industries in and around Mettur) to Government immediately.”
A gang on Wednesday allegedly threatened and abused a group of activists and farmers campaigning against chemical industries causing pollution in the Cauvery, in hamlets around Gonur village at Mettur. The activists have been campaigning since August 13 to urge the residents of Gonur, where the chemical factories are located, to attend the gram sabha meeting on Independence Day to take up the pollution issue.
The Ganges River Dolphin was declared the national aquatic animal last month, but is still in urgent need of being saved from extinction, experts on the subject said. There are only about 2,000 left, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago.
SHILLONG: There is a major question about the quality of the water being pumped through the source at Umsohlang stream in Mawlai Mawdatbaki. The water through this source is supplied to various localities
Adopting the Singapore model to beautify the Cooum is not very convincing. While the Singapore River Cleaning project was environment-centric, the Cooum model appears to be beautification oriented, which could be mostly cosmetic, says M G Devasahayam
Encourage farmers to use bio-fertilisers, organic pesticides, report urges State government
A pusher tug, a small barge that propels a bigger vessel, drowned in the Hooghly near Prinsep Ghat on Friday night, releasing oil into the river. Attempts to salvage barge Bhagadutta, owned by the Assam government, might start from Monday, Calcutta Port Trust officials said.
* Air pollution in India causes 5,27,700 deaths every year (WHO) * 21% of communicable diseases in India are related to polluted water. In India, diarrhoea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths daily (WHO) * Only 22% of the wastewater generated in urban India is treated, severely polluting rivers. The total wastewater from Delhi and nearby areas flowing into the 19 drains that connect to the Yamuna is around 3,296 million litres a day, of which 630 MLD is untreated.
New Delhi: MPs united across party lines to express concern over pollution in the Yamuna after leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj raised the issue, saying the river had become thoroughly polluted
The Philippines has indefinitely suspended the operations of the country's largest gold mine after a waste spillage near a major river, officials said on Monday. Philex Mining's Padcal facility will
A move to convert the wetlands and destroy mangroves flourishing in four acres near the Pullippuzha at Perumukham Karattippadath in Feroke has run into resistance from local people organised under the banner of Friends Samskarika Vedi. C. Bijesh, secretary of the Vedi, warned on Thursday that protests would be intensified since the move to construct a building there had not been abandoned in spite of the District Collector sending the Revenue Divisional Officer for an on the spot inspection and later issuing a “stop memo” to the builder. Records also indicated it was a restricted zone for construction activities.
Pune, September 29 Warkari leader Banda Tatya Karadkar, who was arrested on September 20 for leading the agitation against Dow Chemicals, was released from Yerwada Central Prison on Monday. The moment he stepped out, he vowed to resume the agitation against he project, which Warkaris allege would pollute the sacred river Indrayani.
New Delhi: An interactive model of a house with details of which activity consumes how much water and a machine that will tell you how much of your body weight comprises of water are just some of the exhibits at the water and waste water gallery that was launched at the National Science Centre on Tuesday.
The Mississippi River was shut Friday as oil leaked from a tanker barge in the wake of a collision west of New Orleans, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The tanker barge collided with a deck barge at about
Sheila Dikshit in conversation with Amba Batra Bakshi and Shreevatsa Nevatia Why are you allowing child labour at Commonwealth Games-related sites? There are a number of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 16 working at these places, obviously lured by an adult salary.
LUCKNOW: Even as the UP government considers high-tech options for cleaning the worst-polluted stretch of the Ganga in Varanasi, Kanpur and Allahabad
The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and Irrigation department of Uttar Pradesh to clear the debris and muck lying in the riverbed of Hindon for the construction
Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday it had no reason to believe an oil sheen on the Yellowstone River in Montana came from its Billings refinery but it had moved to contain the oil to minimize any environmental
