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Nitta Gelatin denies pollution charge
Nitta Gelatin India Limited (NGIL) at Kathikudam, near here, has refuted the charge that the untreated effluents released by the company have been polluting the Chalakudy River. Treatment plant Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, NGIL managing director G.
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Yamuna clean-up: Malhotra takes on CM
Cashing on the exchange of words between Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Yamuna, the Leader of Opposition VK Malhotra lashed out at Delhi government on Friday. Jairam Ramesh, he said, has
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Taking riverfront issues to Ravivari
Ahmedabad: The ancient Ravivari on the banks of Sabarmati presents a unique picture-message of the river and environmental imbalance that it now reflects.
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Shoving Kooduthirai's waste into the Cauvery
“It appears that the municipality has joined hands with textile processing and tannery industries, which have been causing irreversible damage to the environment by dumping untreated, toxic effluents, many residents in the town say. The farmers have been fighting for years to protect River Cauvery and its tributaries from the textile processing and the tannery units.
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Industrial units, crusher polluting water sources
Water pollution is going on unabated in the district. It was learnt that a few towns and industrial units on the banks of rivers and rivulets were polluting water sources. Sources said apart from releasing
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air/Water Pollution, 01/03/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air/Water Pollution, 01/03/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs)
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Filthy flows Yamuna despite the vows
Govt Fails To Save Riverine Ecosystem; Also Unable To Improve Air Quality, Contain Private Vehicle Surge If the Congress government’s performance were measured on the yardstick of urban ecology, it would fail miserably at least on one count—the Yamuna. Despite repeated promises of cleaning up, the river’s condition has been deteriorating by the day. However,the issue is not entirely of pollution—the flow of water in the Delhi stretch of the river is not adequate.
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llegal dyeing units resurfacing despite TNPCB action
‘Initiate criminal action against those running such units' After a brief lull, the menace of illegal dyeing units has resurfaced in the Tirupur-Namakkal belt. The units have come up even after the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board carried out an extensive demolition drive a few months ago.
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UP releases funds for Ganga project
After 23.5 Crore From Centre Lucknow: The heavily polluted Ganga flowing through Uttar Pradesh is in for cleansing with the state government allocating its share of funds for the flagship National Ganga River Basin Authority programme. Responding to the Centre's call for giving out 30% of the total amount under the programme, the state government has allocated over Rs 10 crore for sewerage work to be done in Allahabad.
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Brahmaputra waters show high toxicity
The tests conducted on the water samples collected from Kachari Ghat and Pandu Ghat before and after the immersion of the Durga idols have led to such conclusions, which at any rate may not bode well for the Guwahatians.
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Crackdown on unauthorised dyeing units in Tirupur
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has detected four unauthorised dyeing units that were discharging effluents into River Noyyal through drains, during raids conducted over the last few days. Official sources said of the units, three were located at K. Chettipalayam and Thennampalayam in the Tirupur knitwear cluster and one in the hinterland. “Two of the units have installed large scale winches that are capable of dyeing almost 500 kg of fabric in a ‘single lot’,” officials said. Of the other units, one was involved in the dyeing of accessories used in the apparels and another in small-scale dyeing of fabrics.
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We need to move from saying 'no,no' to 'yes, but''
The minister
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‘Bandi river has become a reservoir of polluted water’
JAIPUR: Yet another river is dying, this time in the environment minister's constituency. Not long ago, river Bandi in Pali district was a seasonal river. In absolute disregard to environment , three out of the four common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) don't have consent to operate since March 2011, he said. "Textile dyes are toxic, highly stable and do not degrade easily and are not removed by conventional wastewater treatment methods. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) staff took samples of water from several points, ranging from CETPs, drains from industries , wells and hand pumps in villages downstream.
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The Hudson and Four Beaches Are Deemed Safe Again
More than a week after a sewage discharge contaminated New York’s waterways, city officials have finally told residents the magic words: Your rivers’ fecal coliform readings have returned to acceptable
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Looking Thames to clean Yamuna: a lesson in building sewer system
In the 1850s, the Thames in London was so polluted and stinking that the Parliament had to be shifted away from the river, says Robert Oates, director of the Thames River Restoration Trust. A century and half on, the river is much cleaner and Britain, he says, is now investing in cleaning a tributary of the Thames, the Lee, ahead of the London Olympics in 2012.
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Lanong gives clean chit to cement plants
Shillong, Feb. 21: Deputy chief minister in-charge of mining Bindo Lanong today claimed that the cement plants set up in Jaintia Hills were following the rules, despite several high-level reports indicating
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding World Culture Festival to be held on the banks of river Yamuna, 09/03/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (in the matter of Manoj Misra Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Pramod Kumar Tyagi Vs. Art of Living International Center & Ors. And Anand Arya
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Current cleanup standards can't protect pambar shola: us expert
The mercury level detected in freshwater (Pambar River) is 30 times higher than the mercury level recommended by US-EPA for freshwaters -- Mark Chernaik, toxicologist and scientist
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Swami Sanand's ‘Ganga remark' flayed
Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad, the apex body of sadhus and saints in the country, has strongly criticised Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand's (also know as Prof GD Aggrawal, who has been sitting on fast under