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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding consent to operate granted to M/s Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd. & Distellery by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, 12/02/2014

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Wednesday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Baord to inspect M/s Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd. & Distellery and the Goplaljee Dairy on whether they were discharging effluents into the Ganga river. Read text of this NGT order in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Anr. Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 12/02/2014.
- 12/02/2014
Pollution and conservation of Ganga river in modern India

According to a World Bank Sponsored Study (State of Environment Report- U.P.) pollution levels in the Ganga are contributing 9-12% of total disease burden in Uttar Pradesh. The coliform bacteria levels
Save Ganga: Seers threaten to boycott next big snan

ALLAHABAD: Agitated over high levels of pollution and shallow water in the holy Ganga, the Shankracharyas, seers and Dandi swamis, along with all the akaharas, are all set to repeat the feat of 2010 Mahakumbh of Hardwar- boycott the next 'Shahi Snan' on Mauni Amavasya scheduled for February 10. These saints, on Friday, threatened that "if the situation remained unchanged, they will not bathe in the next Shahi Snan". The alarming condition of the holy river, besides instigating saints to boycott the Shahi Snan, has become the poll plank for various political parties in the forthcoming general elections of 2014.
- 19/01/2013
- Times Of India (Allahabad)
Long-term reductions in anthropogenic nutrients link to improvements in Chesapeake Bay habitat

Great effort continues to focus on ecosystem restoration and reduction of nutrient inputs thought to be responsible, in part, for declines in estuary habitats worldwide. The ability of environmental policy to address restoration is limited, in part, by uncertainty in the relationships between costly restoration and benefits.
6,500cr and 19yrs later, Yamuna dirtier than ever

New Delhi: About 19 years ago, the Supreme Court first scrutinized pollution in the Yamuna. Innumerable orders later, Yamuna is dirtier than ever with a mind-numbing Rs 6,500 crore spent to clean the river
- 11/03/2013
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board report regarding illegal mining near river Ken, Banda district, 19/06/2023

Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board report in compliance of directions issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) vide order dated April 19, 2023. The matter is related to illegal mining
- 19/06/2023
Mukul govt awaits report on Lukha river

Shillong, Jan. 5: The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board is awaiting a detailed report from the Central Pollution Control Board on the actual reason behind the contamination of Lukha river in Jaintia
- 06/01/2012
- Telegraph (North East)
L-G Khanna announces Rs 1,500-crore project to clean up river

New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna has announced he construction of sewage treatment plants (STPs) for 18 major drains flowing into the Yamuna.
- 23/02/2009
- Indian Express (New Delhi)
For a living ganga: working with people and aquatic species

WWF-India has been working in the upper Ganga river stretch since 1997. Various programmes and projects involving indicator aquatic species and local communities have been implemented. It has been a major
- 01/10/2011
- WWF India
Ganga drive stuck in political quagmire

Sahebganj, May 30: A Rs 800-crore master project to de-pollute the holy Ganga here is hanging in the balance, courtesy the political instability in the state. Under the project, the Sahebganj district administration had earlier proposed a sewerage system, underground huge drains and electric crematoriums both at Sahebganj and Rajmahal townships located on the banks of Ganga.
- 31/05/2010
- Telegraph (Ranchi)
Ganga in IITs care

After the government dumped its plan to rope in international consultants, seven IITs have come together to prepare a strategy to revive the Ganga.
- 15/07/2010
- Down to Earth
Report on EC violations by CCL in Piparwar open cast project, Jharkhand, 14/09/2020

Report of Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal in Sanjay Chauhan Vs CCL & Others (Original Application 39/2020/EZ) vide order June 22, 2020. The matter related to investigation
- 14/09/2020
Indiscriminate industrial effluent discharge remains a concern

R Vimal Kumar More dyeing units under the scanner of TNPCB Tirupur: Continued effluent discharge into water bodies by dyeing units even after the allocation of Rs. 320 crore government grant to help them offset the cost incurred for setting up Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP), is causing serious threat to the environment and denting the image of Tirupur knitwear cluster.
Tanneries get March-end deadline

V Narayana Murthi | ENS They were accused of dumping untreated effluents in Palar river THE tanneries in Ambur and Vaniyambadi regions have been given a deadline up to this month end to complete the installation of the reverse osmosis system for treating effluents through individual and common treatment plants.
Ganga river basin planning assessment report

The World Bank has assigned Deltares and its partners AECOM India and FutureWater to carry out the project “Analytical Work and Technical Assistance to support Strategic Basin Planning for Ganga River
- 01/11/2018
- Central Water Commission (CWC)
Mills pollute Uttaranchal hills

function table() { var popurl="image/20061115/13-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=200,scrollbars=yes") } villagers and townsfolk of Lalkuan,
- 14/11/2006
- Down To Earth
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in Tamia, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, 09/01/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in Tamia, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The application was registered suo-moto on the basis of a news item published in Patrika,
- 09/01/2024
Concern over quality of drinking water

Local bodies reluctant to take stringent action against polluters Health activists have raised serious questions about the quality of water supplied to rural homes since many establishments, including those of official agencies, have been found to release, often clandestinely, their wastes into rivers and other water sources. Complaints are also rife that water supplied under rural water schemes is not properly treated and that contaminated water reaching rural households triggers water-borne diseases like jaundice. Large quantities of water from private sources are also supplied to hostels and lodges before treating it properly.
- 02/03/2013
- Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Mithi flood prevention work lagging behind, says report

MUMBAI: The state government and the municipal corporation have to join hands and ensure that the flood prevention work on the Mithi river is carried out fully if Mumbaikars are to be spared the same fate which overtook the city in 2005 resulting in chaos and deaths of almost 1,000 people. A study report by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has pointed out that though a sum of Rs 1,600 cro
- 18/05/2011
- Times Of India (Mumbai)
3 factories fined for river pollution

The Department of Environment (DoE) in a drive fined three factories in Tongi Tk 40 lakh yesterday for discharging untreated liquid waste into the Turag River. Paradise Washing Ltd and Surf Knitting and Dyeing do not have any effluent treatment plant (ETP), while Hamid Textile Ltd had set up an ETP but never used it. Also none of them have environment clearance certificates, though it is man
- 05/05/2011
- Daily Star (Bangladesh)

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding consent to operate granted to M/s Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd. & Distellery by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, 12/02/2014

Pollution and conservation of Ganga river in modern India

Save Ganga: Seers threaten to boycott next big snan

Long-term reductions in anthropogenic nutrients link to improvements in Chesapeake Bay habitat

6,500cr and 19yrs later, Yamuna dirtier than ever

Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board report regarding illegal mining near river Ken, Banda district, 19/06/2023

Mukul govt awaits report on Lukha river

L-G Khanna announces Rs 1,500-crore project to clean up river

For a living ganga: working with people and aquatic species

Ganga drive stuck in political quagmire

Ganga in IITs care

Report on EC violations by CCL in Piparwar open cast project, Jharkhand, 14/09/2020

Indiscriminate industrial effluent discharge remains a concern

Tanneries get March-end deadline

Ganga river basin planning assessment report

Mills pollute Uttaranchal hills

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in Tamia, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, 09/01/2024

Concern over quality of drinking water

Mithi flood prevention work lagging behind, says report

3 factories fined for river pollution

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