Encroachment cloud on Alaka waters
Many rivers, considered the lifeline of Jagatsinghpur, have either dried up or are polluted with industrial waste and sewerage. One such river is Alaka that was flowing through Biridi, Jagatsinghpur,
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Review of the interceptor plan for the Yamuna
An analytical review of the interceptor plan for cleaning Yamuna. CSE has closely scrutinised the interceptor plan and found this hardware plan to be a complete waste of money. The river will continue to remain dead despite the massive investments planned during 2009-2012.
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Action plan for industrial cluster: Chandrapur
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle.
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Notices to two power plants for polluting Damodar
The industries and power plants on the banks of the State's rivers are polluting them and causing great harm to human and aquatic lives. Considering the gravity of the situation, the State Pollution
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Contribution of sewage treatment to pollution abatement of urban streams
In this study, we assessed the efficiency and effectiveness of the Vrishabhavathy Valley Treatment plant (VVTP) in Bengaluru city, which is the oldest STP in the city. Since VVTP treats both raw sewage
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Dominance of lithogenic effect for nickel, cobalt, chromium and mercury as found in freshly deposited sediments of Subernarekha
The importance of study of heavy metal distribution in river sediments is a component in understanding the exogenic cycling as well as in assessing the effect of anthropogenic influences of the elements. In India, the river Subernarekha flows over Precambrian terrain of Singhbhum craton in the eastern India.
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SC wields the broom
But government sweeps over
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Joint Committee report on operation of a slaughter house, taluka Karveer, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 05/05/2022
<p>Joint Committee report in compliance with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, January 11, 2022 in the matter of original application No. 102 of 2021 (Tanaji Ruikar Vs Kolhapur Municipal Corporation
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding commercial activities in village Marambio Grande in Merces Panchayat done by filling the salt pans in No Development Zone (NDZ) of CRZ-III area, 29/05/2015
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kashinath Jairam Shetye & Others Vs Dempo Towers & Others dated 29/05/2015 regarding stay of all commercial activities
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Pure Ganga in 10 years, Centre promises SC
New Delhi: The Ganga will be pure and free of pollutants by 2020, the Centre promised before the SC on Friday. Without dwelling on the past when nearly 1,000 crore was spent under the failed Ganga Action Plan initiated in the late 1980s, attorney general G E Vahanvati assured a Bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar that National Ganga
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Wapda served last notice for violating environmental approval
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Environmental Protection Agency (AJK-EPA) has served ‘last notice’ on Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for “continuous serious violations of its conditional environmental
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Pampa River Board mooted
A Pampa River Board should be set up to save the river from pollution, a workshop organised in Thiruvanathapuram in Kerala by the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) as part of its Silver Jubilee
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Brazilians reject Bolsonaro’s nuclear plan
President Jair Bolsonaro’s nuclear plan is leaving many of his fellow Brazilians distinctly unenthusiastic at the prospect not of pollution alone but also of perceptible risk. A few days ago a procession
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Water management in Arkavathy Basin
The Arkavathy sub-basin, which is part of the Cauvery basin, is a highly stressed, rapidly urbanising watershed on the outskirts of the city of Bengaluru. This situation analysis document summarises the current state of knowledge on water management in the Arkavathy sub-basin and identifies critical knowledge gaps.
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Hungary toxic spill reaches Danube
Hungary: A toxic red sludge spill from an alumina plant in western Hungary reached the Danube river on Thursday and crews were trying to dilute it to protect the major European waterway. Tibor Dobson, a spokesman for Hungarian disaster crews, said there were no reports of fish death in the Raba and Mosoni-Danube rivers affected by the spill earlier, but all fish had died in the smaller Marc
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After hotels, 79 brick kilns get closure notice
SHILLONG: After slapping closure notices on several city hotels and guest houses for failing to install Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) and releasing untreated polluted water directly to the rivers, the
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Steps to end dumping of waste soon
KOCHI: District Collector M Beena, on Monday instructed the Water Authority, the Pollution Control Board and the Aluva Municipality to take steps to prevent the disposal of waste materials in the Periyar. The instruction was given at a meeting convened by the Human Rights Commission.
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FOLLOW UP
The Union government has decided to implement schemes similar to the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) for 23 new rivers in 10 states, proving that it has learnt little from the poor implementation of the
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Untreated waste polluting 70% water sources supplying cities, says CPCB
AURANGABAD: Untreated municipal sewage and effluents from cities and towns in the state being discharged untreated into rivers is causing 70% pollution of the drinking water sources, a recent assessment
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Jhinjharia stream, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, 10/06/2020
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Savita Kumari Vs State of Jharkhand dated 10/06/2020.</p> <p>The matter related to illegal obstruction of natural flow and characteristics of Jhinjharia