Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Chris McGreal Health workers in Zimbabwe are warning that international alarm over the spreading cholera emergency, which has claimed nearly a thousand lives, is overshadowing the AIDS crisis, which is killing as many people every three days. The rising death toll from cholera, brought on by collapsed sewerage systems infecting …
Zubeda Hameed |Chennai, Fever, vomitting and diarrhoea are common complaints from the outlying inundated areas as the city lacks clean drinking water TWO weeks after the cessation of rain, reports of outbreak of diseases are coming from several areas in the city and the suburbs. Fever, vomiting and diarrhoea are …
GENEVA: The onset of seasonal rain in Zimbabwe has increased fears that the cholera epidemic there could turn into a catastrophe with thousands more sick and further spreading into neighbouring countries, according to the Red Cross federation.
It is bad news for the residents of Bhanpur that they are under the grip of death. Hundreds of truck garbage dumped by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) spreading various diseases in the area, compelling them to die slowly. On the left side of Bhanpur bridge on vacant place the …
Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is essential for protection and promotion of health. It is a basic human right and a key component of effective public health delivery system. "Disease Burden due to Inadequate Water & Sanitation Facilities in India", is a study conducted by the Sulabh International …
Upset: Residents of Ramaiyanpattai who submitted a petition to the Collector G. Prakash on Monday against release of sewage into Chathram Puthukkulam TIRUNELVELI: As no step has been taken by the officials to check the flow of underground drainage water released from the last pond of the effluent treatment yard …
Mohali, November 03 : Leak in water-supply pipeline caused the epidemic, says Health Department, as Water Supply and Sanitation department denies claim Almost every family in the sleepy hamlet of Majri, near Mohali, has been affected with diarrhoea. At least 403 villagers have complained of pain in the abdomen, vomiting, …
The first and second editions of the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality were used by developing and developed countries worldwide as the basis for regulation and standard setting to ensure the safety of drinking-water. They recognized the priority that should be given to ensuring microbial safety and provided guideline values for …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in its latest report has stated that there was a possible risk of water-borne disease spreading in the areas affected by the recent floods. The Epidemiologists confirmed the possibility of such diseases spreading but stated that no cases have been reported yet. Dr. Sudath Peries …
Hyderabad, Oct. 21: The practice of laying water pipelines close to sewer lines has led to the spread of water-borne diseases during monsoon. While digging roads for laying cable lines, the rain water gushes in and seeps into the water pipelines after getting mixed with the raw sewerage and run …
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: The State government has allotted an additional Rs.3.16 crore for exclusively dealing with seasonal diseases in the wake of incessant rains for past few days. The amount is being disbursed to health authorities in districts to step up mosquito control activities. Speaking to The?Hindu here on …
Inadequate access to safe water and sanitation leads millions of our people to various health problems. Water and vector born diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid, worm infestation and polio, malaria, hepatitis A and E are too common in the country. These diseases are specially very dangerous for the children under …
ASANSOL, Oct. 12: Two days after reports of at least 10 diarrhoea-related deaths in the Kulti municipality area became public, a joint team of experts, including paramedics, today began delivering medical assistance to residents. The team comprises five experts each from the Eastern Coalfields Limited and district health services. Over …
Durgapur, Oct. 12: At least 10 people, including five children, have died of diarrhoea at Kulti near Asansol over the past week. Over 2,500 have been afflicted with the disease. Nearly 300 patients have been admitted to the Asansol Subdivisional Hospital and the two hospitals of Eastern Coalfields Ltd and …
Three persons, including a minor, died and dozens other fell sick due to an outbreak of diarrhea in a Chepang settlement in Makwanpur district within the past few days, reports said. Thaila Chepang, 70, Kanchha Chepang, 20, and five-year-old Bhamu Chepang of Bharta VDC died after suffering from a serious …
Hyderabad, Oct. 6: With instances of infectious and water-borne diseases rising in the state, the century-old Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM) at Narayanguda here is planning to launch a new project with 14 mobile laboratories to provide diagnostic services at the doorsteps. These mobile labs will monitor water quality, test …
Two children have reportedly died of gastroenteritis while the flow of patients is rising at state-run and private hospitals in the district. Reports said one-year-old Qasim Ali of Ghakhar Mandi died at a private hospital in Daska on Sunday. His body was shifted to Ghakhar Mandi from Daska for burial. …
A man died of gastroenteritis while at least 500 people, including women and children, were affected in Chak 62-JB, Chanan Ke, on Jhang Road, here on Thursday. Scores of gastroenteritis patients were brought to the one-room state-run rural health centre (RHC) in Chanan Ke during the last two days. However, …
