Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Monrovia - As part of it efforts in ensuring that water consumed by citizens is free of contamination, the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) has shutdown 55 mineral water companies, following a period of inspection of various mineral water companies in Monrovia and its environs. Report by Augustine …
Ghana loses about 290 million U.S. dollars and 79 million U.S. dollars annually to poor sanitation and open defecation respectively, state-owned Ghana News Agency (GNA) reported here Tuesday. David Duncan, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), said Ghana also ranked lowest in sanitation levels …
Sea water tested at Juhu beach, Charni Road were found consistently polluted Mumbai's most prominent river turned sewer, Mithi, has held the distinction of being the most heavily polluted water body in a row for nine consecutive month right from September 2016 up to May 2017, as per the Water …
Nairobi — Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has put a ban on all unlicensed water tankers distributing water in the city. The move follows a suspected cholera outbreak that left dozens of people admitted to various hospitals including government officials. Kidero has also asked Nairobi residents to be vigilant on what …
Rabat – A report by WHO and UNICEF shows that 2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home and 4.5 billion lack safely managed sanitation. While billions of people have gained access to drinking water and sanitation services in the last twenty years, WHO’s report shows that safe water …
About 76 percent of rural habitations in India have achieved a fully covered (FC) status, under the National Rural Drinking Water Program, with basic minimum service level of 40 liters per capita daily (lpcd), but this coverage is primarily through hand-pumps and does not necessarily translate into sustainable and good …
CHENNAI: After a delay of one year, the Union ministry of environment and forests has granted environment clearance to the Tamil Nadu government's Integrated Cooum River Eco-restoration Project for a 9.6-km stretch between the mouth of the river and Chetpet Railway Bridge, where experts have observed tidal influence. The `105-crore …
The Lagos Water Corporation, LWC, has refuted a media report alleging the flow of diesel from a public water supply tap at 10, Tiamiyu Savage Street in Victoria Island. A statement issued by the Managing Director, LWC, Muminu Badmus, on Wednesday in his Ijora Office, the Corporation said its Zonal …
Kampala — Rubaga Division mayor Joyce Ssebugwawo has ordered the prosecution of whoever is behind the pollution of the man-made Kabaka's Lake. Ms Ssebugwawo, particularly singled out Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral owned by Pastor Robert Kayanja and St Lawrence University among those allegedly contaminating Kabaka's Lake. The mayor issued the …
Shamvhura-The beneficiary communities of the Shamvhura-Shamangorwa water project in Ndiyona Constituency in Kavango East are seriously concerned about the groundwater being piped to their villages for consumption as it apparently causes diarrhoea. Apart from allegedly causing diarrhoea the water is corrosive and stains white shirts, according to the community. Ten …
The United Nations cultural body UNESCO has voted to leave the Great Barrier Reef off its "in danger" list despite recent widespread destruction of the World Heritage Site. The decision, which was taken at a UNESCO committee meeting in the Polish city of Krakow, allows Australia's conservative government to dodge …
In an indoor "Manchester-drizzle-simulating" rain room at the University of Leeds, and in a laundry lab in Plymouth, research is revealing the unexpected environmental cost of the very clothes on our backs. "Not many people know that lots of our clothes are made of plastic," says Imogen Napper, a PhD …
Rabat – The Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, presided over by Princess Lalla Hasnaa, has awarded the Blue Pavilion label to Morocco’s 25 cleanest beaches for summer 2017. In addition to the awarded beaches, a marina located in the city of Saidia received the label of “The Saidia Med, …
The Water and Sanitation Health (WASH) MK90 million project to enhance access to quality water as a means to avert fears of waterborne diseases had berm launched in Salima North-West constituency at Traditional Authority (T.A) Khombedza. A project of the Water Mission, a faith-based organization, it targets 6,000 households that …
Pop icon Beyonce is throwing her superstar power behind a new effort to bring safe, clean water to children in Burundi in a partnership with UNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency said on Friday (June 30, 2017). Plans call for the project, BEYGOOD4BURUNDI, to help build wells and improve hygiene …
Plan for restoration of polluted river stretches can be executed through two fold concepts. One concept may target for enhancement of river flow through interventions on the water sheds/catchment areas for conservation and recharge of rain water for subsequent releases during lean flow period in a year. This concept will …
Finding that there were not enough medicines at the health centres in the mandal to meet an emergency, the government has lifted the cap on storing medicines at PHCs, and with community health workers. DAYS AFTER it emerged that at least 16 people from tribal families in a small, remote …
THE Ministry of Health (MOH) says typhoid that broke out in Muchinga and Lusaka provinces early this year is now under control. MOH spokesperson Kennedy Malama said currently, there is no patient under treatment, and there has been no death reported so far. “There are a total of 142 cases …
Thewater problem in Nigeria has reached crisis point. No day passes without stories or news about cases of water borne diseases caused by chronic shortage of safe water making the rounds. It is no longer news that this problem has remained hydra-headed despite colossal sums of money budgeted by past …
Water and sanitation are critical components that need to be worked on to ensure they are covered 100 per cent by 2020 if Rwandans are to live a better life, officials have said. Officials from the Ministry of Infrastruture and those from the City of Kigali were, yesterday, speaking during …
