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 …
Water with lead levels nearly 80 times World Health Organisation safety standards has been found at the Hong Kong public housing estate where the city’s tainted water scandal began, in the latest round of tests by a concern group. A water sample from Yan Ching House on Kowloon City’s Kai …
Water CS Eugene Wamalwa yesterday said 17.6 million Kenyans lack clean drinking water. He said the realisation of universal access to water appears to be a heavy task that must be performed in the next five years. Wamalwa said national water coverage is 56 per cent while sewerage coverage is …
One-hundred workers of a garments factory had to take treatment at the hospital today after drinking water from the factory canteen. The sick workers were from a factory at Konabari in Gazipur. Sub-Inspector Mobarak Hossain of Konabari Police Outpost told our Gazipur correspondent that many workers of the factory fell …
Mercury pollution in California may be coming from a surprising source: elephant seals. Scientists have found that molting elephant seals actually shed considerable amounts of mercury into coastal waters. Mercury is a major problem in the marine environment. The most toxic form of it, methyl mercury, is readily absorbed and …
Zambian villagers are taking a multinational copper mining firm to court in the UK, accusing it of poisoning their water. The BBC's Nomsa Maseko visited the area which has allegedly been polluted. Dressed in colourful sarongs and t-shirts, the women of Hippo Pool village collect their water on the banks …
Narrow pipes installed with materials welded together with lead could be responsible for excessive levels of the heavy metal found in Hong Kong water, a member of the task force set up to investigate the scandal said. Dr Chan Hon-fai, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Water Resources and Quality …
The National Green Tribunal today directed chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to attend a meeting this week for devising a plan for improving water quality in six districts of western Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the chief secretaries to be present …
The water quality at the Olympic sailing venue in Rio de Janeiro is a serious issue but will be resolved by the time the Games begin next year, Rio Organising Committee president Carlos Nuzman said on Tuesday. A scientific report carried out last month said the waters were so contaminated …
Syria's water network, heavily damaged by bombs and shelling, is at risk of collapse as its civil war drags on, increasing the threat of deadly typhoid or cholera outbreaks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday. Millions of people in Aleppo and Damascus are cut off from …
Sri Lanka's Central Environmental Authority (CEA) today temporarily revoked a suspension order it imposed on the Environmental Protection License (EPL) of the Coca-Cola beverage factory in Biyagama. The CEA last week suspended the EPL granted to the Coca-Cola beverage factory after the factory was found to be responsible for an …
The Obama administration said Monday it will dramatically limit the flushing of pharmaceutical waste at hospitals and other health care facilities as part of a larger effort to improve water quality across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency proposal, which is now open for public comment, will prevent the flushing …
China faces a "formidable task" to clean up its rivers and lakes and needs a fundamental change in attitudes to prioritize the environment over economic development at all cost, vice premier Wang Yang said. China published a water pollution prevention action plan in April, promising to improve water supplies in …
A further 86,000 households no longer have to boil their tap water after cryptosporidium was detected at a water treatment works in Preston Sunday 30 August 2015 22.16 BST Last modified on Monday 31 August 2015 00.48 BST Another 86,000 households in Lancashire have been told they no longer have …
GURGAON: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent a notice to the MCG, seeking details on the quantity of water being supplied to a residential area in Gurgaon, and to also conduct a quality test of the water before appearing for a hearing in November. The notice was sent …
The State Government failed to avail Central assistance of `128.23 crore because of delay in execution and utilisation of funds for drinking water projects. Drinking water in adequate quantity was not supplied to all people in 95 out of 106 urban areas of the State. The CAG, in its latest …
Subrata Mukherjee, Bengal's minister for panchayat and public health engineering department launched -- Pran Dhara -- a packaged drinking water which is cheaper than any other bottled water. Bengal's PHE department is producing the bottled water and will be marketing it through a private agency. Mukherjee said that chef minister …
Highly flammable Mazut oil leaked from the cool water unit of Al-the Hamra electricity station in Assiut on Friday, causing 10 water stations to close Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy announced, Saturday, a four-dimensional plan for tackling the oil leaking from an electricity pipe into the River Nile. Highly flammable …
Hawaii authorities reopened Honolulu's famed Waikiki Beach on Wednesday after water quality tests indicated the ocean was again safe for swimmers following a serious sewage spill earlier this week. Warning signs were taken down and beachgoers were again welcome in the water after bacteria levels declined significantly, the City and …
18-year-old Perry Alagappan feted at World Water Week for his groundbreaking graphene heavy-metal filter, which he will keep open-source Consumer electronics, including computers and mobiles, are leaving a legacy of toxic waste in countries including China and India. Recycling factories across Asia are recovering e-waste exported from around the world, …
A U.S. court on Thursday blocked a federal clean water rule from going into effect in certain states until a legal challenge has been resolved, handing a victory to states and business groups that have strongly opposed the regulation. The U.S. District court in North Dakota granted a preliminary injunction …
