Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajat Verma Vs Member Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 07/03/2025. The matter related to chromium dumps at Rania, Kanpur Dehat, Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar and Fatehpur. Amicus Curiae in the earlier proceedings had pointed out that …
Battling odds for a bucket of drinking water - that too muddy river water - is a part of the daily grind of Chandrabhan and other villagers of Kutoli village in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh. But the story doesn't end with Kutoli. More than 2,000 villages of Madhya Pradesh …
Clean drinking water is out of reach for 4.64 crore people in rural areas in the country, says a report tabled by the Union water resources ministry in Parliament last week. In Rajasthan, 25,500 habitations or 1.09 crore people get water with chemical or bacterial contamination. Assam comes next with …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has constituted a team of scientists to conduct a year-long study of the pollution problem affecting Cuncolim industrial estate. The team will submit an interim report within three months. The team has been asked to identify specific existing or emerging water quality problems …
The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has revealed that 90 percent of the rural population lack access to safe drinking water. PCRWR officials said that only 15 percent to 18 percent of the groundwater water samples taken were safe for drinking both in urban and rural areas …
The groundwater samples collected by the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have revealed that only 15 percent to 18 percent samples were safe for drinking both in urban and rural areas of the country. PCRWR officials said that 90 percent of the population in the rural areas …
Move comes after HC flayed BWSSB for failure to check contamination The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), along with the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), is all set to test water samples of 50 borewells, including dug wells, in 110 villages on the outskirts of the City …
Moga district was once declared dark zone of state Heavy rainfall and late sowing of paddy for the past five years has helped reduce the rapid depletion of groundwater in Moga district that was once declared as a dark zone of Punjab by the Central Ground Water Board. From 2001 …
Cabinet, on Tuesday, approved establishing International Centre for Drinking Water Quality in Kolkata focusing on research and development on drinking water quality related problems. An official release said that the aim of this centre will be to work in the area of identification, mitigation and management with focus on research …
With spurt in water-borne diseases being reported every day, experts believe the level of contamination in Millennium City's water has reached alarming levels and is not fit for drinking. In South Delhi, bordering Gurgaon, one person died and more than three dozen were hospitalized on Wednesday after they reportedly consumed …
Water with impurities cause cancer, birth defects, fluorosis and miscarriages In a startling revelation, the Centre has said that as many as 15,979 rural habitations in Assam are yet to get safe drinking water. “There were 1,157 rural habitations affected with excess arsenic, 80 habitations affected with excess fluoride and …
States asked to provide alternative source of drinking water in affected areas Concerned at increasing cases of fluorosis, the Union government has asked the States to provide alternative source of drinking water to the people in areas with high concentration of fluorosis in groundwater. Fluorosis in its severe form (skeletal …
In five years, the Karnataka government spent Rs 93.54 crore to check the quality of water under the National Rural Drinking Water programme. But at the end, the scheme failed with no progress on works, lack of maintenance, planning and seepages. The net result is that a large chunk of …
ALLAHABAD: The district authorities have dispatched over 1,000 field testing kits and study materials to 20 blocks to check water quality in 1,425 villages. The district aims to check areas where ground water contains arsenic or fluoride substances. District Development Officer (DDO) RC Pandey told TOI "after dispatching water field …
GUWAHATI: Groundwater in at least 15,979 habitations in Assam is contaminated with arsenic, fluoride and iron. This was informed by B Solanki, Minister of State (independent charge) in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in reply to a question raised by AGP MP Kumar Dipak Das in the Rajya …
The humble tulsi plant, a ubiquitous presence in Indian homes, has found a unique application in the treatment of fluoride-contaminated water in Andhra Pradesh’s Nalgonda district. Trials are underway to decontaminate drinking water using tulsi (Indian basil) leaves and experts say the results are very encouraging. The process, developed by …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the state administration to take immediate corrective steps and submit an action taken report within six weeks after taking strong exception to neglect in containing skeletal and dental fluorosis cases in Garhwa. In a directive issued on Wednesday, the panel has noted …
The FM wants credit for acting on environment, but does the wrong things The "mool mantra" of Budget 2013 is inclusive and sustainable development, says Finance Minister P Chidambaram. But, as far as the environment is concerned, there is no substance in the Budget that tells us how the direction …
Finance minister P Chidambaram batted for sustainable development repeatedly in his speech, marking the arrival of the phrase in mainstream political and economic lexicon. But he backed it up with only loose change for environment and green technologies sector, though he offered some new provisions for urban environment and new …
Andhra Pradesh objects to Karnataka constructing the Paragodu barrage on a tributary of the Krishna river, but Karnataka denies violating any inter-State water-sharing agreement. Controversy over the sharing of river waters has erupted yet again, this time between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh over a clutch of irrigation and drinking water …
Jaipur: The higher level of fluoride content in water, causing dental and skeleton fluorosis, will be measured by fluoride ion meters in Jaipur. A state government report says that quality of water will further deteriorate with climate change. The medical, health and family welfare department has purchased fluoride ion meter …
