The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday said it has served closure orders on 92 illegal packaged drinking units functioning around the city. The National Green Tribunal Bench comprising Justice M.Chockalingam and Prof.R.Nagendran was hearing a case it had taken up on its own based on a news …
Expressing displeasure over the “inaction” of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) against illegal packaged drinking units in the city, the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench on Tuesday, asked TNPCB’s member-secretary to appear before it and provide explanation. On March 5, the Bench took note of a news item …
If you think packaged water is safe to consume, think again!. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has raised suspicions on the quality of bottled water being sold in the market and asked the apex food regulator to determine the chemical content of bottled water and report back to him in …
Most of us have the habit of drinking water right out of bubble-top cans without qualms. But is the canned ‘mineral water’ safe enough? No, if you were to go by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)’s dossier. In an affidavit filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the …
The bottled water you are consuming either at home or outside isn't necessarily drinkable as it may not be processed involving standard procedure. The packaged water one may be consuming could possibly just be tap water or ground water. Out of nearly 53 bottling plants supplying packaged water in city, …
Food safety authorities announced on Friday that plans to create new, unified national standards on bottled drinking water are under way - a move that experts believe is crucial to ensure the product's safety. The National Health and Family Planning Commission is speeding up its consolidation of current standards on …
About one third of bottled water sold in Beijing is measured by quality standards set by the producers, the Beijing News reported on Thursday. A unified national standard for bottled water is lacking in China, and enterprises adopt different standards, including those made by ministries, local governments and the producers. …
Formation of Kerala Drinking Water Supply Company Ltd. On April 9, Ponnath Devarajan, city councillor for Marad, a communally sensitive fishing hamlet that faces water shortage, moved a resolution before the Kozhikode Corporation Council against a government order for forming Kerala Drinking Water Supply Company Ltd. He said the company, …
MNS has now decided to target the Rs 1,500-crore bottled water industry in the state. Questioning its profits, the party wants bottled water manufacturers to adopt drought-hit districts or supply water to such villages. MNS workers led by Rita Gupta, vice-president of the party women wing, gheroed the Bisleri head …
The National Green Tribunal, which had directed for the closure of 34 packaged water plants in Noida and Greater Noida, has now directed for the formulation of methods by which the industries can operate without adversely impacting the environment. The tribunal passed the directions on Tuesday after a number of …
Proposed plant plans to use water from the Yamuna river, which also provides water to five hydel power projects in Uttarakhand. Reports that Coca-Cola plans to use surface water from Yamuna for its upcoming bottling plant near Dehradun have raised concern about power production from hydel projects on the river. …
Mumbai: Even as politicians are busy criticizing Ajit Pawar’s jeering comment on drought, water stocks in all the dams in Marathwada touched the lowest level ever on Tuesday. Going by the information released by the water resources department on Tuesday, stock in all the dams in the entire Marathwada region …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Thursday directed the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Deputy Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Southern Region, to submit a detailed report on packaged drinking water units operating in and around the city, deviations and …
Residents to get 20-litre cans at Rs. 12; novel project to boost local body’s income Amidst the growing popularity of packaged drinking water, Mudichur panchayat near Tambaram has ventured into a novel project of supplying purified water in 20-litre cans at a subsidised price to its residents. The panchayat will …
The government has filed 33 cases against water bottling plants in the first four months of current fiscal year 2012-13. Bottled water is a major problem sector with regards to public health, said senior food officer of Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) Promod Koirala. DFTQC filed 25 …
Are the mineral water cans you are buying for drinking purpose really safe? Is the packaged water meeting the standard guidelines of Food Safety Act? The answers are coming in negative as at least 25 Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants in Madurai district are yet to obtain the mandatory licence from …
Noida: Adopting a stern outlook on wastage of groundwater by packaged water companies, the National Green Tribunal has sought details of all such factories operating in the Noida-Greater Noida region. Aclarification has been sought asto whether such industries have the consent of the authorities of the twin cities and the …
A plea to the district authorities to check over exploitation of ground water by a bottling plant at Suriyur in Tiruverumbur union on the outskirts was made at the district panchayat council meeting on Thursday. Raising the issue at the council meeting, chaired by T.Rajathi, chairperson, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam member …
Water, water everywhere -- just not in plastic bottles, says a town in the US state of Massachusetts. A law passed by the town of Concord went into effect with the New Year, making single-serving bottles of water illegal. The ban is intended to encourage use of tap water and …
Faced with the startling data that only 224 out of the estimated 788 packaged drinking water manufacturing units in the State operate with ISI certification, the High Court on Friday directed companies without that seal of quality to apply for licences before the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) within 15 …
