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 …
Kochi In an effort to standardise prices of packaged drinking water bottles, the Kerala Bottled Water Manufacturers Association today fixed the maximum retail price (MRP) for one litre at Rs 15. "The decision ... is in the backdrop of consumers being fleeced by shop owners by charging exorbitant prices on …
Pollution incidents in the water industry rose from 65 in 2010 to 120 in 2011, Environment Agency says The number of serious incidents of pollution in the water sector almost doubled last year, a report by the Environment Agency showed on Thursday. Overall, serious industrial pollution incidents across all sectors …
US giant wants India to become one of its top 5 global mkts; to invest . 200 crore Beverages giant Coca-Cola plans to build the country’s biggest production facility for packaged water in Gujarat for more than . 200 crore, an official involved in the development said. The Greenfield plant …
The Baroda District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited popularly known as Baroda Dairy will revive its Narmada Neer project which is lying on deathbed since a year. The district co-operative dairy union will bring Narmada Neer bottles and pouches back on the shelf before first week of October. The dairy …
Year-on-year increases in the number of new micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) set up in Uttarakhand over the last four years show that the hill industrial policy is slowly yielding results in the state. The policy came into effect in 2008 to encourage the growth of MSMEs. The government …
Unauthorised bottled water business is thriving in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, as the authorities concerned have failed to implement the relevant laws to curb the production of bottled water by the unregistered companies. Expressing concern over mushroom growth of illegal water (mineral) plants, sources said that most …
Water treated for impurities so as to make it potable does not involve transformation of water into a different commercial product known to the market, the litmus test applied for determining whether a product is liable to excise duty or not, held the Customs, Excise and Service tax appellate tribunal …
While bottles of mineral water are increasingly becoming a major cause of pollution, not much is being done about it. A reason for this is that the entire focus of Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, is on polythene bags and their thickness and that the rules to ensure …
If you think you are consuming packaged water and thus you are safe, you may be wrong. The report card of the State Health Department on water samples shows that water could be substandard, even if it is stored in a sealed container. Of the eight packaged drinking water samples …
The State government on Tuesday informed the Karnataka High Court that 564 mineral and packaged drinking water units in the State were functioning without the ISI certification and only 224 such units had ISI certification from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). This information was given to a Division Bench comprising …
“Science-based” standards are an integral part of modern regulatory systems. Studies on “public understanding of science” mostly focus on high technology areas in advanced economies. In contrast, the present study analyses the public understanding of regulation in the context of standard-setting for bottled water quality in India. Using primary data, …
Hearing on report submitted by Ombudsman for Devaswoms A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State government to address the court on the issue of initiating action to prevent pollution in and around Sabarimala. The Bench comprising Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice K. Vinod …
A new water reuse approach being taken by the Coca-Cola Company could save as much as 100bn litres of water annually if implemented across its global bottling plants, says the company. By recovering water from bottling facilities, rather than following a standard treatment and discharge process, Coca-Cola says it can …
The consumption of bottled water in India has shown a jump of 21 per cent in the last fiscal but the country is still far behind as compared to global average, according to a research recently conducted by leading marketing firm IKON. The per capita consumption of bottled water in …
Even though the Indian Railways has taken over the catering service it has not been able to implement its policy on the desired lines and the problem of drinking water continues to be acute and a matter of concern in stations and moving trains. The Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by …
Premachandran sees attempt to push through neoliberal reforms A high-level consultative meeting and seminar on the draft National Water Policy 2012 here on Wednesday expressed concern over several of its features, calling for a cautious approach and serious thoughts on the actual objectives for amending the existing policy. The former …
Unauthorised manufacturing units mushroom as consumption goes up by 15% Areas abutting the city are increasingly dotted with packaged drinking water industrial units. A minimum of 30 plants have come up over the last year in the neighbouring districts. The rising demand for water this summer has also paved the …
India, to put it euphemistically, is awash in its own ‘crap’ — a word derived from old Dutch to mean excrement. While accurate to an alarming degree, coming soon after the euphoria over the Agni missile tests, the discomfiture is evident. Till recently, collective India preferred to do the ostrich …
With water crisis slowly taking on alarming proportions, substandard packaged drinking water, without proper labels and ISO certification and quality checks, are more freely available in the market, raising risks of contracting water-borne diseases. With the Water Board failing to supply adequate safe drinking water, residents are forced to buy …
The Pakistan Council Of Research In Water Resources (PCRWR) has said that drinking water quality is deteriorating continually due to biological contamination from human waste, chemical pollutants from industries and agricultural inputs. According to the report issued by the PCRWR, piped water also gets contaminated because pipes are laid very …
