Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
As the government battles to save hydro-electric projects along the upper reaches of the Ganga from stiff opposition of religious activists, scientists from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), who endorsed claims of the river’s “unique self purification qualities” in a report last year, have now gone a step …
A study by the National Environmental Engineering Institute (NEERI) claiming that water in the Ganga has unique “anti-bacterial” properties has put a question mark on at least three important hydel projects on the Alaknanda in Uttarakhand. And forced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to depute an official emissary to explain matters …
GANDHINAGAR: Hiding their environmental lapses is soon going to get harder for Gujarat companies. The third-party environmental audit made mandatory by the Gujarat high court (HC) for certain industries is all set to get stricter. The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has recommended three major changes to the way environmental …
AHMEDABAD: The Union government has decided to set up Fluoride Mitigation Centre in the state. The Centre is likely to come up in Gandhinagar. The announcement was made at the Conference of state ministers and secretaries dealing with drinking water and sanitation. The conference was held in New Delhi. Earlier, …
New Delhi, May 27: A first-of-its-kind institute to be set up in Calcutta to research arsenic contamination of ground water in eastern India will work with technical support from a German agency. The Union rural development ministry is co-ordinating with national and international agencies to set up the proposed International …
Hearing a petition against transportation of effluents from industries manufacturing H-acid, the Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to specify particulars about such industrial units and details of sale price of their products. The MPCB has also been asked to furnish information on whether such industries …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to conduct a site inspection of mangroves in the protected Sewri Bay area. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Nitin Jamdar was suo motu hearing a PIL, taking cognizance of a complaint …
The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this controversial source of energy. But it is in India that the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl has had its most serious fallout, with public protests …
Energy security is a major challenge that needs imaginative and innovative solutions for a country like India. Therefore, options for diversification of fuels and energy sources need to be pursued vigorously to enhance the economic growth rate for socio-economic development.
MUMBAI: For a dynamic city like Mumbai, it is difficult to stop new constructions or renovations of old buildings. But it is these constructions combined with the chilly weather that are making Mumbaikars unhealthy. Certain pollution levels are more than 100% higher than the normal limits that a person should …
A US-based geologist has dismissed Maharashtra government's claim over the safety of the proposed nuclear plant site at Jaitapur, stating that the site is vulnerable to quakes. "Since Jaitapur lies in the same compressional stress regime that has been responsible for generating two major earthquakes at Latur and Koyna in …
The findings of Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, soon to be tabled before the state Assembly, show the presence of several active pharmaceutical ingredients in the effluent released by bulk drug units at Patancheru. APPCB has entrusted NEERI, Nagpur, to collect and analysis samples from the Central Effluent Treating Plant …
MUMBAI: The environment status report published by the BMC in September this year lays the blame of greater pollution levels on construction in the city. The report reiterates what has been observed for the past couple of years. A report concluded by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute last year …
More than six years after it was proposed, the civic administration has now asked the Central Government to fund the Rs 1,675 crore Mithi River Project, with a view to ease the financial burden. So far the the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the MMRDA have spent Rs 827 crore …
With a view to effectively deal with the menace of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in India and 10 neighbouring countries, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) formally inaugurated its Stockholm Convention Regional Center on POPs for Asia region in Nagpur on Monday. The Stockholm Convention on POPs is an …
Raw industrial waste killing Yamuna, corroding sewer lines Untreated effluents from industries making their way into the sewers and eventually reaching the Yamuna are not only killing the river but are also said to be behind the rapid corrosion of the city's sewer lines. The Delhi Jal Board, which is …
The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), appointed by the Supreme Court to conduct a macro-level environment impact assessment study report of Bellary district in Karnataka in view of widespread illegal iron ore mining, has recommended measures with far-reaching implications. The study has found large-scale damage to the …
This document contains the presentation by Swapnil G Sanmukh et al, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur on “The phage-host interaction as a model for studying carbon regulation in aquatic system” during Second National Research Conference on Climate Change, organized by the Centre for Science and Environment, IIT Delhi …
PANJIM: Goa government, had forwarded an application to Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to renew the deemed mining lease of M/s Shantilal Khushaldas & Bros Pvt Limited, in July 2011, by violating its own moratorium. As per the information put up on the website of MoEF, through July 21, …
NPCIL told to submit evidence to back safety claims If the commissioning of the first two units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) has been stalled by protests from locals backed by the State government, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is sweating it out with the Union …
