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 …
NASHIK: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will kick-start the Clean Godavari campaign as part of the Green Kumbh in Nashik on June 27. The drive in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar is part of the green mission initiated by the Green Kumbh Committee as directed by the Bombay high court. The first such …
KOLHAPUR: The state equivalent of the national river conservation project (NRCP) is stuck in administrative lockjam with the new BJP government unwilling to pursue the previous Congress-NCP government's project. The state environment department announced the Maharashtra River Conservation Project (MRCP) in March last year on the lines of the NRCP. …
NAGPUR: The World Health Assembly of World Health Organization that concluded a few days ago expressed concern about the increasing burden of diseases and deaths due to air pollution. Health experts are worried about professionals like traffic police who are exposed to outdoor air pollution all through the day, making …
Noida: With World Environment Day on June 5, a group of scientists have expressed concern over the toxic air in Delhi and the national capital region (NCR). Speaking during an event for World Environment Day at Amity University here, the scientists suggested measures like fitting Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) in …
NASHIK: Peeved about the rampant burning of waste along the roads and the civic body's repeated claims of warning its sanitary employees against such a practice, environmental activists have now started lobbying for hefty penalty on the offenders. They want slapping of Rs 5,000 as fine on the offender on …
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stuck to its earlier order directing the Pollution Control Board to close down all polluting textile units working without a no-objection certificate (NOC) in the Sanganeer block. Effluents from these units have been polluting the Draviyawati river (Amanisha Nulla) and ground water in the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ashok Kajale & Ors. Vs M/s Godavari Bio-Refineries Ltd. & Ors. dated 19/05/2015 regarding industrial activities by M/s. Godhavari Bio-Refineries Ltd. causing ground water pollution and thereby affecting ground water quality, pollution of river Godavari and …
The Delhi Jal Board is setting up five decentralised Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) to treat effluent for non-potable purposes and bridge the demand and supply gap. According to a DJB official, a decentralised WWTP has been set up at Keshopur with a treatment capacity of 66KL/day. “Trial run of …
Amidst reports pointing at the discolouration of Taj Mahal, a parliamentary panel has recommended that a "multi-pronged" strategy be adopted to preserve the "pristine beauty" of the monument and asked the Archeological Survey of India to submit at the earliest an action plan for the same. The committee for Demands …
Officials of various departments in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), along with green activists, on Tuesday visited a stretch of the Godavari to check for sewage from nullahs released into the river. It was observed that at present, sewage from none of the 19 nullahs was being directly released into …
The Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch, petitioners in the river pollution case who were asked by the Bombay high court on April 8 to file an application regarding pollution due to sewage treatment plants, pleaded on Thursday that consumption of water from Gangapur to Nandur Madhyameshwar be prohibited till the guidelines …
EIA report claims facility will improve health and lifestyle due to scientific disposal of solid waste without negative impact PANJIM: The National Environmental Engineering and Research Institute’s Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the solid waste management facility (SWMF) at Saligao plateau, claims it will improve health and lifestyle due …
Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem. They may instead end up adding to its air pollution and cost the government a substantial sum. When two such plants in Narela and Ghazipur are about to start operations, experts at a conference organized by Toxics …
AGRA: The two-month deadline set by Parliament standing committee (PSC) on environment for the local administration to conduct a joint meeting of all the stakeholders to find more ways to reduce pollution level around the Taj Mahal is about to end but no date has yet been fixed to address …
A study has revealed the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), organic compounds resistant to environmental degradation which have been banned throughout the country, in many vegetables grown in Meerut district. These vegetables are also supplied to markets in Delhi, NCR and parts of UP. The study, conducted by NEER …
The protest against the expansion of the existing units or setting up of new units in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here is getting louder with passage of time. For instance, the Consumer Federation Tamil Nadu (CONFET) and the SIPCOT Area Community Environment Monitoring (SACEM) have been time and again voicing …
The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) has issued a draft notification to amend the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notification, 2011, allowing for reclamations and alterations to natural features such as rocks/hills in the exceptional cases of development of "memorials and monuments." The draft notification -- currently seeking …
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has submitted its rebuttal to Supreme Court on MoEF's recent affidavit that downplayed the role of vehicles in air pollution. The ministry's original affidavit had claimed vehicles contribute only 6.6% of particulate matter (PM) pollution. However, faced with criticism on the issue, it filed another …
The government's submission before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the major source of pollution in the capital was dust particles, and not vehicular emissions was dismissed on Thursday by environmental activists as ridiculous, with some even questioning the intent behind the environment ministry's stand. The ministry of environment and …
Taking potshots at corrupt politicians, Prof U.C. Mishra, director of the Health, Safety and Environment Group, BARC, said that one of the problems facing researchers in India was that politicians used research to make money for themselves which resulted in the research remaining only on paper. Prof Mishra was delivering …
