Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Pradesh Youth Congress (OPYC) has warned that it will launch a statewide agitation if the State Government failed to check spread of cholera in the backward district of the State. In a statement, OPYC president Pradip Majhi criticised the State Government for its inaction even though 140 …
Bhubaneswar: The 'vibrio cholerae' bacteria was detected in water sources of Southern Rayagada district where at least 34 people have died of diarrhoea in last two months, official sources said on Thursday. Of the 16 water samples examined at the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here, six tested positive to …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today decided to continue with the scheme to provide financial incentives to the tribal patients to draw them to hospitals. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. Naveen reviewed the situation in the southern tribal districts …
JAMMU, Sept 7: The core committee meeting of Samajwadi Party expressed serious concern over failure of State Government in containing of water borne diseases in the entire region of Chenab valley, here today. The meeting under its president Sheikh Abdul Rehman at party office said that some fresh cases of …
The Yamuna River, which flows through the heart of India’s capital city, is one of the holiest rivers in Hindu mythology. It’s also one of the most polluted rivers in the world, absorbing more than 200 million gallons of sewage from the city each day. This story takes us to …
Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma today said that the government was taking preventive measures to check gastroenteritis and declared that after fixing responsibility, strict action would be taken against the guilty for the outbreak of the epidemic in Doda.
By Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Sept 1: Even as the sudden fall has been reported in the number of diarrhoea cases both at Doda and Banihal, the Central team today recommended regular tests of drinking water at consumer points and utmost precaution for next three to four months to prevent recurrence …
BERHAMPUR: Dysentery has struck Bissamcuttack block in Rayagada district with a vengeance. Ten persons of four villages in the block have died, sources said adding six have died in five days, including an infant, in Gadaba village. According to sources, the disease was first reported from Gayalkana village when two …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS Chennai Consumption of contaminated water is the main reason for increased reports of the disease across Vyasarpadi, Tiruvotriyur and Tondiarpet, as more than 20 have been admitted with diarrhoeal disorders in the past one week CHOLERA cases have been increasingly reported in the city for the …
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: As over 30 fresh suspected cases of cholera and gastroenteritis were reported in Kashmir, the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department today issued guidelines for creating public awareness to combat the epidemic. After reports of hundreds of patients complaining of cholera and gastroenteritis like symptoms in Kupwara, Budgam …
By Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Aug 29: With no respite from the diarrhoea epidemic in the mountainous and vast Doda district mainly caused by contaminated water, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry is deputing its team to the district tomorrow to inspect water resources and suggest corrective measures to tackle the …
Rajahmundry, Aug. 24: To ensure proper maintenance of sanitation and supply of chlorinated water, authorities in the Godavari districts are taking up a drive from August 30 to September 15. Following reports of an increasing number of cases of seasonal fevers, the state government issued directions to organise a drive. …
In view of the looming threats from Swine Flu and Malaria, the Urban Administration and Development Minister Shri Babulal Gaur has directed the Urban Administration Department Commissioner Shri S. M. Mishra to start cleanliness and public awareness campaign by the urban bodies. The Commissioner immediately issued instructions to all the …
United States has provided $1.5 million of funding to UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) agency to help it establish an additional 40 treatment centres to fight water-borne diseases in the 'high risk' flood-affected areas of Pakistan. The grant brings to 55 the number of US-funded treatment centres in the hardest …
Thorur (Warangal), Aug. 18: Diarrhoea deaths in rural parts of Warangal continue unabated. On Wednesday, a tribal youth named Banoth Seenu, 25, an agricultural labourer in Somaramkunta thanda in Thorur mandal, fell to the disease bringing the official death toll to six in the district. In a span of 15 …
Anita Joshua Cholera cases reported in Swat Valley Concern over second wave of deaths ISLAMABAD: As flood waters continue to wreak havoc in the southern parts of the country, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) on Wednesday expressed grave concern about the health hazards posed by receding water amid reports of …