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 …
IN spite of the death of a patient and over 50 others suffering due to suspected cholera, sanitary conditions and drinking water quality continue to be in a very poor quality, the people of Muthampatti, a village in Salem district, complained to the Collector (in-charge) Kalaiarasi on Monday. The people …
BOMDILA, June 21: Come monsoon and water borne diseases like diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, typhoid, worm infestation and infective hepatitis makes their foothold and Bomdila, the house of nine thousand-plus people in its fold, is no exception. Though nothing of concern has happened yet, it is better to be prepared for …
FIVE persons, two at Yervadi in Tirunelveli district and three at Musiri in Tiruchi distrcit, died of of diarrhoea on Thursday. At T Pettai Union of Musiri taluk, three persons, including a 18-month-old baby, died and more than a hundred villagers took ill following symptoms of diarrhoea in T Pettai …
As many as 77 cases of Hepatitis ‘A’, 528 gastroenteritis and 1,300 typhoid cases have been reported from the district between January to May. According to District Surveillance Officer for Epidemic Diseases Dr A V Narayanaswamy, the doctors team has visited the places and have controlled the diseases within two …
Raipur: Those who survive the bullets in Bastar, could die of ordinary disease, as the people of Bijapur district discovered, when it took 24 hours for medical help to arrive in seven interior villages gripped by a mysterious diarrhoea like epidemic. By then, 13 people had died, including eight women …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS FIFTEEN days ago, Kamala was one of the first women at Dr Ambedkar Nagar, Aynavaram, to be diagnosed with cholera. Since then, 25 more cases of cholera have been reported from three streets in Aynavaram alone. These reports came in, despite Mayor M.Subramanian
This study was conducted to determine the etiology of diarrhoea in a hospital setting in Kolkata. Active surveillance was conducted for 2 years on two random days per week by enrolling every fifth diarrhoeal patient admitted to the Infectious Diseases and Beliaghata General Hospital in Kolkata.
ISLAMABAD (June 05 2010): Quoting the National Conservation Strategy (NCS), Economic Survey of Pakistan 2009-10 has revealed that almost 40 percent of deaths in Pakistan were caused by water borne diseases. The survey in its environmental section disclosed that unsafe water is the major contributor to the lethal diseases and …
AFTER Dindigul and Theni, now several cases of diarrhoea have been reported for a second time within two weeks near Attur in Salem district. Nearly 100 people, including children, have been suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting since Tuesday at Sadhasivapuram near Attur. According to Health Department officials, many have been …
Pune With the city having buckled under a volley of diseases during the last monsoon, particularly swine flu, the civic authorities are keeping their fingers crossed. While the health department registered a total of 240 swine flu deaths, officials at National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune Municipal Corporation and Sassoon …
ATTUR: Twenty-eight people of Sadasivapuram village near here have been admitted to hospitals complaining of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. While eight of them have been admitted to the intensive care unit of Attur Government Head Quarters Hospital, the rest are in nearby Primary Health Centres. Since Wednesday morning, the villagers …
Living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas is associated with increased childhood mortality. As city living becomes the predominant social context in low- and middle-income countries, the resulting rapid urbanization
The possible links between climate change and health form one of the most controversial topics of our time. In this interview, Dr Colin Summerhayes talks about how the world
PARADIP: A large number of villagers in Erasama and Balikuda have been affected by diarrhoea after consuming contaminated water. Worse, there are no proper medical facilities in the areas to cater to all the affected villagers. Both the villages have been reeling under acute water scarcity since long and in …
Hyderabad, May 31: With the rise in temperature and water contamination in various areas, as many as seven cholera cases have been reported in the city since the beginning of the year. Of these cases, five patients were treated at the Fever hospital in May and were later discharged. Recently, …
The Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that no packaged drinking water can be sold in the Capital without the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification mark. In an order that is going to change the entire scenario of units selling packaged water, Justice S Muralidhar said the water quality …
World Water Assessment Programme and UN-Habitat have released a joint Briefing Note 'Water for sustainable urban human settlements' highlighting critical water challenges related to today's unprecedented urban expansion
The quality of drinking-water is a powerful environmental determinant of health. Drinking-water quality management has been a key pillar of primary prevention for over one-and-a-half centuries and it continues to be the foundation for the prevention and control of waterborne diseases. WHO produces international norms on water quality and human …
