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 …
The rash of leptospirosis cases in Mumbai during the current monsoon points towards the gradual breakdown of health services in burgeoning metropolises Another monsoon has crossed Mumbai coast and a second round of leptospirosis among other water-borne diseases has taken its toll. The epidemic has claimed around 40 lives so …
About half of Cameroon's rural population and some 42 per cent of urban residents have no access to potable water, according to the country's ministry of mines, water and power. "Waterborne diseases such as amoebic infections, typhoid fever and malaria are common as people are forced to drink the contaminated …
It is a story that the Indian administrative set up has learned to mouth mindlessly every year after floods wreak havoc. All governments in states affected by the recent floods are blaming the respective governments upstream for causing deforestation and not going ahead with dam projects across major rivers. As …
if an efficient water management system is guaranteed, people are willing to pay for clean water. According to a study carried out by Purnamita Dasgupta of the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, out of the 603 under-privileged families surveyed, 72.88 per cent said they would like to pay for …
The future adequacy of freshwater resources is difficult to assess, owing to a complex and rapidly changing geography of water supply and use. Numerical experiments combining climate model outputs, water budgets, and socioeconomic information along digitized river networks demonstrate that (i) a large proportion of the world's population is currently …
the Third European Conference on Environment and Health was recently organised in London. Ministers of health and environment from 51 countries, non-governmental organisations and professionals participated in the meet. The theme for this year's conference was Environment and Health in Partnership: Implementations of Actions for the 21st century. Originally six …
it is only May, but Delhi is already under the grip of jaundice and diarrhoea. Such water-borne diseases generally happen during mid summer but the number of cases have already started rising. Doctors in the capital have warned that the situation can get worse if immediate steps are not taken. …
This paper discusses the political circumstances which help explain why the insanitary living conditions of such a large section of India’s urban population have been ignored, and contrasts these with the circumstances which explain successful sanitary reform in Britain in the second half of the 19th century. In India, there …
several mineral water sachets in Chennai have been found with coliform bacteria. Recently, the health department of the Chennai Corporation had conducted a survey to determine the quality of different brands of soft drinks and mineral water sold in Tamil Nadu. After studying nearly 191 samples, the corporation has found …
drinking water in south Delhi is severely contaminated, warn scientists at the All India Institute of Medical sciences ( aiims ). They have found that despite using chlorine for disinfection, there are alarming pervalence of disease-causing amoeba, bacteria, parasites, and larvae of insects in drinking water. Sarman Singh at the …
UDAIPURDefiled Udaipur's five lakes depict the saga of degradation and the apathy of the state government and citizens P L AGARWAL udaipur is a beautiful city surrounded by the Aravalli hills and five lakes - Pichola, Fatehsagar, Rangsagar, Swaroopsagar and the smaller Dudh Talai. Though outwardly Udaipur looks serene with …
• Finalisation of master plan of Udaipur city, setting apart adequate areas for construction of hotels and prohibiting new construction within 200m of the lakes. • Diversion of all sewage and waste water from the lakes to a fully functional sewage system, which has one or more sewage treatment plants. …
Lake Pichola was constructed first between 1382 and 1418 by a Banjara chief and later an embankment was constructed by Maharana Udai Singh in 1560. While its original depth was 18 m, it is now reduced to between 4.5 and 8 m. Pichola has two beautiful island buildings
R SRIKKANTH The stinking stretch of polluted water that separates the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh is the historic Hussain Sagar lake situated in the heart of the 400 year old Hyderabad city. The lake which once received unpolluted water from upper reaches of river Musi, …
This paper attempts to present the linkages between irrigated agriculture, human health and the environment based on a review of data available from Sri Lanka.
Scientists have identified Helico- bacter pylori, a bacteria that causes stomach ulcers, in contaminated water, thus giving a clue to the source of infection. Earlier studies were unable to detect the presence of Hpylori in the environment, but its strong link with drinking water was never discounted. Preliminary results of …
RESIDENTS of Savitri Nagar in south Delhi are suffering from water-borne diseases and don't know who to turn to. They blame the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Undertaking (DWSSDU) for the deaths of eight people, apparently brought about by these diseases, but the authorities disclaim responsibility. Hundreds of other …
