Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Mayor B S Sathyanarayana on Sunday announced an allocation of Rs 2.5 crore for overall development of Dorekere lake in Uttarahalli. He made the announcement during his inspection of the lake on Sunday following death of several silver-line fish in the water body, earlier in the week due to mixing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ashok Mittal & Others Vs. NCT of Delhi & Others dated 30/05/2014 regarding pollution of river Yamuna resulting from the drains sewage.
College students in the garrison city are being forced to drink water tainted with sewage, contaminated due to a faulty sewerage system which has been mixing effluent with the water supply lines in at least eight colleges of Rawalpindi. A letter available with Dawn reveals that the education department has …
PM-elect Narendra Modi is yet to take Oath of Office but the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has already started making efforts to bring his promises to fruition. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), functioning under the MoEF, has called a meeting of its members to review the …
In a worrying trend, lakhs of people have fallen prey to diarrhoea this year after drinking ‘unsafe’ water supplied by the municipal authorities and eating at unauthorized roadside eateries in the state. Worrying statistics obtained from the Directorate of Health (DoH) reveal that an astounding 4.96 lakh diarrhoea cases have …
In case of non-compliance within three months, the state urban development department will take control the affairs of Ulhasnagar. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) to divert a nullah to avoid the discharge of sewage and effluent from the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) …
MARGAO: Hotels and restaurants dotting the banks of River Sal at Mobor-Cavelossim and along the Assolna-Velim belt will soon come under the scanner of the Goa State Pollution Control Board against the backdrop of large scale death of clams in the river. When GSPCB Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha made his …
Monitoring and reducing man-made pollution by improving sanitation infrastructure for the fisheries sector in River Sal is necessary to ensure sustainable development of both marine bio-diversity and human economic development, a three-member technical team has suggested. The team which studied the mass mortality of 'tisreo' (clams) in Sal recently has …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanshakti Vs MPCB dated 12/05/2014 regarding solid waste disposal in Ulhasnagar city. The Tribunal also noted that some of the municipal sewage is discharged in Valdhuni river, Ulhas river, Ulhas creek, without treatment, ranging between zero …
In the last four days, residents of a few areas in Chennai have complained of contaminated drinking water supply. On Tuesday, residents of Buchammal Street in New Washermenpet protested as officials had failed to respond to their year-long demand to replace old drinking water pipelines. “We have been getting contaminated …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) Ajay Pandey @ Baba v. State of M.P. & Ors. dated 07/05/2014 regarding sewage pollution of Dal Sagar Island Lake, Seoni town, Madhya Pradesh. Original Order
Residents of R.K. Naidu Layout say sumps had to be cleaned Residents of R.K. Naidu Layout, off Thadagam Road, had a bad Sunday evening and Monday morning when they realised that the water the Coimbatore Corporation was contaminated with sewage. The residents said that not many residents in apartments realised …
Residents of Khernagar in Bandra (E) can finally look forward to clean drinking water from their taps. After nearly 18 months of finding sewage traces in their water supply, the residents were relieved to see BMC engineers at work, zeroing in on the leak. The culprit? A hotel in the …
Once a beautiful water body that attracted scores of visitors, Badkhal Lake is now only a piece of dry land, dependent completely on rainwater.Dry and dirty - the Capital's water bodies are dying. With encroachments, sewage and concrete constructions all over them, these reservoirs portray yet another picture of ineptitude …
The civic administration on Tuesday assured corporators that the work of diverting the nullahs flowing directly into the Rankala Lake will start next week. The sewage discharge has polluted the water body and led to rampant growth of algae. The assurance was made during a meeting of the Kolhapur Municipal …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday restrained the Delhi Government, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the Delhi Jal Board from releasing or storing any sewage or sludge in and around water bodies at Dhirpur, a village rich in wetlands. The order of the NGT came on a petition alleging …
Orders immediate steps to stop the discharge of untreated sewage into the drain Submit a compliance report within a period of seven days of the receipt of the notice After sufficient forewarning, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has raised the red flag, issuing directions to the Airport Authority …
BWSSB's threat of disconnecting water supply turns hollow The BWSSB chairman, M S Ravishankar, has admitted that the board had not been able to disconnect water supply in case of non-compliance. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is yet to attain success in the City, although the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board …
Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has referred a complaint regarding the unauthorized extension of sewage and waste water pipes by some Penha da Franca residents through a newly-constructed retaining wall into the River Mandovi to the health department. Board officials inspected the site recently and referred the matter to …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Jal Mahal Resorts P. Ltd. Vs K.P. Sharma & Ors dated 25/04/2014 regarding cancellation of an Environment and Monument Improvement/Preservation and Tourism Development Project at Jaipur by declaring it as illegal which was awarded to the petitioner/appellant Jal Mahal …
