Sewage Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

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 …

Hotel still continues to release raw sewage in Colva nullah

Even as the Colva gram sabha was deliberating on the issue of sewage disposal on Sunday, a hotel establishment

Pollution Board checks sewage disposal at Colva hotels

The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Thursday conducted random checking of hotels and restaurants in Colva to check the compliance of measures to contain sewage disposal into the storm water drains. Information reveals that Board officials inspected as many as 12 hotels on Thursday and found that some of …

Concern over pollution of Wards Lake

Shillong: The former MLA PM Syiem has expressed concern over the deteriorating condition of Ward

Water contamination forcing migration

Large number of people in Kanakapura are migrating to Bangalore and other cities of late. Reason: Sewerage water from Bangalore has been flowing into the town and contaminating the ground water. Congress

Chemical effluents destroying Gulf of Mannar biosphere

S Raja | ENS Ramanathapuram, CHEMICAL effluents from small units and sewage from residential areas and hotels are all finding their way into the Gulf of Mannar thereby polluting the water which is home to variety of marine species and rich coral reefs. As the pollution goes on unchecked, this …

Industrial sewage has been a major pollutant

MUMBAI: The survey of coastal waters suggests that the influx of industrial waste into inner estuarine zones-tidal areas where the sea meets rivers-should be discouraged for new industries. Stringent measures are also suggested for the treatment of effluents that are presently released into the sea without any controls. The study, …

PCB warns establishments against discharging waste in the Colva creek

Tightening the screws on hotels and restaurants discharging sewage waste in the creek, the Goa State Pollution Control Board will now carry out random raids on the establishments as many owners denied discharging waste in the water bodies. Pollution Control Board officials told representatives of 12 hotels and restaurants that …

Will authorities plug sewage discharge into Colva creek?

Nature might have cleaned up the contaminated Colva creek of the sewage and other waste, but are the authorities geared up to ensure that no further sewage finds its way into the water body? Well, ask the Colva Panchayat and the panchayat secretary says that the local body has issued …

Colleges take up study on effects of water pollution

Kharar, June 13 Chandigarh Group of Colleges has undertaken an initiative to study effect of polluted water in the villages of Ferozepur district situated on Sutlej-Beas confluence. For this, water samples from the confluence as well as hand pumps of Rasulpur village of Makhu block in Ferozepur district have already …

Barges to be checked for sewage facilities

After taking on cruise boats operating in the Mandovi River for releasing sewage in the river, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will now check on barges to verify if they have adequate sewage facilities. About 11 cruise boats operating in the Mandovi basin were slapped with show cause notices …

Ghaziabad raises a stink

Its proximity to the Capital might have actually caused more damage to Ghaziabad than good. While it was busy dealing with its own pollution mess, a large part of Delhi

Clean Ganga by 2020, says Prime Minister

Asserting that the UPA government was committed to cleaning up the Ganga, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said no untreated waste and industrial effluents would flow into the river by 2020.

Ganga drive stuck in political quagmire

Sahebganj, May 30: A Rs 800-crore master project to de-pollute the holy Ganga here is hanging in the balance, courtesy the political instability in the state. Under the project, the Sahebganj district administration had earlier proposed a sewerage system, underground huge drains and electric crematoriums both at Sahebganj and Rajmahal …

Dyeing units still discharge water into Ganga

Allahabad High Court has directed saree industial units not to discharge coloured water into sewer that ultimately fall into the national river Binay Singh | TNN Varanasi: Millions of rupees were already spent in the past and investment of huge funds is currently being made to clean the national river …

Wildflower Hall gets notice for polluting water

Rakesh Lohumi Acting swiftly on the complaints of local villagers, the state pollution control board today issued a show-cause notice to the Wildflower Hall hotel of the Oberoi chain on the outskirts of the city for flouting environmental norms and contaminating natural water sources by discharging partially treated sewage effluent …

Colva pyat to plug discharge holes of hotels releasing waste into creek

Facing an uphill task to crack a whip against erring hotel establishments, the Colva Panchayat has decided to plug the sewage discharge holes of all establishments releasing waste waters in the Colva creek, storm water drains and fields. At a meeting held on Monday, the Colva Panchayat has decided to …

Beware, toxins in your plate

Depleting groundwater forces farmers to use sewerage water laced with industrial pollutants for irrigation Gurdeep Singh Mann So you think the

Govt agencies task cut off to save Colvas ecology: GSPCB

Will the various government agencies at least now put their act together and get down to the serious business of putting an end to environment degradation with the Goa State Pollution Control Board compiling a damning report on the state of affairs in Colva? Well, even the Pollution Board is …

Three workers die due to toxic gas in manhole

Three cleaners who went into a manhole in a banquet hall at Adarsh Nagar area died from toxic gases on Tuesday afternoon. According to the police, the incident was reported to them around 1.35 pm from Badhai Banquet Hall. The police said that while two of the victims had gone …

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