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 …
Two billion tons of human and animal waste and industrial pollution are dumped into waterways every day around the world, according to reports released in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 17th annual World Water Day
While many hotels and residential homes have been accused of discharging sewage water in open spaces, the PWD now seems to be following in their footsteps. It should have been treating sewage in a scientific manner, but the PWD Sewage Pumping Station 1 located behind Pai Hospital has been accused …
THE untreated sewerage water of the cities is a big problem in Punjab with its stink making life a hell for the urbanites. With no treatment facilities at most of the places, water flows through open nullahs and pollute the water bodies, including rivulets, water streams and even the rivers. …
The risk of gastrointestinal illness to swimmers from fresh sewage and non-sewage fecal sources at recreational beaches was predicted using quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). The QMRA estimated the probability of illness for accidental ingestion of recreational water with a specific concentration of fecal indicator bacteria, here the geometric mean …
The Himachal government accepted in the Assembly on Wednesday that the jaundice outbreak in Shimla was an outcome of the contamination of drinking water with sewerage water in various residential localities. The government also revealed the poor condition of sewerage disposal in the town and stated that of the nearly …
Mumbai: The already delayed Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project may be even further delayed as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is up against a rather peculiar problem. The civic administration does not know just how to dispose of the sludge resulting from the treatment of sewage water for non-potable purposes. The …
With an aim to upgrade the sewage system of Allahabad, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has sanctioned over Rs 315 crore project for this holy city.
The river Yamuna, having been declared dead with its water all poisonous from 22 drains from all over Delhi feeding 800 million gallons of sewage into it per day, can kill a healthy human being. It's the rapid industrialisation that is helping the inevitable pollute to the river, pointed out …
In the 1850s, the Thames in London was so polluted and stinking that the Parliament had to be shifted away from the river, says Robert Oates, director of the Thames River Restoration Trust. A century and half on, the river is much cleaner and Britain, he says, is now investing …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) are in trouble for supplying untreated sewage water to Lodhi Garden for horticulture purposes. Having failed to respond to a notice issued to them by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) in December, the …
In its ongoing efforts to keep the Yamuna river clean, the Centre has okayed a major interceptor sewer project for the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Ministry of Urban Development will provide 35 per cent cost of the project under the JNNURM, while the rest …
Despite the cleanup in October, the canal has returned to its filthy state } RESIDENT organisations, eco-activists and students formed a human chain on Tuesday to highlight the pollution of Virugambakkam canal and the need to preserve the waterway. Continuous dumping of waste by residents and commercial establishments in the …
Once a sprawling green area, Sanjay Van is now a shadow of its glorious past. Trees like the vilayati kikar have destroyed native plants and sewage has turned a large portion of this reserve forest into a swamp Neha Lalchandani | TNN Its main gate from Aruna Asaf Ali Marg …
Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi January 14, 2010, 0:10 IST The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) plans to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for projects to control municipal and industrial sewage generated in the country. The SPV, a joint venture between the Centre and the states, will …
Thirty five cities in India are pumping as much as 7,604 million litres of sewage daily straight into rivers, notably the Ganga, and the sea. A new report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on water consumption and sewage disposal patterns shows that the biggest cities in India are …
