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 …
Agra: Acting on directions of the state government, the Agra administration has recommended that the 250-meter radius surrounding the Soor Sarovar Bird Santuary be declared an eco-sensitive zone. While the move is being welcomed by industrialists whose business was suffering in absence of such a recommendation, environmentalists oppose the decision …
The Water Resources Ministry today urged Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar not to extend the June 30 deadline for installing real-time monitoring of effluents by the polluting industries along Ganga river basin. In a letter to Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, the Union water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation ministry …
Even as private power producers with untied capacity are hoping to sign power purchase agreement (PPAs) with two states — Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh — they are anxious tariff levels could be unprofitable given the large surplus of power available. The Andhra Pradesh government has announced it is looking …
The U.P. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said that it has found detergent in one of the samples of milk picked from Mother Dairy’s collection centres, a claim contested by the Delhi-based company. “Results showed that the samples were sub-standard and one of the two contained detergent,” U.P. FDA …
BIJNOR: In the event of continuing power cuts, the collectorate will soon have a massive 15 kilo watt (KW) solar panel installed. The panel is also expected to reduce pollution levels caused by diesel generators. Set up under the Solar Mission scheme of the Central government, it will come at …
KANPUR: Tannery owners of Kanpur Nagar have demanded to extend the monitoring date fixed by the Central and state pollution control boards. A delegation of tannery owners association met advocate general Veer Bahadur Singh on Saturday and lamented that due to closure of their units between February to June, machines …
In Mahoba, one of Bundelkhand's most backward districts, a bank goes to the doorstep of the poorest to turn the idea of `right to food' into a reality . Managed by a group of 40 youngsters and 5 elders, the `roti bank' gives home-cooked rotis and vegetables to the needy …
AGRA: As many as 21 of the 41 drains (nullahs) in the city directly discharge sewage into the river Yamuna instead of being routed through a treatment plant, according to Jal Nigam officials. Moreover, the condition of the remaining 20 nullahs which are connected to a treatment plant overflow during …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has directed a principal committee, constituted by it, to hold a meeting to determine the environmental flow of Yamuna from Hatnikhund barrage in Haryana up to Agra in Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the committee, headed by …
KANPUR: The tannery owners of Jajmau have rejected the proposal of zero discharge treatment plant to save Ganga from pollution. They alleged that officials are involved in discharging untreated tannery affluents into the holy river and blame them for polluting Ganga. Rejecting the zero discharge system, the tannery owners said …
Gomti has gone dry in its upper catchment. The river has lost its tributaries in all the districts through which it flows, except in Sitapur where Sarayan and Gon supplement it. In Lucknow, Behta, which augmented Gomti, has shrunk considerably and needs urgent conservation. Flowing 150km from its origin in …
UP Food Safety sends more for tests; no charges pressed yet. Food safety authorities in Fatehpur district have swung into action after carbonate compounds were found in milk samples reportedly meant for manufacturing Amul packaged milk at one of its village-level collection centres. The use of any foreign agent in …
GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) said on Wednesday it will file an FIR about land-filling and land-grabbing on the banks of the Hindon river. A day after TOI published a report on what district magistrate Vimal Kumar Sharma agreed was an attempt to grab land on the flood zone …
ALIGARH: For villagers of Chhota Jawan, adjacent to the Harduaganj Thermal Power Plant, Qasimpur, about 18 km from Aligarh city, there is no escaping the ashes. They wait for a time when they can, like the mythical Phoenix, "rise from the ashes". So heavy is the air in this village …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 10/06/2015 regarding pollution in river Yamuna. The Tribunal in its order noted that there was an agreement signed between the States of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, UP, Haryana, Delhi …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s D.S.M. Sugar Distillery Division, Asmoli Vs. Shailesh Singh & Others dated 10/06/2015 regarding industrial pollution caused by D.S.M Sugar Mills, Asmoli, Uttar Pradesh.
VK Pandey’s team in Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state, randomly picked about a dozen packs of Nestle’s Maggi instant noodles for a series of tests. The results showed that lead levels breached official limits, triggering a recall across a swathe of India and import bans in Nepal and Singapore. “We …
About 76% of e-waste workers in India are suffering from respiratory ailments like breathing difficulties, irritation, coughing, and choking. Most of these persons are engaged in various e-waste (electronic waste) activities. All recyclers and dismantlers are suffering from breathing problems such as asthma and bronchitis and have a detrimental effect …
GHAZIABAD: Tonnes of garbage is regularly being carried to the banks of the Hindon river, near Nandi Park along Raj Nagar Extension Road, and dumped there, allegedly for land filling. A large part of the garbage is also being burned at the site on a daily basis, creating large-scale air …
VARANASI: The supply of contaminated water in various localities across the city is threatening the lives of the people. Patients suffering from water-borne diseases, especially diarrhoea are visiting the OPDs of government hospitals daily. Over 50% patients visiting government hospitals are prone to water-borne diseases. Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) claims …
