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 …
With adulteration of milk being a widespread problem in India, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a handy device to detect the presence of harmful additives in milk. The Automated System for Detection of Adulterated Milk, christened Ksheer Scanner, has been developed by scientists at the …
KANPUR: Basic amenities would be extended to city slums under the Rajiv Awaas Yojana. For this, a daylong workshop on "Slum-free city plan of action" was organized for corporators on Monday. The speakers not only educated the corporators on Rajiv Awaas Yojana but also informed them about the parameters by …
ALLAHABAD: Feeding on supply of contaminated water, water-borne diseases are again raising its heads in large pockets of Old South and West City. The Old City area, including Khuldabad, Sultanpur Bhawa, Kydganj, Dariyabad, Rani Mandi, Kareli, Kalyani Devi and Meerapur are the worst affected. Owing to inaction on the part …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Anr. Vs Union of India & Ors regarding unauthorized and illegal constructions raised on the flood plain of river Yamuna dated 20/05/2013.
Haryana has agreed to release more raw water to Delhi from Tajewala out of the share of Uttar Pradesh in the Yamuna and this would help the Capital city in generation of more water at its Sonia Vihar and Bhagirathi water treatment plants, where the treatment had been affected due …
Lathi maar maar ke utha lehale anshan wahe/ daktar sahib soochna pahuchain naye mukhyamantri se bataiye da/ hum aapan zamin na dewai/ hame na chahi kuch tumhara . (Police beat protesting farmers and remanded them/We heard a new CM is coming to hear us/Tell him we won’t give up our …
ALLAHABAD: The UP pollution control board has decided to monitor the water quality of Ganga and Yamuna on a weekly basis. They would conduct weekly test and analysis of the quality of water. Regional officer, UPPCB, Allahabad, Mohd Sikandar said "weekly monitoring is already underway." Ganga water is being monitored …
A month after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav himself wrote a letter requesting speedy approval for Mulayam's dream project of setting up a Lion Safari in Fisher Forest at Etawah, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given permission to start construction for the project. On July 1 last …
This paper provides an ethnographic account of the changing facets of marginality for the Musahars of Uttar Pradesh. It takes a close look at how their identity is shaped by the resistance of those at the margins, by politics, and by interventions on the part of external agencies. The research …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today sought response from the Centre and states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on a plea which claimed that burning of agricultural residue in these states is not only polluting the environment but also causes smog in the national capital. A bench headed by …
ALLAHABAD: The area of Sangam would now be rid of all litter as Allahabad Municipal Corporation has decided to clean up the banks of Ganga and Yamuna routinely. For this, Allahabad Municipal Corporation has also prepared a gang of about 36 sanitary workers who will perform the duty of cleaning …
Order of the National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in the matter of Sanjay Agnihotri V/s Union of India & Ors on industries operating in Noida dated 14/05/2013.
All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) has launched a campaign against the acute crisis of potable water in the city and trans-Yamuna area. On Sunday, the Sabha accused the district administration of apathy and blamed state government of pursuing a water management policy that was anti-people. AIKMS general secretary Raj …
Mercury climbed further making Thursday hottest day of the city this summer. The maximum temperature was 43.3 degrees Celsius, above Wednesday’s 42.6 degrees Celsius. If Lucknow experienced scorching heat, Allahabad simmered at 46.3 degrees Celsius and was hottest place in the state during last 24 hours followed by Banda which …
AGRA: Agra district authorities have ordered the closure of an engineering college near a bird sanctuary for violating environmental laws, an official said on Thursday. District magistrate Zuher-Bin-Sagir asked the wildlife department to seal Anand Engineering College, on the periphery of eco-sensitive Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary on the Delhi-Agra highway, …
Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environment Education (CEE) is going to take up environmental issues and begin work for conservation of environment. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, CEE director Kartikeya V Sarabhai said that for conservation of environment, steps like recycling of plastic waste would be started in next three months. …
Is Varanasi heading towards epidemics? So far, overflowing sewage, heaps of dumped garbage, contaminated water supply through taps were hinting this situation. But now even the records of the health department have declared that as many as 46 localities in urban area and 64 villages from eight blocks of the …
KANPUR: The Industrial City has the dubious distinction of being the third highest incidence of asthma in the country. Bangalore has the highest number of asthma patients in the country. This finding is a part of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) survey conducted in 2006. The survey was first …
Ghaziabad: An incredible 82 of the 123 ponds mentioned in Ghaziabad Development Authority’s Master Plan 2021 have vanished, according to activists. While officials claim that the number presents too dire a scenario, there is no doubt that rampant encroachment by land mafia that thrives on the ever-increasing demand for cheap …
PANJIM: The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has directed the Goa government to submit its proposal to declare Mhadei wildlife sanctuary as a ‘tiger reserve’. The demand has come at a time when wildlife enthusiasts~ particularly those working for tiger conservation~are up beat about the sighting of a tiger …
