Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
The holy Ganga gains further importance during Magh Mela in January. A large number of devotees, sadhus and seers take a dip in Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi on different 'snans' (holy bath) like Makar Sankranti. But visualize the situation when the river does not have enough water. The seers in …
The Centre will soon bring 103 rivers under national waterways to give boost to the inland water transportation, which is largely under-utilised. Union shipping, roads and surface transport minister Nitin Gadkari said his ministry has already taken a decision of announcing 103 rivers as national waterways and the matter would …
Hearing a PIL alleging that the Ganga has become reddish and blackish due to increasing pollution, the Allahabad high court on Thursday directed setting up of a committee headed by Commissioner Allahabad division to monitor the situation and apprise the court the reason for increasing level of pollution in the …
The pollution level rose by four to 17 decibels at residential, commercial and even silent zones of the city this Diwali making it the most 'unhealthy' festival of lights' in the last few decades. The data collected by the regional office of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) reveals that …
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will monitor the implementation of Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission (Namami Ganga), the dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A decision in this regard was taken during the meeting of senior RSS office-bearers of the five regions (in the state) that fall under the river’s course …
The water quality of Ganga river at Allahabad and Varanasi, two holy places where millions take a dip, is most unfit for bathing purposes, the Centre informed the Supreme Court. Water becomes unfit for bathing if the biochemical oxygen demand (BoD) level exceeds 3 mg per litre. In fact, in …
ALLAHABAD: Twelve localities of the city are sitting on infectious disease keg owing to lack of proper chlorination of water supplied by Jal Nigam. The gravity of the situation can be realized by the fact that in seven areas chlorination is being done only once a month. A recent random …
NEW DELHI: Kicking off the process to implement its ambitious clean Ganga mission, the Centre has sanctioned six new sewage treatment plants (STPs) for different cities and towns along the river in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. These STPs, cleared under the national mission for clean Ganga (NMCG), will …
In India, nothing encapsulates the failure of governance more than the unforgivable abuse of the Ganga, its largest and most vital source of freshwater. It is no coincidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the great river to showcase his ability to turn an irretrievable situation around. His foray into …
ALLAHABAD: Around 15 quintals of garbage was removed from Dashaswamedh ghat during a clean Ganga campaign organised as part of series of programmes organised on Tuesday to observe a year of flashflood at Kedarnath Valley, Uttarakhand, which claimed lives of thousands of pilgrims and residents. On the occasion, tribute was …
Thirty-five out of 62 water samples collected in last three days have been found unfit for drinking. This also includes six out 20 water samples collected from different city localities by District Epidemic Control Unit (DECU) Allahabad on Wednesday. A team of DECU officials had collected water samples from 20 …
ALLAHABAD: Vehicles zooming past city roads including silence zones like hospitals, schools, colleges and residential areas producing high decibel sound with their horns might be routine scenes for passersby but many are unaware that increasing noise pollution might be a major cause factor of high blood pressure, stress and anxiety …
ALLAHABAD: Sangam City continued to reel under intense heat and hot weather conditions with mercury hovering over 46.5 degree Celsius, the decade's second highest temperature for consecutive second day. On Saturday the temperature from local air force office was recorded at 46.5 degree Celsius, making it the second hottest day …
Chak Nirtaul residents took to streets on Thursday against the pathetic supply of potable water. Angry residents raised slogans against Jal Sansthan and accused it of turning a blind eye towards their woes. Shyam Sunder Singh Patel, who was leading the agitation, said: "We are facing water crisis in this …
Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking preservation of underground water and implementation of the rainwater harvesting system, the Allahabad high court on Wednesday directed the district magistrate, Allahabad and vice chairman of Allahabad Development Authority to set up an inquiry committee and submit a report before the court on …
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday deferred till May 1 the hearing of a PIL seeking stopping of construction within 200 meters on the both the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi. Earlier, as per the direction of the court, social activist Vrinda Dar, who is appearing in this case …
With the depleting level of groundwater in localities like Civil Lines, Sadar, Beli, Peepalgaon, Bamrauli, Prayag, Naini and Nayapurwa setting the alarm bells ringing in administrative circles, officials of the groundwater department have taken up an extensive exercise to create awareness on saving water among denizens. The level of groundwater …
The pre and post-monsoon survey report of groundwater department indicating continuous depletion of groundwater in Civil Lines, Sadar, Beli, Peepalgaon, Bamrauli, Prayag, Naini and Nayapurwa areas in the city had set alarm bells ringing in the administrative circles. The level of groundwater had declined on an average 60cm to 1.2 …
Director, ground water department, Lucknow, Ram Singh on Thursday maintained that as many as 76, 32 and 107 blocks of the state have placed under over-exploited, critical and semi-critical categories in terms of ground water table. There are around 800 blocks in the state. He added that the department has …
An exhibition on Ganga was organized at Magh Mela area on Wednesday. Addressing the gathering, National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) member Prof BD Tripathi said the river that considered as a cradle of the great Indian civilization was being polluted by the discharge of industrial waste. Prof Tripathi further …
