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 Union Department of Science and Technology is planning to set up a Centre of Excellence at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, to focus on climate change science, adaptation and mitigation, the institution's director said here on Sunday. "The project will include water resources, biodiversity, agriculture, ocean and marine ecosystem, …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the implementing wing for rejuvenation of the river, to apprise it of the expenditure details of the Rs.20,000 crore budget granted to it for cleaning and protection of the Ganga. A Bench headed by NGT chairman …
KANPUR: Thousands of fishes of different species including 'Chilwa' and cat fish died in the lake of Kanpur zoo following dip in the level of dissolved oxygen in the lake water. The dead fishes were found floating on the water surface in the lake spread in an area of 10 …
At least 12 people were killed across Uttar Pradesh (UP) due to storms, lightning and heavy rains, an official said on Monday. According to the official, two people were killed in different incidents in Kanpur's Bilhaur area. One person was killed in Mau district when a wall caved in on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 09/02/2016 regarding Ganga river pollution. NGT ordered a team of experts to constituted and submit a report to the Tribunal on the actual discharge from each major drain that joins river …
KANPUR: IIT-Kanpur has redeveloped and redesigned its green toilet and named it 'Triansh'. The system has also been installed at Magh Mela campus in Allahabad. Devotees coming to Magh Mela for taking dip in the Ganga are availing benefits of these bio-toilets. Prof Vinod Tare of IIT-Kanpur, who has developed …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh government and its state pollution control board to apprise the public about pending proceedings as it may order shifting of polluting industrial units located on the banks of Ganga. The green panel also asked ministry of environment and forests and ministry …
Referring to orders passed by the Supreme Court on the issue, the tribunal blamed the Kanpur Mahanagar Palika for not taking adequate measures. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Wednesday pulled up the Centre and the UP government for their lack of action in curtailing dumping of bodies in Ganga. Referring …
KANPUR: With a statewide ban imposed on manufacturing, sale and stocking of polythene, 2500 factories manufacturing polythene have closed down in the state. Of these, 650 factories are in Kanpur alone. The production at these factories have reduced to zero. The workers in these factories have become unemployed. The Uttar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/01/2016 regarding diseases as a result of pollution majorly generated by air pollution. Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jharkhand would file a comprehensive affidavit stating …
NEW DELHI: The draft IIT-Kanpur report on pollution in Delhi has triggered fresh alarm over the city's winter air quality as it has found "very high" levels of an extremely toxic group of 100 chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), emitted mainly due to incomplete combustion. According to several past …
Multivariate statistical techniques, such as cluster analysis and principal component analysis (PCA), were applied for evaluation of spatial variations and interpretation of large complex water quality data set of the Ganga river basin, generated during one year (2013-2014) monitoring of eight water parameters at seven different sites. Hierarchical cluster analysis …
KANPUR: A central team of experts along with two-member team of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Tuesday inspected the 36 mld tannery treatment plant (TTP) in Jajmau and collected data of discharge and production waste from tanneries. The seven-member joint team first inspected the 36 mld treatment plant and …
The NGT also indicated that it was ready to issue directions to close down the tanneries operating near the Ganga river in Kanpur, and "shift the total industrial complex" to a different location. Unhappy over the slow pace of work on the Ganga cleaning project, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) …
The Allahabad high court has restrained the state government from felling 8,000 trees in the name of developing 'Lohia Botanical Garden' at Ganga Barrage in Kanpur Nagar. The court also directed the state government to maintain status quo on the project. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Dost …
Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) will take an initiative to save river Pandu, a tributary of Ganga, from pollution. A resolution to this effect may be placed in the KDA board meeting slated to be held on September 8. According to sources, KDA is considering to ban all types of constructions …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) adjourned the hearing of closed tanneries of Kanpur case on Monday when Central Pollution Control Board sought more time to file inspection report and fixed September 16 as next date of hearing. The matter was listed for hearing on August 10. Justice Swatantra Kumar (chairperson), …
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 …
The National Air Quality Index (NAQI), one of the few major achievements of the environment ministry in NDA's first year, has received a timely financial boost, at a time when questions were raised about how the ministry would sustain the Rs500 crore project. The NAQI, launched by Prime Minister Narendra …
The Centre is now facing one of its biggest challenges in cleaning up Ganga -Kanpur's Sisamau Nala, the dirtiest open drain of the stretch. The drain discharges the highest amount of untreated sewage (138 MLD) into the river. The river also passes through one of the most populated and congested …
