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 …
Kanpur: The only mantra that can protect an individual during tremors is an earthquake resistant building, says IIT-K civil engineering department's Prof Durgesh Rai. Stating that around 30 multi-storey buildings situated in posh areas of the city were not earthquake resistant, the professor urged citizens to be cautious while purchasing …
More than half the total sewage discharged into the Ganga every day comes from six big cities with Kolkata, Kanpur and Varanasi leading the pack.They are three of the 118 townscities that fall in the vast basin of the national river. Other top cities are Patna, Allahabad and Moradabad. These …
Muddy roads and vehicular smoke has made the city's air poisonous. Air quality in the city has deteriorated to hazardous level with level of particulate matter increasing to three times of its permissible limit. Doctors say such a poor air quality has triggered respiratory problems among the people with low …
KANPUR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will convene a joint meeting of the Pollution Control Board officials, chief secretary, principal secretary environment, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and CLRI officials to discuss the strategy to rid the Ganga of pollution on May 1. The officials would also discuss the …
The district administration snapped power supply to 98 tanneries in Jajmau amidst tight security on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). In a high-level meeting held in Lucknow on Saturday, chief secretary Alok Ranjan had cleared the decks for the action. President of Small Tanners Accociation Hafiz-Ur-Rehman said …
Thick fog and haze that envelops the city every morning and evening is an indicator of high pollution levels in the city. Experts have suggested that high concentration of pollutants in the air results in dense haze and smog formation that lasts throughout the day, thus restricting sunlight to reach …
Environment department has given green signal to Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) projects for the construction of 1,708 flats at three places in the city. KDA had floated the projects in January last but in the absence of sanction by the environment department, the fate of these projects was hanging in …
A separate ministry on rivers with special focus on Ganga notwithstanding, rejuvenating the national river will not be an easy task for the Modi government. Among the many contributors, the tanneries of Kanpur alone add 50 mld of waste to the river everyday. Of this, only 9 mld waste is …
The State Assembly witnessed an uproarious scene as the Opposition members created a ruckus over the pollution in rivers for which the State Government could not issue proper solutions. The issue was raised during the Question Hour. Though State Zoo Minister Shiv Pratap Yadav admitted in the House that the …
IIT-Kanpur director Professor Indranil Manna on Tuesday claimed that institute's was playing a major role in cleaning of Ganga as National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) is led by institute's professor Vinod Tare. He said that earlier in the day the authority had submitted a report on the river to …
Several women, under the banner of Bharatiya Janta Party Mahila Morcha, on Wednesday, staged a demonstration at zone - 5 office of Jal Sansthan for not supplying adequate potable water in Kanpur South. The agitating women alleged that main water pipe line had leakage at several places due to which …
KANPUR: The municipal corporation is planning to introduce capsules made of fibre to collect garbage. "We are introducing clean green capsule for collecting the garbage. We had been asked to develop clean green houses so that garbage could not be spread on the roads," municipal commissioner RN Bajpai said. Giving …
KANPUR: Short supply of water from lower Ganga canal has worried the officials of Jal Sansthan and they have asked the irrigation department to maintain proper supply, otherwise water scarcity would deepen. In a letter to irrigation department secretary, Jal Sansthan had urged to maintain proper water supply round-the-clock. Irrigation …
KANPUR: Jal Sansthan will soon take action against those citizens who are disposing off their sewer and waste in open drain. The organization issued a warning ordering residents to connect their home sewer line with main line. Disposal of sewer water in open drain was an offence and punishable. BK …
Ludhiana and Kanpur are among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, says the World Health Organisation. According to a 2011 WHO report, Ludhiana made it to the fourth position along with Quetta in Pakistan. Kanpur made it to the ninth position. The most polluted city in the world …
Environmentalists have slammed finance minister P. Chidambaram’s decision to cut taxes on cars, with the fuel-guzzling SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. Not only will this trigger an increased deiselisation of the car segment markets, but will adversely impact human health. Air pollution levels across cities have been rising steadily due …
KANPUR: Even after several campaigns and efforts, the condition of the city ghats is still miserable. Though the district administration has banned the use of polythene at ghats several times in the past few years, the failure of the initiatives can easily be witnessed on pathways and stairs of Massacare …
KANPUR: City based paediatrics advised parents to take extra care of their kids in winters to keep pneumonia at bay, on World Pneumonia day observed on November 12, every year. The experts also laid emphasis on strengthening immunity and resistance power to fight the killer disease. Commenting on pneumonia deaths …
KANPUR: Despite the dip in temperature, denizens are yet to get any respite from dengue here in the industrial city. With 18 new cases reported on Wednesday, the total number of dengue cases this season reached 565, the highest in the state. Dr Atul Garg from microbiology department of Ganesh …
According to the recent reports of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), the delayed monsoon showers had increased the pollution in Ganga and the situation would be more grim in winter. The report presented by the UP Pollution Control Board is enough to give a second thought to the idea …
