Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
VARANASI: A project supported by Uma Bharati's water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation ministry and Akhilesh government to check pollution in the river in Prime Minister's constituency has run into rough weather with opposition coming from BJP sympathizers. While workers of former BJP ideologue K N Govindacharya patronized 'Rashtriya …
Wabag will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the sewage treatment plant VA Tech Wabag has bagged a Rs 220-crore order to design and construct 140 million litres a day sewage treatment plant at Dinapur in Varanasi. The contract, which is part of the …
Allahabad And Varanasi Among The Chosen Districts UP has started live monitoring of Ganga in Kanpur, Varanasi, Allahabad and Kannauj to gather details such as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), pH balance and coliform count in the river's water on a per-second basis. “So far, our staff …
Savitri Rai winces as she recounts how police beat her when she protested against groundwater extraction at a Coca-Cola Co. (KO) plant near her farm in India. A decade later, she said her water supplies keep dwindling. “We have to dig ever deeper wells,” the 60-year-old said outside her mud …
Coca-Cola has been labelled a 'shameless and unethical company' after being forced to abandon a new $25m bottling plant in northern India because it was extracting too much groundwater. The Mehdigani plant in Varanasi had already been fully built but could not operate commercially as it did not have the …
Plans to construct 16 dams from Varanasi to Hooghly will convert river into 16 ponds The Centre’s plan to develop the Ganga as waterway for commercial activities would sound the death knell for the river that is already struggling for survival, feel experts and activists who have been working for …
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 …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi is on the verge of a major Japanese encephalitis (JE) outbreak owing to its burgeoning pig population and scores of piggeries owned by more than 200 families. Head of the Molecular Biology unit at the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Dr Sunit Kumar Singh, …
Coca Cola has received some relief from the National Green Tribunal, which has passed an interim stay on the UP pollution board’s order to shut down its plant in Mehdiganj, near Varanasi. The maker of Coke, Sprite, Thums UP, Kinley and other drinks, has been allowed to continue with its …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Hindustan Coca- Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. v/s U.P Pollution Control Board. dated 20/06/2014. This appeal challenges an order of closure of the Appellant unit Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Varanasi dated 06-06-2014 following a show …
Beverages giant Coca-Cola's plant at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh has been shut after the Uttar Pradesh pollution control board withdrew permission to operate over alleged violation of environmental norms. “In an unprecedented move, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) withdrew the consent to operate to the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages plant …
Plant extracting groundwater, says state body One of Coca-Cola India's bottling plants in Uttar Pradesh has been ordered to close for various violations, including the extraction of groundwater, in a move that's reminiscent of the row a decade ago that led to the shutting of a unit in Kerala and …
Authorities in northern India have ordered the closure of a Coca-Cola bottling plant at the centre of protests that it is extracting too much groundwater, an official said Wednesday. An anti-pollution official said the Mehdiganj plant in Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh had breached the conditions of its …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today issued notice to Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) on a plea of soft drink giant Coca-Cola seeking to quash and set aside the order for closure of its Varanasi unit by Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB). A vacation bench headed by Justice Dalip …
"Ma Ganga aur Benares se mera rishta purana hai," BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said, pledging his intent to restore the Ganga to its original glory while campaigning in Varanasi. Plans to clean up the 2,500 km holy river too date back to older times -the first Ganga Action …
The bio-medical waste at Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta (SSPG) divisional hospital is not being disposed off properly. The contract with the private company which was collecting the bio-medical waste has been terminated and it has not been renewed so far. According to superintendent in chief, Dr VK Srivastava, hospital administration …
Seeks Report In Four Weeks Varanasi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of a news report on the plight of the Ganga published in The Times of India and issued a notice to the secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the UP …
Solid waste management in the city shows no signs of improvement. A2Z, the solid waste management firm, is currently on its second stint here despite a fallout with Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) almost two years ago. Once again, the agency has failed to start work within the stipulated time frame. …
The condition of solid waste management in the city is not showing any sign of improvement. A2Z, the solid waste management firm on its second stint in the city after a fallout with the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) almost two years back, is failing once again to take over the …
