Action taken report in the form of affidavit on behalf of the District Magistrate and Collector, South 24 Parganas District dated February 22, 2025. The matter related to a newspaper report which appeared in the Hindu, January 15, 2024 titled "Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar mela". …
Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand dated 13/01/2021. The matter related to the proposed holding of the Kumbh Mela from February 27 - April 27, 2021, for two months. The High Court said that while trying to organise a mega event, it is the duty of the state to …
Qazi Nayyer Jamal rides his motorcycle to Jajmau, an industrial suburb of Kanpur along the Ganges, from his home in the city area, passing through several old tanneries, to reach the leather factory his father started about 50 years ago. It's closed for three months, still he goes there often. …
KANPUR: Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) on Wednesday imposed a fine of over Rs 10 lakh on a tannery in the city for operating during the three-month closure for Kumbh. UPPCB member secretary Ashish Tiwari said that the order had been dispatched to the tannery, which has been asked …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Boards to display the water quality of the Ganga at all strategic locations on a monthly basis, to indicate whether the river water is fit for drinking and bathing. A Bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh …
Bijnor: A monitoring committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) checked the water quality of Ganga in Bijnor on Wednesday. This comes in the backdrop of the upcoming Kumbh mela, for which committees have been formed under the NGT to check water quality of Ganga in all districts through which …
Yogi revises order on 3-month closure of tanneries, cheers traders Following pressure from the leather industry, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's order to completely close down leather and meat processing industries in Kanpur and Unnao for three months during the Kumbh Mela from December 15 to March 15 has been revised. …
LUCKNOW: A committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the state government’s preparations for solid waste management at upcoming Kumbh in Allahabad. Uttar Pradesh Solid Waste Management Monitoring Committee (UPSWMMC) said the government’s plans were neither sufficient, not at par with the norms of waste …
The Environment Ministry is planning to make next year's Ardh Kumbh Mela in Allahabad plastic-free in line with the country's commitment to eliminate single-use plastic, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said. India was the global host of 2018 World Environment Day. The theme of this year's edition was "Beat Plastic Pollution". …
The Kumbh Mela 2019, to be organized in Allahabad at the famed confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and fabled Saraswati, shall be the largest ever religious congregation spread over almost 45 days (through January and February). Going by a conservative estimate, almost 20 lakh people shall be residing at the …
Nashik: The Bombay high court has appointed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) yet again to study and suggest long-term and immediate solutions to tide over the pollution of Godavari after Kumbh Mela. It directed the state government to take a final decision on India Bulls with respect to lifting …
Nashik: The Kumbh Mela finally comes to an end on August 11; and while the river has swelled to capacity with the onset of monsoon, the Godavari is once again filled with drainage, sewage and other waste, bringing the focus once again to the cleanliness issues marring the holy waters. …
At the dawn of time Lord Vishnu made gods and demons join in churning the milky oceans to extract an elixir of eternal life. After cheating the demons of their share, Vishnu spilled four drops of the precious nectar. Where they fell sprang up sacred rivers whose waters wash away …
With the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asking Haridwar administration to submit reports on May 27 on measures taken by civic bodies to stop plastic use in the city, officials were seen jumping into action. A meeting was called by the district administration on Tuesday to discuss ways in …
The sacred Ramkund, that went dry for the first time after 139 years, was filled in time by the civic body for the Gudi Padwa and Kumbh Parva religious rituals on April 8. But the pond, filled with stagnant water with filth, plastic and other litter floating around, is already …
Ramkund, the sacred bathing ghat on Godavari and the epicentre of the Kumbh Mela in Maharashtra, has dried up after 139 years. Thousands of pilgrims will have to skip taking a holy dip in the ghat on Gudi Padwa on Friday unless the municipal authorities somehow manage to replenish the …
Green, clean, peaceful and pollution-free — expressions that once described the beauty of Haridwar have today become mere words. You can only imagine them now, thanks to the rising level of pollution in the holy city. The pollution caused by increasing factories, vehicles and litter is increasing at an alarming …
HARIDWAR: The ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the use of plastic along the Ganga from Gaumukh to Haridwar with effect from February 1 has apparently not had much effect in the holy city. Plastic containers are being sold at the Har-ki-Pauri and other Ganga ghats as …
Traditionally, the Kumbh Mela is held after every 12 years. As per the estimate of the state, lakhs of sadhus and devotees took the ‘holy’ bath on September 13, 2015. The Bombay High Court Thursday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to inspect and assess pollution levels in Godavari …
Division Bench questions the decision as the State is reeling under drought Water supply cuts have started at Shankarnagar in Nashik city. Till a week ago, Rajendra Jadhav, a resident says, there was supply through taps twice a day, for two hours each time. Now, it’s just once a day. …
The Bombay High Court on Monday said the decision of the BJP-led State government to release water from the Gangapur dam for ‘shahi snan’ at the Kumbh Mela instead of using it for areas with scarcity was “illegal.” A Division Bench of Justices A.S. Oka and V.L. Achliya was hearing …
