Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Desert rodents like the Indian gerbil ( Tatera indica) and Meriones are carriers of plague, but are resistant to the disease. Another group of rodents, which includes the house rat ( Rattus rattus ) and the bandicoot ( Bandicota bengalensis ), is highly susceptible to plague, which is transferred by …
The availability of water for irrigation has changed agricultural practices. With new crops, new pests have emerged. Hardly any records are available prior to 1975. Studies carried out between 1975 and 1991 indicate several changes
Sewan grasslands occupy areas with low rainfall. They were spread across Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Barmer districts, but can no longer be seen now. Irrigation became possible with water from the Indira Gandhi Canal, and the grasslands were transformed into agricultural fields. But flood irrigation has also increased soil moisture, threatening …
Gemologists in Bangkok say that hundreds of dangerously radioactive gemstones are circulating in Asian markets and some of them have found their way into finished jewellery. Tests conducted by radiologists in the city revealed that some stones had radiation levels 50 times higher than that permissible under us standards. These …
Tehran has ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, a new treaty banning the production and possession of nerve gas weapons. The treaty subjects all signatories to mandatory international inspections. Countries that do not join the treaty will be gradually excluded from selling conventional chemicals such as pesticides. So far, 104 countries …
November marks the beginning of the breeding season of the endangered Olive Ridley turtle on the Gahirmatha coast in the eastern state of Orissa. The first school of the protected turtles is expected on the beach by the third week of the month, according to the estimates of the Coast …
Labour union membership has declined substantially over the past decade around the world. Even in European countries which traditionally had strong unions, the membership is decreasing. However, the Scandinavian countries have seen a steady growth of union membership. As a result, there have been fewer strikes in the past decade. …
" delhi roads should display a statutory warning: Breathing here is injurious to health.' This is how Delhi's transport minister Rajinder Gupta described the city's air quality at the public meeting organised by the Centre for Science and Environment ( cse ) in New Delhi on November 1. The meeting …
• Great improvement. But the entire process of planning and notification by the ministry of surface transport (MOST) lacked transparency.• No study to show the new standards' impact on the air quality. • Permitted emission of hydrocarbons (HC) from two-wheelers (2.4 gm/km) is higher than that suggested by the H …
Direct measures are to be implemented by 1997, including exclusive left lane for heavy vehicles, dedicated bicycle tracks, banning of shoulder parking on roads, pedestrian zones and decongestion of traffic. Indirect measures to be implemented by 2000, including public and mass transport systems, construction of bypasses and elevated express carriageway, …
Fuel standards set up for the first time in India that are to be implemented in phases and made fully operational by 1999 • Diesel hydrosulpharisation projects in nine refineries worth Rs 5,568.31 crore for reduction of sulphur in diesel announced. But if we are investing so much, why only …
Family planning restrictions in some urban areas of China have been eased allowing many of the parents of the one-child policy to have two children. The two-child rule, envisioned years ago, but phased in quietly in selected areas only recently, is designed to tackle a new problem in China: too …
Drought has claimed more than 400 lives in Indonesia. Doctors working with in the mountainous district of Jayawijaya since September say that people suffering from malnutrition and various drought-related ailments. J B Wenas head of the Jayawijaya's district said that in September around 262 people had died of drought-related causes …
A division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the state chief secretary and the state pollution control board to stop all stone quarrying and blasting operations around Kukatpally area in light of the report submitted by the Andhra Pradesh pollution control board. The report had said that …
the number of people dying in urban India due to deteriorating air quality is rising every year and very little is being done to deal with pollution in Indian cities. A stupendous 51,779 people are estimated to have died prematurely in 36 Indian cities due to air pollution in 1995 …
The Taj Mahal is not the only thing monumental about Agra, so is the rising level of air pollution. Although data published by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (uppcb) shows a decline in spm levels in the city between 1991 and 1994, it has steadily increased thereafter. Emissions from …
Calcutta has the dubious distinction of being placed sixth among the 41 most polluted cities of the world when it comes to spm levels, according to Global Pollution and Health , a report published in 1996 by who and the United Nations Environment Programme (unep). The figures speak for themselves. …
The number of premature deaths due to high levels of spm in Bhopal are estimated to have decreased from 663 in 1991-92 to 623 in 1995. Similarly, the incidence of illnesses have also gone down from 2,77,854 to 2,61,205 over the given period. But despite the data giving happy signs, …
Pune has enjoyed the reputation of being one of the cleanest cities in the country with regard to air quality. The number of premature deaths in Pune is estimated to have decreased from 991 in 1991-92 to 454 in 1995. Similarly, illnesses due to air pollution have decreased from 5,65,372 …
