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 …
DTE tried hard to get updated data on the total sector-wise emissions in various Indian cities from the CPCB. Unfortunately, our efforts turned out to be futile as the CPCB pollution inventory is far from being updated. For Delhi, such data are available for 1993-94 but the situation is even …
• It is estimated that nearly 52,000 people died prematurely in 36 Indian cities due to high levels of SPM in 1995, a rise of 28 per cent from more than 40,000 in 1991-92 • The number of sicknesses requiring medical assistance and hospital admissions in these cities due to …
More people have died in Delhi between 1991 and 1995 by inhaling small suspended particles laden with toxic chemicals. The levels of spm spiralled dramatically from 367.9 micro gram per cubic metre (
As the number of vehicles produced around the world increase every year, so does the pollution from these vehicles. The number of automobiles on the roads around the world have increased around ten-fold in the past 50 years. Analysts predict that the number will double in the next 25 years. …
The World Bank has expressed concern over Bangladesh's increased spending on defence. The bank's recent draft report on public expenditure said that "there is creeping increase in defence expenditure, which already accounts for 17-18 per cent of current spending". "This is questionable in view of the tremendous poverty alleviation task …
Two black Himalayan bears that were caught in traps in Bhutan's Begana and Yoesipang region were released into the forest by team of forestry officials. Officials said that a small male bear which was caught in a crude wire trap in Begana, had its right paw injured. In another incident, …
There is death in the air and more and more people are dying prematurely every year. In 1991-92, studies revealed that around 40,000 people were dying in India due to air pollution. By 1995 the figure had shot up dramatically to 50,000. Is our quest for economic growth self defeating? …
the vast curtain of smog that has enveloped six countries in Southeast Asia has, ironically, uncovered the ground realities of the economic boom of the region that had become a phenomenon by itself. Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore
The smog had spread to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, The Philippines and Thailand covering a population of 70 million. On September 26, all the 234 people on aboard a jetliner died when it crashed before landing in northwest Indonesia. Visibility was poor due to the smog. An Indian cargo ship …
On an average, disasters killed more than 1.2 lakh people and affected more than 135.5 million people every year between 1971-1995. Floods killed the maximum number of people in Asia, particularly in China and Bangladesh. In Africa, drought and famine continued to dominate, accounting for almost one-third of the disaster …
The government has planned to step up operations during 1998 to cut greenhouse gas emissions. For this purpose, the country is trying to develop greener technologies, conduct more experiments and attract investments from domestic and foreign business houses. An action plan has been formulated by the government's environment agency so …
Nearly 12 persons were killed and 30 injured when an earthquake with a magnitude of six on the Richter scale hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi recently. The quake, centred 20 km north of the coastal town of Pare Pare, in South Sulawesi province, hit the island at 8.30 am …
the government has announced mass emission standards for motor vehicles manufactured on and after April 1, 2000. For passenger cars, 2.72 grams per km of carbon dioxide and 0.97 gm per km of nitrogen oxide and hydrocarbon have been laid out. Under the conformity of production, the standards laid down …
As of 1997, the world consumes five million tonnes of grain daily. To feed the world's human population of almost 5.8 billion - growing by 80 million people a year - production of foodgrains, including wheat, rice, corn and barley, has to increase by 26 million tonnes annually. However, grain …
the Maldives may soon disappear from the global map due to the rise in the sea level of the Indian Ocean. Researchers at the Antarctic Research Centre in Hobart, Australia say that the sea level has risen by 3.55 cm during the last 25 years. If the Ocean rises by …
The government has declared a state of emergency in Sarawak situated on the Island of Borneo, due to the hazardous level of smog that has enveloped the nation. The smog throughout the country has reached dangerous levels due to hundreds of forest and scrub fires that are burning in neighbouring …
Sri Lanka's premier medical agency has recommended immediate withdrawal of a vaccine imported from India and revaccinate over three million children. Doctors say that these children received substandard drugs imported from India. According to the Government Medical Officers' Association, the DPT vaccine used to immunise infants against diphtheria, tetanus and …
