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 …
Farmers of Punnam happy over decision to drop dyeing park plan The public of Punnam are ecstatic at the shelving of the plan to establish an integrated dyeing park in their neighbourhood. At the same time, home textile exporters and professional dyers in the town are dejected that their painstaking …
The use of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals is increasing. Over the past decade, there has been a proliferation of research into potential environmental impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment. A Royal Society-supported seminar brought together experts from diverse scientific fields to discuss the risks posed by pharmaceuticals to wildlife. Recent …
According to an RTI reply from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, around 30 restaurants don’t have environment clearance While a rise in illegal commercial activities in and around Hauz Khas Village has forced residents to seek the National Green Tribunal’s intervention, a Right to Information reply from the Delhi Pollution …
The PIL has been filed by one Babubhai Saini through his lawyer Dhaval Barot A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking closure of ceramic and silicate units in Morbi, Rajkot, that are not adhering to existing pollution norms. A bench of Chief Justice …
ADC urges Karnal villagers to relocate to Saudapur village Acting on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Panipat, RS Verma, yesterday held a meeting with residents of Khukhrana village and urged them to cooperate with the government in their relocation to Saudapur village. They persuaded the …
Environment and forest minister Alina Saldanha referred a complaint from farmers in Arossim to the GSPCB for necessary action. Farmers have complained that sewerage discharged by a starred hotel has made their fields uncultivable. Addressing GSPCB members, Saldanha said that the farmers have complained of an itching sensation on their …
Farmers in Sivaganga district have alleged that a graphite company in their area was polluting their fields and rendering them barren. A public hearing on the pollution caused by the company was convened by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control (TNPCB) board at the Sivaganga district collectorate on Thursday, in which …
Protests staged at various places in delta districts Cadres of the CPI-affiliated Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam took out rallies and staged demonstrations at various places in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts protesting against the proposed coal-bed methane (CBM) project from the delta districts. Groundwater depletion and pollution is inevitable when …
Illegal textile processing units pose a threat to farm sector in the region The discharge of untreated effluents into the waterways in the district has increased substantially in the last few weeks as many unauthorised textile processing units have come up in Erode and its suburbs. Though the district administration …
Officials of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board on Sunday sealed a textile unit at Balanagarmandal in Mahbubnagar district following complaints from farmers that effluents from the factory were polluting agricultural fields in the vicinity. According to APPCB officials, they closed down GTN textiles at Gundlapotlapally village after experts inspected …
There was a time when the banks of Chitrapuzha near Irumpanam were blessed by the green and yielding paddy fields. However, thanks to the large-scale industrialisation in the area, the 60-acre paddy fields have turned into marshy land. The farmers say the pathetic state of the land is the result …
GUWAHATI: There are 731 brick kilns across the State. According to the Pollution Control Board (PCB), Assam till December 2012, 193 out of the 731 brick kilns were operating illegally and flouting environmental regulations. According to PCB sources, the 193 brick kilns which have been set up illegally are flouting …
A new report by the TEEB for Business Coalition estimates the global top 100 environmental externalities are costing the economy world-wide around US$4.7 trillion a year in terms of the economic costs of GHG emissions, loss of natural resources, loss of nature-based services, climate change & air pollution-related health costs. …
In 2010 Médecins Sans Frontières discovered a lead poisoning outbreak linked to artisanal gold processing in northwestern Nigeria. The outbreak has killed ~400 young children and affected thousands more. The objective of the study was to undertake an interdisciplinary geological and healthscience assessment to clarify lead sources and exposure pathways, …
The Henan provincial government shut down a paper factory found to have discharged polluted water into farmland. The Dongfeng Paper Factory in Xinxiang city's Fengquan district was discharging unprocessed waste water into nearby farmland when a law enforcement squad from the environmental protection bureau inspected the region on Monday afternoon, …
Urban sewage, hospital waste, and pesticide residues are polluting kole lands, the ecologically fragile wetland ecosystems in Malappuram and Thrissur noted for the integrated farming of rice and fish. An expert committee appointed by the State government has found that sewage pollution from urban areas was being directly discharged into …
A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell can be held partially responsible for pollution in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, saying the company should have prevented sabotage at one of its facilities. The district court in The Hague ordered Shell to pay unspecified damages to one …
The farmers whose land is situated near a lake across the barbed wire fencing at Sadiqi Joint Check Post (JCP) in the Fazilka sector allege the water of the lake is damaging their crops due to the flow of contaminated water from the Pakistani side. The Pakistani territory begins on …
People living in peripheral villages of Sewa Paper Mill, Gangapur, have threatened to lock the mill as the unit is releasing toxic water into their areas. "Farmlands have been damaged by the toxic water released by the paper mill. We have to sustain heavy losses because of this. Many times …
HYDERABAD, Jan 6: Participants of a Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) meeting on Sunday urged the government to ensure scientific treatment of wastewater being released into the Sindh waterways by establishments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Balochistan. They also demanded release of funds for construction of Right Bank Outfall Darin (RBOD-II) …
