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 …
ERODE: Farmers in a few villages in Chennimalai block are facing serious threat to their livelihood due to the indiscriminate discharge of untreated effluents from the textile processing units into the agricultural lands. The continuous discharge of untreated effluents polluted the groundwater in Chinnapidariyur, Murugampalayam, Attavanai Pidariyur and a few …
Hyderabad, Dec. 3: The discovery of a new species of bacterium that eats away the highly poisonous arsenic from the soil can solve the problem of arsenic poisoning in pollution hotspots, including Patancheru in the city. On Wednesday, Nasa had announced that the new bacterium not only survives on arsenic …
A Down to Earth report on ONGC’s oilfields ruining farms in Mehsana district, Gujarat. This district is the most prized onshore oil asset in India for the state-run ONGC, producing about 40,000 barrels crude oil a day. But for farmers the wells spell ruin.
Oil wells fitted with pumping devices are a common sight in Mehsana district, north of Ahmedabad. For the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) the district is the most prized onshore oil asset in India, producing about 40,000 barrels crude oil a day. But for farmers the wells spell …
The Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) factory at Bhopal, abandoned after the world’s worst industrial disaster that took place on December 3, 1984, is still heavily contaminated with a range of persistent pollutants. From this study it can be concluded that even after 25 years the residents of the area …
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. This publications includes the environmental status and action plan for …
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board ( MPCB) has come up with …
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. This is the proposed action plan for industrial cluster at …
Need of action plan is justified to control pollution in any area where pollution sources are identified, pollutants are measured, assessed and found exceeding permissible limits. To implement such action plans is a duty of any SPCB and all concerned agencies/stakeholders. After declaration of critically polluted areas by OMs dated …
This critique of NEERI & NGRI reports on assessment & remediation of contamination in and around Union Carbide, Bhopal says that both reports provide useful information but the critical results are misinterpreted, or missing & several conclusions reached within the reports are not supported by the evidence presented. This document …
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. This is the action plan for Tarapur industrial areas.
This documents consists of comments and suggestions received by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on NEERI, NGRI and IICT reports related to decontamination and remediation of the Union Carbide plant site in Bhopal. Comments/suggestions received on the NEERI, NGRI and IICT reports related to Bhopal gas leak disaster.
Submission of the intervenor Bhopal Group for Information and Action to the Bhopal environmental remediation oversight committee on remediation of ground and soil water, and other toxic waste, in and around the former Union Carbide factory, Bhopal in compliance with the order ot the hon
In this paper, the contamination level of fourteen elements (Al, Ca, Mg, V, Ti, Na, Mn, As, Br, La, Sm, Sc, U, Yb) from different soil samples of the nuclear reactor surrounding areas in Savar, Bangladesh was investigated with instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) method. Generally, neutron activation is most …
Vadodara: A major fire erupted in the Gujarat Refinery backyard in Karachiya village on Tuesday morning causing panic in surrounding areas. No casualties were reported but heavy smoke engulfed the area following which nearby hutments were evacuated. Fire brigade officials said the yard was full of furnace oil, bitumen and …
Melbourne: An Australian team led by a scientist of Indian origin claims to have developed a groundbreaking solution for treating water and soil pollution from the toxic remnants of fire-fighting foam. Breakthrough This breakthrough comes at a time of growing global concerns over cancer and environmental risks of long-lasting chemicals …
Serena Josephine. M It will help in preventing groundwater and land pollution VANIYAMBADI: Reverse osmosis (RO) plants and mechanical evaporators have been installed at four common effluent treatment plants situated at Vaniyambadi and Ambur and are ready to be commissioned. Work on installing the facility at Pernambut plant is in …
Read this CSE critique on NEERI report on assessment & remediation of hazardous waste contaminated areas in & around M/S Union Carbide in Bhopal. It says that NEERI has underestimated the extent of potential groundwater contamination & that there is a need for extensive research on aquifer movements in & …
Intervention of the district administration is needed, say farmers STIR:Farmers who staged a demonstration in Tuticorin on Monday. Tuticorin: A group of villagers attached to Sernthapoomangalam and its surroundings approached the Collectorate here on Monday demanding for the intervention of the district administration to stop discharging the industrial effluents into …
