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 …
The Environment Ministry has decided to come out with rules to deal with the health hazards posed by the waste generated from construction of various infrastructure projects. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, while speaking at a two-day Environment and Forest Ministers' conference here today, said that his ministry has taken …
There has been a considerable decrease in pollution level in Korba claimed officials of Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) on Saturday, citing the final monitoring report released by IIT Kharagpur. Korba is home to dozens of small and big thermal power plants, coal mines and ancillary units where rising pollution …
BEIJING: Cremation of the deceased instead of traditional practice of burials is gaining increasing acceptance in China with nearly 50 per cent of the dead being cremated last year to promote environmentalism and save land. Of the 9.77 million Chinese who died last year, 4.46 million, or 45.6 per cent, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench) in the matter of Vishwas More Vs Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samitee, Pimpalgaon Baswant dated 18/03/2015 regarding sewage on account of use of sheds by large number of stockiest/farmers for storage, sale and auctioning of tomatoes in the area of market yard …
Rapid and reliable assessment of soil characteristics is an important step in agricultural and natural resource management. Over the last few decades, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) has emerged as a new tool to obtain both qualitative and quantitative information on soil in a non-invasive manner. The DRS approach is attractive …
Five of the country's 32 severely polluted industrial areas are in Jharkhand, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has concluded after studying air, water and soil quality across the country while formulating a comprehensive environmental assessment report. While Jamshedpur, Ramgarh, Bada Jamtara, Seraikela and West Singhbhum are the concern zones …
Soil toxicity alarmingly high; urea consumption estimated at 400-600 kg per hectare Punjab, the country’s food basket, has slowly turned into the land of toxicity. Excessive use of pesticides and fertilisers by farmers and a largely indifferent establishment has over the years resulted in severe ecological and environmental degradation that …
For safe handling and management of hazardous waste in an environmentally sound manner, Govt. of India has notified the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989, under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. However, these Rules were suppressed with renotification of the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Parwati Ben Bhanabhai Patel vs Union of India dated 27/02/2015 regarding spillage of hazardous wastes from Vapi Common Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility (CHWTSDF), village Karvad, District Valsad, Gujarat.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/02/2015 regarding unregulated open burning of plastic/rubber or such other articles anywhere in India. The Tribunal noted that in spite of an order by NGT "not only the Municipal Corporation has …
Several mechanisms are developed by the microorganisms to tolerate few high concentrations of heavy metals. One of these mechanisms dependent upon anabolic and catabolic energy of microorganisms is the bioaccumulation of heavy metals. In present work, approximately four varieties of bacteria have been isolated from the ash dyke sample of …
The General Secretary of Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi E.R. Eashwaran on Sunday said he wanted Environment Minister Thoppu N.D. Venkatachalam to spell out his stand on Tamil Nadu Government’s ‘Red Carpet’ welcome to a beverage company in the SIPCOT Industrial Complex at Perundurai, the latter’s constituency, despite the multi-national company …
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria were isolated from prolong contaminated Amalakhadi sediment and crude oil polluted soil Telva, near Ankleshwar Gujarat India. Organisms were treated with two-model PAHs compound Anthracene (ANT), and Pyrene (PYR) as the sole source of carbon and energy. Identification of the isolates was carried out based …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's (MPCB) high-level committee - consent appraisal committee - has decided to issue closure notice to Nagardhan-based Suryalaxshmi Cotton Mills, around 45km from the city, near Ramtek. The committee has found the industry to be a habitual defaulter of consent conditions and causing pollution to a …
Environmental hazards of synthetic surfactants (Chemical agents that reduce surface tension that are used in detergents, cosmetics etc) cause increased interest on bio surfactants, said Ashok Pandey, scientist from National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, CSIR. Presenting a paper on microbial surfactant at the second international conference on Bio …
Yenagoa — The devastating oil spill of November 12 at Ikarama in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, from Shell's Okordia-Rumuekpe Trans-Niger Pipeline, has been discovered to have resulted from equipment failure and not sabotage. It was gathered at the weekend that the discovery was made by a Joint …
At last, the administration on Tuesday filed criminal cases against the violators of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms following a direction by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). District Magistrate Aravind Agarwal, through the Government Pleader, filed 18 criminal cases against 16 hotels and two apartment owners for violation of CRZ …
Toxic wastes from a used oil recycling factory in BSCIC Shilpa Nagari (industrial area) in Habiganj is polluting the environment and harming croplands surrounding the factory despite recurring protests by the locals. Locals said since the factory Prominent Lube Limited was established in 2010, their lands were becoming barren, and …
Taking serious view of various complaints regarding pollution caused by different Industrial Units, Deputy Commissioner, Samba Mubarak Singh has constituted a committee comprising of members from District Industries Centre (DIC) and District Pollution Control Board to monitor on day to day basis the functioning of Air Pollution Control Devices and …
BP is being sued for environmental damage that Colombian farmers allege the oil group caused to their land by building a pipeline. The case, which opens at the High Court this week, is being brought by 73 peasant farmers known as “campesinos”, who are seeking about £18m in compensation from …
