Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Asserting that Punjab’s right to waters of its rivers should be “safeguarded”, Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki on Tuesday appealed the Centre to remove “discrimination” in sharing it with neighbouring States. Noting that “injustice and discrimination” was meted out to Punjab over its river waters, he said the people of the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution of Water Bodies, 08/03/2016. Monitoring of marine pollution through Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System Programme is carried out by Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management Project Directorate (ICMAM), Chennai under Ministry of Earth Sciences. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with …
KOLLAM: Greens are crying foul over a recent circular issued by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, making Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) mandatory for mining or extraction of ordinary sand in the state. According to them, the circular is mute over …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India, Through Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 07/03/2016 regarding stay on all activities of the project “Training of river Beki on L/B and activation of …
Governor N N Vohra reviewed the progress of ongoing dredging of river Jhelum from Anantnag to Baramulla, in a meeting held at the Raj Bhavan here today. Under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programme 2015, “Priority Works- Comprehensive Plan for Flood Management Works on Jhelum-Phase-I” costing Rs. 399.29 crore …
The legal validity of the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004 is not only the case being faced by the state with regard to river waters in the Supreme Court and elsewhere. There is virtually a mountain of cases burdening the state since decades. In fact, for the past about …
Rivers in Kerala are assailed by pollution, sedimentation, sand mining, and constriction of flows. The indiscriminate and unscientific sand mining, even in the midst of many regulatory and protective measures for their conservation, have made the condition of these rivers pathetic. Bharathapuzha basin is the largest among all the 44 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Themrei Tuithung - Thoyee Village, Ukhrul District, Manipur & Others Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of Manipur, Irrigation and Flood Control Department - Government of Manipur, Ministry of Tribal Affairs dated 26/02/2016 regarding forest …
Raipur: Chhattisgarh government will undertake a survey using remote sensing satellite technology for mapping the location of ponds, rivers and other water bodies to encourage fish farming in the state. "The state has sufficient number of ponds, water bodies and rivers to produce fish of any variety. Therefore, the government …
The article sheds light on the Adi Ganga, one of the most significant streams of the Ganges in its lower course, and narrates how the stream (later Tolly’s Canal) which was once the life line of Kolkata transformed into a mere sewer and was ruthlessly slaughtered with the changing politicoeconomic …
A time series of organic carbon export from Gulf of Maine (GoM) watersheds was compared to a time series of biological, chemical, bio-optical, and hydrographic properties, measured across the GoM between Yarmouth, NS, Canada, and Portland, ME, U.S. Optical proxies were used to quantify the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and …
A mythical boiling river that stretches for four miles has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. The river, at Mayantuyacu, was discovered by geoscientist Andrés Ruzo after being told tales about its existence by his grandfather. Ruzo said Spanish conquistadors exploring the Amazon after killing the last Inca emperor came …
USGS scientists have detected toxins known as microcystins produced by various forms of algae in 39 percent of the small streams assessed throughout the southeastern United States. Their recent study looked at 75 streams in portions of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. “This is the first systematic …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zonal Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanashakti & Others Vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors. dated 19/02/2016 regarding the broadening and deepening the mouth of the Kiranpani section of the Terekhol creek, Maharashtra. NGT directs the State of Goa to be …
Alternative to river sand is made by crushing rocks using new technology. Visakhapatnam: The state government has decided to encourage the use of crushed rock as sand, by way of an alternative to river sand. The construction sector across the state has been facing its worst ever sand scarcity due …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Moosakutty Vs District Collector Palakkad & Others dated 16/03/2016 regarding unlawful extraction of clay on the banks of the Gayathiri river, Palakkad District, Kerala. The respondents (District Collector - Palakkad, Revenue Divisional Officer - Palakkad, Tahsildar - Alathaur, Palakkad District, …
The greatest of all South-East Asia’s waterways and the world’s 12th-longest river, the Mekong, is a natural wonder that ties together the destinies of half a dozen countries. Born from snowmelt at over 17,000 feet (5,200 metres), it bolts off the Tibetan plateau like a runaway horse; by the time …
Cr, Pb, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu, Co and Fe content in the surface sediments was studied at three sites along a 20 km stretch on the Bidyadhari River (situated at the gateway to Indian Sundarban mangrove ecosystem) starting from the sewage outfall zone of the Kolkata metropolis (northern limit of …
Order of the Madras High Court in the matter of Sukumar Vs District Collector, Cuddalore District & Others dated 10/02/2016 regarding sand quarrying of river Thenpennai, Kandarakottai Village, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu. The miners are drawing the sand from the entire river and selling the same and are transporting the …
Panaji: The limpid water of springs gurgling between rocks or gushing down the hillside formed one of the major sources of drinking water, but the availability of tap water has relegated these sources to varying stages of degradtion. The draft state water policy put in public domain by the water …
