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 …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is now free to give permission for establishment of industries in rivers regulation zone. The permission will be given by taking an affidavit from the industries to ensure zero discharge. The state cabinet had taken the decision to scrap the 15-year-old Rivers Regulation Zone …
The city of Guwahati has a rich historical past and finds frequent mention in medieval historical sources and epics. From the pre-historic existence, the city has evolved through various stages of development and lately, the city has entered a phase of vigorous growth changing remarkably its fabric of settlement and …
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has sought the constitution of a Central Himalayan Council on the lines of the North-Eastern Council for the development of Himalayan states like Uttarakhand. Rawat was addressing the maiden meeting of NITI Aayog in Delhi today. The Uttarakhand Chief Minister said that Uttarakhand has limited …
CM Khattar says Haryana is water deficient and its groundwater level falling Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that water-deficit Haryana alone should not be banked upon for meeting the water needs of Delhi. Other States too should come forward and pitch in with their contribution in this …
The State government is studying the NGT directive to demolish all the unauthorized constructions along the banks of the Wahumkhrah and Umshyrpi rivers, said Chief Minister Mukul Sangma. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Sangma said that the State Government has even constituted a committee comprising urban legislators to convince …
The central government has come to the aid of River Sal—once the lifeline of Salcete—which now suffers from high levels of contamination. Union minister for surface transport and river navigation Nitin Gadkari and Union minister for environment Prakash Javdekar have promised to provide central aid for dredging the river course …
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has told ET that the recent permissions given to industries to set up plants within two kilometres of River Regulatory Zones ( RRZ) are in accordance with the central environment protection act and the projects would not damage the environment along rivers in the state …
The World Bank has approved a loan of $100 million to China to support water management and anti-pollution efforts for the Lijiang River in tourist city of Guilin, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The project, which will run from 2015 to 2020, will focus on improving water supply, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Villagers of the Village Patanwati Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors dated 03/02/2015 regarding sand mining on the river bed of river Kasavati and stream beds of Sabi & Sotanala in the Patanwati area of Neem-Ka-Thana …
It may sound strange, but the central government is seriously considering a river regulation zone (RRZ) policy like Maharashtra's to save rivers, while the state government has scrapped the 15-year-old policy for being 'bad in law'. Another reason cited was that the RRZ policy was against the constitution, though the …
This recent study by Central Pollution Control Board highlights the water quality issues in 275 rivers comprising of 302 stretches in 27 states and 2 Union territories. The water data indicates that organic pollution as indicated by Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) continues to be the major water quality issue. The …
Environment minister Ramdas Kadam has told Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to submit the detailed project report (DPR) for rejuvenation of Nag River within two months. He promised to submit the DPR to central government himself. He warned the civic officials in a review meeting that if the deadline was not …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Special Circuit Bench of the Eastern Zone on Thursday directed the Meghalaya Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to demolish all the unauthorized constructions along the banks of the Wahumkhrah and Umshyrpi rivers in accordance with the provisions of the law within three months. NGT’s judicial member …
The White Clay Creek dam was the first ever removed in the state of Delaware, but it was far from the only one removed in the United States last year. On Tuesday, the conservation group American Rivers announced that 72 dams were torn down or blown up in 2014, restoring …
Encroachments on the banks of Konthuruthy river Uncertainty looms large over the lives of 168 families living on the banks of Konthuruthy River in Thevara as they fear that they may be evicted while restoring the river to its original width. The Revenue authorities had earlier carried out surveys on …
Dehradun: Chief minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday announced that the state government will formulated its policy on mining modeled on the Center's upcoming policy on it. "We are committed to make our quarrying policy based on Union government's upcoming policy on the same. The question of formulating policy on the …
BEIJING - Beijing's tap water has passed daily tests since last month, when a massive project drove water from a South China river into the Chinese capital, Beijing's water supplier said. Water from a tributary of the Yangtze River has flowed about 1,200 km to Beijing since Dec 27 as …
EURO-CORDEX, a new generation of downscaled climate projections, has become available for climate change impact studies in Europe. New opportunities arise in the investigation of potential effects of a warmer world on meteorological and hydrological extremes at regional scales. In this work, an ensemble of EURO-CORDEX RCP 8.5 scenarios is …
The state government on Tuesday decided to scrap the river regulation zone policy. The policy made areas within two kilometres of high flood lines on either side of river basins no-development zones. Environmentalists and experts have slammed the decision and raised a number of issues. It is interesting to note …
In a big move that could upset environmentalists, the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government has decided to scrap the River Regulation Zone (RRZ) policy that restricted industrial activity along river banks in the state. The proposal was also opposed by the environment minister Ramdas Kadam before it was approved in the …
