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 fate of the Ravi-Tawi canal project is still hanging in balance as the Cabinet did not give administrative approval to the project today. The state Finance Ministry demanded an expert opinion from the Solicitor General of India and the Attorney General of India before work is started on the …
Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) has announced the new water resources allocation policy which stipulates the maximum allocation for all categories of domestic and industrial users. It has prescribed a formula by which the allocation is to be reduced for various categories in case of drought. The policy has …
SILCHAR : A campaign by lovers of nature and environmentalists has been launched to save Barak and its biodiversity due to the clandestine and often open harmful activities of poachers on the upper reaches of the river that originates from Nagaland and after meandering through Manipur comes down to the …
It seems the seriousness of the Central and State government about conservation of environment and water bodies lie only on papers. The proposals for rejuvenation of the city's iconic Nag river and nine other lakes have been making rounds on papers for the last four years. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation …
The police here have beefed up measures to check unauthorised mining of sand in different parts of the district. The police action followed reports of large-scale unauthorised mining of sand from rivers to defeat regulation of sand-mining activities under the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of …
Members in the Legislative Council on Wednesday demanded a foolproof policy for controlling illegal sand mining in the State and conserving rivers for future generations. Illegal sand mining and use of mechanised boats for extracting sand from river basins posed a threat to the existence of rivers, they contended. JD(S) …
Many rivers, considered the lifeline of Jagatsinghpur, have either dried up or are polluted with industrial waste and sewerage. One such river is Alaka that was flowing through Biridi, Jagatsinghpur, Balikuda, Raghunathpur and Nuagaon blocks. Today, it has completely dried up. The river stretches up to Erasama and joins the …
The Brahmani river here is facing pollution threat. Release of ash water and other wastes from the 460-mw Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) here into the Brahmani has ended up severely polluting the river. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board and the State Government have allegedly remained a mute spectator …
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has decided to review the environment monitoring cost (EMC) being charged from hydro-power projects with a capacity of 10 MW or more to ensure that there is a proper check and scrutiny against any damage to the fragile hill ecology. The board has decided …
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 TMCft of Cauvery water during December despite both warring states expressing dissatisfaction over the award. A Bench of Justices D K Jain and Madan …
The holy waters of Beas river have gradually become a dustbin, sewerage and even a corpse-yard for the residents as well as visitors in Kullu. It's blue water, with white rapids, looks so beautiful from a distance, but the reality remains quite different. Be it hotels, restaurants, houses or even …
Disregarding the directive of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), Karnataka has stopped releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar told agitating Congress members at the Assembly today that the release of water to Tamil Nadu had been stopped since Sunday evening. The Supreme Court had on Wednesday …
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of Cauvery water during December despite both warring states expressing dissatisfaction over the award. A Bench of justices …
History tells us of man creating civilizations in and around water bodies. Even today, modern societies are concentrated on the world’s seaboards. But the future appears bleak with soaring population, inevitable global warming, increasing pollution, human callousness and much more. The World Bank Institute’s Water Policy Reform Program (1999) tells …
The District Magistrate today imposed ban on the extraction of minor minerals from the rivers for a period of two months. According to an order, District Magistrate Jammu Sanjeev Verma has imposed ban on extraction of minor minerals like sand, bajri and RBM from the rivers and from the areas …
Regretting that the Yamuna has no fresh water and what’s left in it is only filth, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and state governments to consider infusing fresh water into the river in Delhi and NCR. A bench of Justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan B Lokur referred …
Karnataka on Tuesday raised before the Supreme Court the question of maintainability of Tamil Nadu's plea for release of minimum 30 tmc-ft of Cauvery river water to save its standing samba crop. Karnataka said TN's plea was not maintainable since the state has not challenged the decisions of Cauvery Monitoring …
The District Magistrate today imposed ban on the extraction of minor minerals from the rivers for a period of two months in an order issued here. District Magistrate Jammu Sanjeev Verma in exercise of his powers today imposed ban on extraction of minor minerals like sand, bajri and RBM from …
Forest and environment minister Bijayshree Routray today informed the State Assembly that the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has found 43 stations of nine main rivers of the state as highly polluted. Replying to a question of MLA Amar Prasad Satpathy, Rourtay said that the Board in 2011 had …
