Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Prasad Gupta Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. Counsel appearing for the state of Uttar Pradesh submitted that the action plan to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents in river Ganga is ready …
Despite the reports of the occurrence of perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in industrialized nations, information on PFCs in less industrialized countries is meager. In the present study, concentrations and profiles of PFCs were investigated in surface waters (rivers, lakes, coastal seas and untreated sewage; n = 42) including the Ganges River water, …
In a setback to the Mayawati government, the Allahabad High Court, on Friday, asked the state government to stop construction of the eight-lane Ganga Expressway from Noida to Ballia until it gets a fresh environmental clearance. A division judge bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Arun Tandon quashed the …
Yoginder K. Alagh Now that the election is almost over, I must admit I am a bit of a fanatic. Not a big one, but a small one. I follow the tyranny of reason. But reason is bound by the prevalent state of knowledge. The lady of the house is …
LUCKNOW: In a major setback to the Mayawati Government, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday restrained it from proceeding with the mammoth Ganga Expressway project in Uttar Pradesh. The Court directed the State Government to obtain prior environmental clearance before proceeding with the construction work on …
New Delhi: There is a bag full of green issues that the next environment minister will have tackle as he/she takes over. Some of them are politically tricky while others are keenly watched by the industry and yet more that the entire world will be keeping an eye out for. …
Bangladesh Water Development Board has signed an agreement with National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) Joint Venture for carrying out feasibility study and preparing detailed engineering design of Ganges Barrage Project. The other partner of NESPAK is Development and Design Consultants of Bangladesh. A spokesman of NESPAK said that the Ganges …
Industries got a whacking yesterday as experts and environmentalists maintained that rivers around Dhaka are getting polluted wholesale by industrial waste. Even industries with effluent treatment plants do not run those facilities. The capital's sewage is also mostly untreated and dumped into the rivers as the Dhaka Water Supply and …
The 20-year study report on status of groundwater arsenic contamination in West Bengal by Jadavpur University, based on the analysis of water samples from tube wells in all 19 districts of West Bengal. Groundwater in nine highly affected districts had arsenic at concentrations of 300 lg/L and above. Since 1988 …
Building real cooperation on transboundary waters is always a lengthy and complex journey. Embracing cooperation is no simple task for a nation state, not least because of the perceived costs of the erosion of sovereignty, however small that erosion might be. While there are many examples of where cooperation is …
Some of the developing world's largest rivers including Ganges in South Asia are drying up because of climate change. Researchers from the US-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) said this after analysing data combined with computer models to assess river flows across the world. NCAR analysed data of running …
KOLKATA After the state government agencies and civic bodies failed to prevent pollution in the Ganga, the Centre has issued a circular announcing the formation of a Ganga River Conservation Authority to be headed by the chief minister. The committee will look after the conservation of the river.
By Suzanne Goldenberg Some of the mightiest rivers on the planet, including the Ganga, the Niger, and the Yellow river in China, are drying up because of climate change, a study of global waterways has warned. The study by the National Centre for Atmospheric Research in Colorado found that global …
Rivers in some of the world's most populated regions are losing water, many because of climate change, researchers reported on Tuesday. Affected rivers include the Yellow River in northern China, the Ganges in India, the Niger in West Africa, and the Colorado in the southwestern United States. When added to …
Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new comprehensive study of global stream flow. The study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), suggests that in many cases the reduced flows are associated with climate change. The process …
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun April 20, 2009, 0:06 IST The Ganga canal, which provides drinking and irrigation water to vast areas of western Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, would not be closed during summer. The decision came following a series of high-level meetings between the top officials of …
Uttarakhand May Shut Supply For Canal Cleaning From April 15 Residents of south and east Delhi may soon have to face water shortage with the Uttarakhand government planning to shut down supply to Delhi for two weeks. Sources revealed that the shut down will take place from April 15 to …
The Awami League government has initiated the process of construction of the Ganges Barrage for facilitating poverty reduction and economic growth through an integrated water management project in the country
