Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Smugglers are extracting sand illegally at various places. Karimnagar: The concerned authorities are not quarrying the sand in Manair river, fearing plunging groundwater table. Smugglers are illegally extracting the sand at various places in the river for making huge profits using short cuts. Consequently, the groundwater level is likely to …
Rajahmundry: The Chief Minister’s wish to divert Godavari water to Krishna delta through Pattiseema lift irrigation scheme may not be fulfilled as the water level in the river is not sufficient even to cater to the demand for cultivation of crops for rabi season in Godavari districts. Irrigation authorities say …
Two months since the Godavari was cleaned, the river is back to being a murky nullah choked with household waste, plastic and puja material dumped into it Two months since the G o d ava r i w a s cleaned for the Kumbh Mela in Nashik, the river is …
Traditionally, the Kumbh Mela is held after every 12 years. As per the estimate of the state, lakhs of sadhus and devotees took the ‘holy’ bath on September 13, 2015. The Bombay High Court Thursday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to inspect and assess pollution levels in Godavari …
Division Bench questions the decision as the State is reeling under drought Water supply cuts have started at Shankarnagar in Nashik city. Till a week ago, Rajendra Jadhav, a resident says, there was supply through taps twice a day, for two hours each time. Now, it’s just once a day. …
Reliance Industries got Rs 8,500 cr of gas from ONGC’s KG block, says D&M.; In 2000, two deep-water blocks in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin were awarded by the government, one to Reliance Industries and the other to ONGC. Private explorer Reliance Industries (RIL) extracted at least 9 billion cubic metres …
NASHIK: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's (MPCB) plan to set up an online water testing facility in the Godavari has been delayed by couple of months. MPCB member secretary P Anbalagan said as the Godavari is a non-perennial river, they were trying to formulate a policy to ensure that machinery …
Farmers of Nellore district stand to gain the most After the interlinking of the Godavari and Krishna rivers, the government seems to have set its sights on the integration of the Krishna and Penna river systems to help a vast majority of farmers in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and …
Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday took the historic step of interlinking its two major rivers Godavari and Krishna, a development that is being seen as a boon for farmers of Krishna delta who are facing water scarcity. The interlinking involves diversion of about 80 TMC of water from Godavari river to …
NASHIK: Maharashtra's efforts to make the Godavari clean have earned accolades from Madhya Pradesh, the host of next year's Kumbh Mela. "I appreciate the efforts taken by the government departments for having a green Kumbh. If people bathed in the river and even drank its water, it was the duty …
A Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) team today visited the city to check the level of pollution in Godavari river, an official release said. "The team, headed by S Jeyapaul, scientist CPCB zonal office in Bangalore, arrived in Rajahmundry to inspect level of pollution in Godavari river, and met Municipal …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Lalita Sandip Shinde (Deshmukh) & Others Vs. Chief Executive Officer, Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council & Others dated 17/08/2015 regarding environmental degradation and pollution being caused to River Godavari due to various activities in Trimbakeshwar Municipal area.
Hyderabad: The poaching of freshwater turtles in Andhra Pradesh is so rampant that they may enter the list of endangered species. Two freshwater turtle species found in AP — the Indian softshell and the Indian flapshell — are poached. The softshell is already listed as a threatened species by the …
NASHIK: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will kick-start the Clean Godavari campaign as part of the Green Kumbh in Nashik on June 27. The drive in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar is part of the green mission initiated by the Green Kumbh Committee as directed by the Bombay high court. The first such …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is planning to set up an online water checking facility at the Godavari soon in a bid to control pollution in the river. MPCB's member secretary P Anbalagan, who was in the city on Thursday, said besides the Godavari, a similar project will be …
On behalf of Green Kumbh, the district collector and municipal commissioner had organised a meeting to plan cleaning of the rivers in the city on occasion of World Environment Day on June 5. Citizens and social organisations will be joining hands for the Clean Godavari Campaign which is the main …
The state-level documentary film competition as part of the Green Kumbh has been organised for creating public awareness about river pollution. Of the 17 films, eight have been selected and will be screened on Thursday at Kusumagraj Pratishthan. The documentary films that will be in the possession of the government …
NASHIK: Eight documentary films, which were selected at the state-level competition conducted as part of the Green Kumbh for creating public awareness about river pollution, were screened at Kusumagraj Pratishthan on Thursday evening. Actors, government officials and social activists attended the screening. The films showcased the state of the Godavari …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ashok Kajale & Ors. Vs M/s Godavari Bio-Refineries Ltd. & Ors. dated 19/05/2015 regarding industrial activities by M/s. Godhavari Bio-Refineries Ltd. causing ground water pollution and thereby affecting ground water quality, pollution of river Godavari and …
Varous organisations in Nashik led by Ganga Godavari Panchkoti Purohit Sangh in association with the Nirmal Goda Abhiyan staged an agitation on Tuesday. The agitators sat at the holy "Ram Kunda" (a sacred pond) near Godavari river, holding banners and posters, demanding that the river should be made pollution free, …
