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 …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has formed a committee headed by a divisional commissioner to monitor works of authorities concerned who are responsible to check pollution of Godavari river in the pilgrim town of Nashik, which is to host Kumbh festival in July-September next year. The order was passed by …
The expert committee in the Trimbakeshwar river pollution case on Sunday visited the place to study the situation to suggest solutions. The committee, appointed by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, consists of Mahesh Shindekar, Mahadev Randive, Ravindra Thanedar and Suhas Pathkar from the College of Engineering, Pune. Lalita Shinde, a …
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court rapped the state government for not framing relevant rules under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for proceeding against offenders involved in illegal sand mining and transportation. The rules relate to authorization of government person under section 22 of …
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, on Monday instructed state government officials to be present for the next hearing on the petition filed for Godavari river's revival, failing which it has warned of prohibitory orders against them on the forthcoming Kumbh Mela. On January 16, the NGT had asked …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Smt. Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 10/02/2014 regarding Godavari river's revival. The Pune Bench of the National Green Tribunal has asked the "State Government, particularly the Chief Secretary of the State of Maharashtra and …
This communication discusses quantifying basin-scale water wealth by transformation from the presently adapted basin terminal gauge site run-off aggregation to distributed hydrological modelling approach. In this study, an attempt was made to propose modifications to simple monthly water balance model using time-series land-use grids derived from the temporal remote sensing …
Noted water conservationist Dr Rajendra Singh has urged the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to undertake urgent measures to curb water pollution in Godavari river. “Godavari river is getting polluted on a large scale, as the industrial effluents as well as domestic waste are being released into the river. Sewage is …
On the insistence of the petitioners of the river pollution case, mayor Yatin Wagh and other civic officials visited the banks of the Godavari on Wednesday evening to discuss about the orders of the Bombay high court with respect to the implementation of suggestions of the National Environmental Engineering Research …
NASHIK: NGO Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch and an environmental activist moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday for restoring the original state of Godavari river which originates from Trimbakeshwar. The petitioners have asked the respondents - Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council, district collector, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, state government and Union …
The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), which is releasing untreated sewage into Godavari river, is expected to revamp its sewage disposal system by March 2014. The city gets around 390 million litres per day (MLD) drinking water, of which sewage of around 240 MLD is generated. The NMC is treating 200 …
Taking into account the rising pollution levels in Godavari river especially during Kumbh Mela, the Bombay High Court Wednesday suggested the state government to build artificial ponds for immersion. It also asked the state to decide on pending proposals on implementing various schemes for cleaning the river. The HC asked …
The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday while hearing the PIL filed by NGO Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch against government officials for pollution in Godavari river, asked the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to comply with National Environmental Engineering Research Institute's (NEERI) recommendation to convert sewage treatment plants from 30 BOD …
The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday asked all the parties involved in the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by NGO Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch, including the NGO, to come prepared for the hearing on December 4, which will be based on the action plan submitted by the National Environmental …
Centre comes out with clear cut procedures to avoid disputes in future The Centre has identified three major challenges that need to be addressed with regard to sharing of Krishna and Godavari rivers between Telangana and the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh. The first is the allocation and protocol of …
The Panchavati division of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) carried out a cleanliness drive at Ramkund, Laxmankund and Pataleshwar Kund in the Godavari river on Tuesday, extracting 40 tonnes of material used in rituals and garbage. The exercise was conducted to cleanse the river of all waste after three consecutive …
Fears in Andhra Pradesh over the sharing of Krishna and Godavari waters, government jobs, personal safety, state assets and liabilities, and Article 371 (D) are for the most part not based on an awareness of the steps that can be taken to allay them. The ‘real’ conflict is over the …
Five surrendered discoveries to be put up for competitive bidding Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India's largest private sector company, might find this difficult to digest. The petroleum ministry has asked it to give up more than 80 per cent of its D6 gas block area in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, …
With the contract of the agencies cleaning Godavari river with the help of boats coming to an end on September 30, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) had floated tenders for the job about a fortnight ago, but found no takers. The tenders for the said work were opened last week. …
The early rains of the 2013 monsoon ended the drought in Maharashtra. But the long-term problem remains. A combination of measures is required to tackle the issue.
Water at 75 locations of major rivers, such as Ganga, Yamuna, Chambal, Sone and Wainaganga are not fit for drinking, the Government said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Central Water Commission (CWC) under the Water Resources Ministry, which monitors water quality at 396 stations located in all the …
