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 …
The CAG has said the technical reports have indicated that the operator has not fulfilled its obligation on well drilling. The Comptroller and Auditor General has asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) to explain the steps taken by it to ensure that Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) complies …
The hearing of the criminal case filed by the GodavariGatarikaranVirodhiManch, an NGO, under section 431 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials responsible for polluting river Godavari and conducting an inquiry of the amount spent in the past 10 years on the Godavari action …
The district court through judicial magistrate first class PA Sane will on August 26 hear a criminal case filed by NGO Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch under section 431 (mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the officials conducting an inquiry …
The Bombay high Court on Tuesday said that it was the statutory duty of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to set up chemical effluent treatment plants in the industrial areas managed by it. A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Guatam Patel directed the MIDC to initiate …
Relocation of a few tribal villages from the Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Adilabad district as an important measure towards improvement of the habitat has once again come to the fore following the recent submission of a technical report on monitoring of tiger prey in its core area. Stressing upon …
The largest and most sacred rivers of India are highly polluted while the quality of Godavari waters is excellent, states a study conducted by researchers of Andhra University. Tested for eight water parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, total alkalinity, total hardness, calcium and magnesium, …
The city police have registered 107 cases under the Bombay Police Act by July end and collected Rs 43,000 as fine from people found polluting the Godavari river. However, the police are still awaiting additional forces from the government to take preventive measures to stop pollution of the river. While …
When the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, announced the formation of the Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP), popularly known as Justice Srikrishna Committee (SKC), the proponents of Telangana Statehood received it with a healthy dose of skepticism. But, the optimist in them overtook …
NASHIK: The Bombay High Court (HC) on Thursday directed the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to pay Rs 33 lakh to the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) as the latter's consultation fee for its study report on curbing Godavari river pollution. The order was passed by the divisional bench of …
The phase I of the Godavari drinking water supply project has received the forest clearance, which will pave the way for its implementation by next year. The project seeks to augment water to the metropolitan city of Hyderabad and its neighbouring areas. The long-awaited clearance will enable the Government to …
NASHIK: A five-member team from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) inspected a stretch of the Godavari river starting from Gangapur Dam on the second day of its visit to the city. NEERI was directed by the Bombay High Court to give short and long term solutions to river …
The Bombay high court (HC) on Monday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) to present short and long term solutions to the civic body by June 20 to curb Godavari river pollution. The high court issued these directives while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Godavari Gatarikaran …
According to this policy released by the government, all water data maintained by the Central Water Commission and the Central Ground Water Board will be made available in the public domain. See Also Policy: National Water Policy 2012. Policy: Draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy. News: ICSSR plans one-stop …
New Delhi: Reliance Industries (RIL) has struck a gas pool in the first exploration well dug in more than five years in its showcase Andhra offshore field that has seen production dropping to less than half the quantity for which expenditure was approved. Sources in the know said drilling of …
Telugu Desam leader Kadiam Srihari has asked the State government to take immediate steps through the Central Water Commission (CWC) to quantify the Godavari water being utilised by Maharashtra above Sriramsagar. Speaking at an all-party meet on the Babli project on Thursday, Mr. Srihari said any finding that the utilisation …
Hyderabad: World Water Day will be observed as usual on March 22 even as citizens of Greater Hyderabad continue to be deprived of even the minimum litres per capita of water per person per day of 165 litres (LPCD) a norm set by the WHO, or 150 LPCD as per …
The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to urgently check pollution in Godavari river which originates at Trimbakeshwar, near Nashik, a major pilgrim centre. Perusing the affidavit filed by NMC on February 24, a bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka observed that …
Hyderabad: The nearly Rs 4,000-crore phase-I of the Godavari drinking water project for Greater Hyderabad is about to overcome a major environmental hurdle with the state government giving a green signal to the Water Board to take over 28 acres of forest land in Ranga Reddy district for construction of …
The direct cash transfer scheme is not a “jaadu ki chhadi” (magic wand) to reform a “broken down” delivery system and problems are there in its implementation, Union minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. “It (Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme) is not a single ‘jaadu ki chhadi’ (magic wand). It is …
If an interesting feasibility study gets general approval, we could have a cross-sectoral institutional mechanism for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity. It seeks to strike a balance between conservation of marine and coastal ecosystem, marshy mangroves and protecting the livelihood of local people. It is a land where herons, …
