Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
timely action by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( bmc) has led to the detection of 280 tonnes of contaminated alum in drinking water. Alum, used to purify the city's water, was contaminated with organic compounds such as chloroform and benzene. Both are carcinogenic in nature. The polluted alum was found …
Devotees at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, the major shrine for followers of the Sikh religion, will now be able to bathe in purified water. Authorities in Amritsar have appointed an American architectural firm
industries around Bangalore will now get low-cost, recycled water for non-potable purposes. A new scheme initiated by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (bwssb) will soon commence the supply of recycled water to the industries. The first-of-its-kind project is funded partly by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited …
>> By 2007, one-half of the world's population will live in urban areas compared to little more than one-third in 1972. By the end of 2002 some 70 per cent of the world's urban population will be living in Africa, Asia or Latin America >> 1,200 million more people in …
working along the same lines as air pollution control programs, the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) has proposed a water quality trading policy that the agency says will make wastewater systems faster and more efficient. The idea is to grant
industrialists in Delhi could soon be forced to pay up for common effluent treatment plants (cetps) in their area. A proposal to tax erring industrialists, who refuse to foot the bill for the construction of cetps, was put forth by state industry and environment minister Deep Chand Bandhu. He announced …
Hotel Grand Hyatt, spread over four hectares of water-starved Vasant Kunj, has devised a proactive method of meeting its mammoth demand for water: it is the only five star hotel in the capital to completely recycle its sewage. "This is an extremely rocky area. Moreover, we are not connected to …
rainwater harvesting can also cleanse water. Storage of treated wastewater and storm runoff in underground aquifers purges it of disease-causing organisms. This allows the water to be recycled for irrigating parks, gardens, ovals and farms. This was revealed in a study recently conducted by Australia-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research …
Efforts to reduce the impact of business and industry on nature are falling short, reveals a new United Nations Environment Programme (unep) report. Very few companies in each industry are actively integrating social and environmental factors into business decisions. Furthermore, improvements are being overtaken by economic growth and increasing demand …
membrane technology is today considered the best option for treating effluent. Yet it has its own problems. The membranes used as filters have limited life and frequently get clogged with the residue and have to be
california is caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, its water association is demanding that the plan to phase out the use of the oxygenate mtbe (methyl tertiary butyl ether) in gasoline be enforced as per the schedule (by the end of 2002). On the …
A network of organisations involved in water, sanitation and hygiene sector, which intends to facilitate the sharing of information and promote the use thereof to improve the performance of the sector as a whole. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene-Resource Centre Network Nepal (WASH-RCNN) in association with Nepal Library Association (NLA) …
