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 …
K. Raju All the 2,150 residents of K. Ramanathapuram village in Dindigul district are now getting good quality drinking water, thanks to effective community participation and the implementation of the Central government
Disappearing ground water could be the mother of all crises A study based on satellite imagery, by the US National Aeronautical and Space Administration (Nasa), says that North India
PRAMOD KUMAR There are total 479 districts in India where problem of groundwater contamination has been reported in isolated pockets. This is giving sleepless nights to the officials of the central ground water authority. According to the Centre's Water Quality Assessment Authority, Uttar Pradesh tops the list where contamination in …
K.V. Kurmanath Hyderabad, Aug. 4 Worried over decreasing groundwater levels and presence of nitrates and heavy metals, the Andhra Pradesh Government has initiated a study to assess the quality and quantity of groundwater in the Hussainsagar catchment area. The study would suggest measures to plug the sources of pollution and …
The purpose of this investigation was to assess exposure to drinking water fluoride and to evaluate the risk of dental fluorosis among the Harappanahalli population. The study covered all 20 areas in Harappanahalli and 80% of population that has access to public water supplies.
Physico-chemical and biological monitoring of groundwater samples of various wells situated near Rajaula village, Chitrakoot (Satna) Madhya Pradesh was carried out.
In the present study, analysis of groundwater of BHEL industrial area of Bhopal has been done in winter, summer and monsoon season for one year (2007-08) at different sampling stations selected for this study. Two readings of sample has been observed and analysed to check the water quality index (WQI).
Increased incidences of groundwater nitrate and its impact on human health especially in infants as blue baby disease, has initiated to determine groundwater nitrate concentration in Chandrapur city of Maharashtra state. Groundwater sampling was carried out at 18 locations from dug wells and bore wells from the study area.
Hydrochemistry in parts of the Lower Tista Floodplain in northwest Bangladesh is dominated by alkalies and weakly acid, having highest concentration of sodium cations and bicarbonate anions respectively. Groundwater is characterized by sodium-calcium and sodium-potassium cation and bicarbonate-chloride-sulphate anion facies, and genetically ‘normal chloride’, ‘normal sulphate’, and ‘normal carbonated’ type, …
There is a marked fall in groundwater table Underground drainage project progressing slowly CUDDALORE: The Tamil Nadu Science Forum has voiced concern over the fast-depleting groundwater level in Cuddalore. At a district conference held here recently, the forum passed a resolution urging the authorities to take speedy measures to reverse …
This is the letter by the Congress of United States, Washington to Chairman & CEO of Dow Chemical Company, Michigan, requesting that Dow ensures that a representative appear in the ongoing legal cases in India regarding Bhopal, that Dow meets the demands of the survivors for medical and economic rehabilitation, …
To concentrate on vulnerable segments of Cauvery DINDIGUL: Gandhigram Rural University will take up studies on sand mining in rivers in Tamil Nadu, particularly the Cauvery, said S.M. Ramasamy, Vice-Chancellor, Gandhigram Rural University. In a release here on Tuesday, he said massive sand mining in rivers had emerged as one …
Kuzhikandam creek/P K Jeevan Jose. Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Close on the heels of the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) marking Eloor industrial area one of the toxic hotspot for persistent organic pollutant (POP), the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) together with the Centre for Water Resources …
This research paper examines the effects of solid waste on the quality of underground water in Benin metropolis, Nigeria. The study was bore out of the unregulated manner in which both domestic and industrial wastes are deposited in the streets, river courses, buried, burnt and discarded in refuse heaps. Solid …
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 …
