Water Pollution
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …Order of the National Green Tribunal on the encroachment of Budhi talab, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, 23/06/2021
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jeevan Lal Barbaiya Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 23/06/2021 regarding encroachment of Budhi talab (water body) in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. In the early days, the Budhi talab used to be full of water, …Oversight Committee report on action taken on the contamination of waterbodies and groundwater, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 21/06/2021
Updated report of the Oversight Committee, National Green Tribunal, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in the matter of Original Application No. 116/2014 (Meera Shukla Vs Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Others) dated 21/06/2021.The matter related to remedial action on the contamination of water bodies and groundwater, specially Ramgarh lake, Ami river, Rapti river …Monitoring plastics in rivers and lakes: guidelines for the harmonization of methodologies
More than 8,000 million metric tons of plastic have been made since the beginning of large-scale plastic production in the 1950s. As a consequence, plastic debris is present in all ecosystems, including remote locations such as mountain lakes and polar sea ice. Oceans are the most prominent example of widespread …Plastic waste discharges from rivers and coastlines in Indonesia
In 2015, a global study estimating inputs of plastic waste into the oceans ranked Indonesia as the second largest contributor to plastic marine pollution. In 2017, another study ranked four Indonesian rivers in the world’s most polluting top 20. The challenge of plastic waste and marine debris requires a robust …EU action plan: towards zero pollution for air, water and soil
The European Commission adopted the EU Action Plan: “Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil” – a key deliverable of the European Green Deal and the main topic of this year's EU Green Week. It sets out an integrated vision for 2050: a world where pollution is reduced to …Order of the Supreme Court regarding allocation of more water to Delhi from Haryana, 07/05/2021
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of 'In Re: Remediation of polluted rivers' dated 07/05/2021. The petition was filed by the Delhi Jal Board seeking a direction to the state of Haryana to ensure enough water supply to maintain the level of water at Wazirabad pond …Source-to-sea and landscape approaches : integrating water quality and biodiversity conservation towards the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed
The report contextualises the current status of water quality and biodiversity in the Rio Doce watershed, providing selected data and information on the physical, chemical and biological quality of the water and an overview of the terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity since the dam rupture. A review of the integrated …Pollution control acts, rules & notifications issued thereunder
In this volume, and effort has been made to compile the Acts and Rules concerning protection and improvement of environment being implemented by the Environment Ministry/Departments as well as the Pollution Control Boards or the Pollution Control Committees at the Central, State and Union Territory levels. The current volume is …Compliance report on management of waste at village Adampur, Bari tehsil, district Dholpur, Rajasthan, 24/03/2021
Affidavit cum compliance report by the government of Rajasthan in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order July 22, 2020 in the matter of Resident of village Adampur, PO Masodi Khera, Dholpur district Vs State of Rajasthan. The matter related to compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 for …Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding environmental compensation imposed on an unit in a residential area, Uttar Pradesh, 12/03/2021
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Shamshul Haq Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 12/03/2021. The appellant, Shamshul Haq ran a unit engaged in washing/dyeing jeans in a residential area. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) directed the closure of the …National inventory of sewage treatment plants
In past 5 years since the last report on inventorisation of STPs was released in 2015, substantial sewage treatment capacities have been added. However, still a vast gap remains in sewage generation and treatment capacities. Through this report on "National Inventory of Sewage Treatment Plants in India - 2021", attempts …Water for India: sustainable alternatives
In India, around three lakh children die of water-borne diseases every year, with diarrhoea alone causing more than 50 per cent of the deaths. Despite the primary sources of water in the country—groundwater and surface water—being highly contaminated, only 32 per cent of the Indian households get water from a …Action taken report by the Deputy Commissioner, Faridabad, Municipal Corporation on disposal of garbage and sewage on the bank of Uttar Pradesh-Agra canal, 23/02/2021
Action taken report on behalf of Deputy Commissioner, Faridabad, Municipal Corporation, Faridabad and the Haryana State Pollution Control Board in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order September 3, 2020. The matter related to failure in taking remedial action against collected garbage and sewage on the bank of Uttar Pradesh-Agra …Assessing groundwater quality: a global perspective
This perspective paper by the Friends of Groundwater (FoG) group aims to give a compelling argument for the importance of groundwater quality for human development and ecosystem health. It also provides a global overview of the current knowledge, with focus on data coverage, gaps and technological advances. It is a …Joint Committee report on Jubilant Life Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra, 03/02/2021
Joint Committee report on the matter related to M/S Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, 03/02/2021. The matter related to pollution caused by Jubilant Life Science Ltd (JLS). After intervention of the National Green Tribunal and work carried out as per detailed action plan, JLS has shown improvement in view …Water pollution in India: Twenty-Sixth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) - Public Accounts Committee (2020-21)
This Report of the Public Accounts Committee deals with the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations and Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Eighth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on "Water Pollution in India" based on the C&AG; Report No.21 of 2011-12, Union Government for the year ended …City of Cape Town Inland Water Quality Report
A new report shows that Cape Town’s rivers, vleis and estuaries have been getting worse for 40 years, with the exception of a few years. In the rivers the problem is mostly E.coli which is a bacteria found in faeces. In the vleis and estuaries the problem is mostly phosphate. …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by DSM Sugar Mills, Mansurpur, Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, 28/01/2021
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinit Kumar Vs DSM Sugar Mills Ltd. & Others dated 28/01/2021. Grievance in the application was against causing of pollution by DSM Sugar Mills Ltd. operating in Mansurpur, Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in violation of environmental norms. It was discharging untreated …Joint Committee report on pollution of Buckingham Canal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 19/01/2021
Joint Committee report in respect of Original Application No. 48 of 2020 taken up Suo Motu based on the news item published in Dinamalar newspaper of February 26, 2020 on sewage in Buckingham Canal, Chennai. The NGT in its order of February 28, 2020 directed the constitution of a Joint …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Sadar talab, Kadaura, Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, 13/01/2021
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pushpendra Kumar Vs Nagarpanchayat, Kadaura & Others dated 13/01/2021. The matter related to restoration of a water body called the main pond (Sadar Bazar) of Kadaura town, district Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. It is stated that such restoration is necessary for …