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 …
Stretches of Waikiki’s white sands and blue waters were deserted on Tuesday after officials warned that heavy rains had triggered a sewage spill of half a million gallons (1.9m liters) near Hawaii’s best-known tourist district. Dozens of tourists still waded into the water, and young parents carried their toddlers into …
Researchers say mercury and other chemicals that were found in Lake Powell have moved downstream and are now being found in fish and aquatic plants in the Grand Canyon. The Arizona Daily Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1JjPj1D) no consumption advisories have been issued for fish in the study area that was researched …
This UNEP publication presents a critical analysis of successful cases for regulating wastewater treatment and management in six countries - Argentina, Austria, Finland, Jordan, Singapore and South Africa. It reviews procedures and processes in the implementation of wastewater legislation and may be useful for other countries in addressing the global …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is formed when water and air come in contact with pyrite (FeS2) present in coal and exposed rocks, to form sulphuric acid. The process of pyrite oxidation further leads to the formation of Fe3+ and some or all of this Fe3+ precipitates to cause red, orange …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Urging people to use clay Vinayakas coloured with vegetable paints, the president of the Visakha Public Library S Vijay Kumar said that Plaster of Paris and chemical colours are harmful for the environment and should not be used. Launching a poster promoting use of clay Vinayakas at the Public …
A Canadian biotech company claims to have developed a commercial-scale biodegradable replacement for the harmful synthetic microbeads found in many beauty products. TerraVerdae BioWorks, announced today (Monday 24 August) it had carried out a 10,000 litre production run for its microbead replacement, which it developed with funding from Innovate UK. …
KOCHI: Expressing concern over the ‘disastrous proportion’ of heavy metals, harmful chemicals and pollutants present in the Periyar, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) - Southern Zone on Monday ordered the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) member secretary to personally appear before it on September 7 and present a status …
The National Green Tribunal On Monday directed the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and the civic authorities of Ghaziabad to impose a fine of Rs 20,000 on anyone found dumping waste in and around the Hindon canal. The court also ordered the authorities to clear the entire municipal solid waste …
By now, everyone in India understands that we have a serious water crisis. Too many of our rivers are polluted, dammed, or dying. Rainfall is becoming increasingly erratic, and expected to become more so. Our groundwater is depleting fast. Our lakes are drying up or filling with sewage, especially in …
Greater reliance on heavy tube wells to meet the drinking water requirement of the city and unscientific exploitation is slowly depleting and polluting groundwater here. It could also jeopardise future water supply in the city as the government has failed to develop any alternative source of potable water. J&K; is …
Vrushabhavathi Valley, a tributary of Arkavathi river that flows through Bengaluru, is in dire neglect. A study conducted recently by Bangalore University (BU) on odour management of the valley has concluded that more plants are needed to treat the sewage water flowing through it. “We did a study on how …
Hyderabad: The Kolleru wildlife sanctuary has got temporary reprieve from the National Board for Wildlife. The board has appointed a working group to study the reduction of lake contour from +5 feet to +3 feet and submit a report on the same in two months. kollKolleru lake, one of the …
Varanasi: Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti has said efforts are on to clean the River Ganga by 2018. Bharti told media here on Sunday that a technical committee is preparing a report on the quality of water in the Ganga and will submit …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has come down heavily on the Centre and the Delhi government for "demur and default" in implementing its orders on the revitalisation plan of Yamuna river. The tribunal had pronounced a detailed judgment on "Maily Se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalization Plan-2017" on January 13, which …
MORE than 1,800 Zambian villagers in Chingola have taken mining giant Vedanta to court in the United Kingdom over toxic leaks. The London-listed mining giant has been polluting the drinking water of villages in Zambia and threatening a wider health disaster, the Observer has found. This is according to the …
TIANJIN - The death toll from a warehouse blast in north China's Tianjin Municipality has risen to 123, including 70 firefighters and seven policemen, authorities said at a press conference on Sunday. All victims' identities have been verified. Fifty people remain missing, including 34 firefighters and four policemen, nearly two …
Researchers returned on Sunday from mapping and sampling a massive swirling cluster of trash floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as the Dutch-borne crew works to refine a clean-up strategy it will roll out globally. The crew of the Ocean Cleanup, backed by volunteers in sailboats, ventured to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of J.P. Sharma Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. dated 24/08/2015. The Applicant has produced before the Tribunal some photographs showing the indiscriminate dumping of the municipal solid waste, construction debris in and around the Hindon Canal …
Chinese authorities warned that cyanide levels in the waters around the Tianjin Port explosion site had risen to as much as 277 times acceptable levels although they declared that the city's drinking water was safe. The local government, under pressure from China's leaders in Beijing to improve industrial safety, also …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it has no system for monitoring hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines that pock the American landscape, or knowing which one could be the source of the next big toxic spill. “EPA does not maintain records of the number of mines or tailings …
