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 …
Dutse — Governor Muhammad Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State said yesterday that the state government had hired an Australian firm to provide a permanent solution to the problem of Typha grass that blocks the Hadejia River, causing perennial flooding in Hadejia town. This is contained in a statement signed by …
Flooding in northern Vietnam has killed at least 17 people, with the continuing rain prompting concerns of landslides and of pollution from inundated coal mines reaching one of the country’s most famous sites of natural beauty. A Vietnamese Navy vessel was sent to Co To Island, off the northeast coast, …
Cleaning of river Ganga is expected to be completed by 2020, by which time desired results of initiatives taken up for the purpose will be visible, the government has said. In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union water resources minister Uma Bharti said cleaning of the river …
A bench headed by NGT chairperson, Justice Swatanter Kumar, after perusing a report submitted by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), sought response from these nurseries by August 10, the next date of hearing. The National Green Tribunal on Thursday issued notice to around 3,000 illegal nurseries and private persons causing …
The groundwater is unfit for consumption in 171 villages of Mahendragarh district as the fluoride content in the water is high resulting in dental and skeletal fluorosis, anemia, gastroenteritis and other abdominal disorders among the villagers. Rathivaas, the native place of Education Minister Rambilas Sharma is also among the villages …
The U.S. Coast Guard was investigating a large, patchy oil sheen that appeared off the Southern California coast west of Santa Barbara on Wednesday, not far from the site of a petroleum pipeline spill in May, officials said. The slick, spanning approximately 3 square miles (8 square km) of the …
Javadekar, who chaired a meeting of Bengaluru MPs and MLAs on rejuvenation of lakes here on Tuesday, said his ministry would fund the rejuvenation if the State government took affirmative steps to block the entry of polluted water into the lakes. Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said …
The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has claimed that the 400-kilometer Siak River dividing the resource-rich province of Riau is in a condition of deterioration. “The river’s quality has deteriorated drastically,” executive director of Riau Walhi Riko Kurniawan said in Pekanbaru on Wednesday. He said that both locals and …
The Teva Pharmaceutical Industries manufacturing plant in Kfar Sava has seriously contaminated the Yarkon River, according to sources at the Water Authority. Effluent containing very high concentrations of chemical by-products of the manufacturing process were discharged into a municipal water treatment facility and released into the river, where high levels …
Organisers of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro face serious challenges over cleaning up the bay where the sailing competitions will be held, the IOC president Thomas Bach has admitted. Sailors in Guanabara Bay have reported worrying amounts of rubbish and pollution, including discarded furniture and floating animal carcasses. …
Health experts have claimed that reverse osmosis water purifiers do not provide 100 per cent virus-free water and can lead to Hepatitis A and E. On the World Hepatitis Day, they advised citizens to drink boiled water, which is safest to drink, to avoid Hepatitis A and E. Sharing details …
Haryana government today told the National Green Tribunal that maintaining a minimum flow of at least 10 cumecs of water at Hathnikund barrage in Yamuna as directed by it would be difficult during lean season but the Tribunal remained unconvinced. "It would be difficult for Haryana to ensure availability of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Valley view Estate (Regd.) Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 29/07/2015 regarding dumping of waste and construction in Gair Mumkin Nala, Haryana.
A maritime court in the coastal city of Qingdao has said it will hear a landmark case brought by a nonprofit organisation against U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips and China's CNOOC Ltd, the official China Daily reported. The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation will not claim compensation, but is …
The pollution in one of Istanbul’s central creeks has reached an excessive level, as the creek was recently seen covered with black-colored bubbles and emitting an unbearable smell. The Kurbağalıdere creek, which is located in Istanbul’s Asian-side district of Kadıköy, has reached a dangerous level of contamination due to the …
Public concern about adulterants such as formalin in food, underlies the growing number of enforcement drives we are witnessing to make the food we eat safer. However, awareness also needs to be raised about the hidden problem of food being contaminated by high traces of heavy metals such as arsenic, …
INDORE: After being pulled up by National Green Tribunal (NGT) for slow pace of work and non-allocation of fund for cleaning of Khan and Saraswati rivers, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) on Monday announced to allocate Rs 6 crore for the river cleaning works for this financial year. Civic body also …
50% of the samples taken from govt schools fail lab test Hazardous and contaminated water from hand pumps containing excessive fluoride, chloride and bacteria is the only source of drinking water available for children in a number of schools of Mansa and Bathinda districts. Though water from hand pumps have …
A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over pollution affecting the Taj Mahal and linked it to the polluted Yamuna river that flows along the monument in Agra. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forest headed by Congress MP Ashwani Kumar suggested that a water body …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of J.P. Sharma Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. dated 27/07/2015 regarding pollution of Hindon canal. The record reveals that serious note of throwing of MSW in Hindon Canal was taken and therefore, committee of officers nominated …
