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 …
CHANDIGARH: More than 100 fish were found dead, floating on the surface of a man-made lake at Dhanas on Sunday morning, putting aquatic life under severe risk. Local residents said they had observed dead fish in the water for the past one week. Even as the dead fish have not …
Worried over rising air and water pollution, people living in cities, particularly Bengaluru, want more action from the state forest, environment and ecology department. Their concern has only mounted after the appearance of toxic foam from Varthur and some other lakes in the City. They are also angry over the …
KOLKATA: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has set up 25 permanent monitoring stations in five islands of the Sunderbans to study the impact of climate change on the mangroves and its fauna. Three research fellows engaged for the monitoring have already collected data from the sites that will now form …
Due to the increasing pollution in the Kala Sanghian drain, Environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal today took up the issue with the MC officials. He said the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) built at a cost of Rs 50 crore was lying non-functional. Seechewal met MC Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira, PPCB Superintending …
More than 71 per cent households in Kharar village are forced to consume unfit water, while 20 per cent purchase it from water tankers and only 2 per cent get supply water at their doorstep. It is the native village of BJP Bawani Khera MLA Bishember Balmiki. A Need Assessment …
A LOCAL government official was sacked and seven others punished after a company in northeast China was found to have illegally discharged sandy water that polluted the tap water supply in Lanzhou in March, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said yesterday. The tap water began smelling of ammonia in the …
Kulgaon-Badlapur, Ambernath municipal councils told to deposit Rs 5 cr each. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) to deposit Rs 15 crore and the Kulgaon-Badlapur and Ambernath municipal councils to deposit Rs 5 crore each with the divisional commissioner within six weeks for the …
DEHRADUN: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is set to release into the public domain data gathered from 110 industries that release effluents into the Ganga. These industries are located in five states, and release their waste into the Ganga and its tributaries. The devices to monitor the effluents …
The fracking industry must be compelled to provide far more detailed information to regulators if the public is to be accurately informed of any risks to the environment, advocacy groups say. A report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month found that hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas can …
THREATENED by the sewage pollution, the Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) has expressed ‘extreme concern’ over the site chosen for the sailing events of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next year. Guanabara Bay may look picture perfect but the organisation says yachties will risk running into the bodies …
Old, rusted or leaking water distribution pipelines lead to contamination of drinking water, putting health at risk, and municipal corporations must immediately address this problem, say researchers and water experts. Scientists studying contamination in urban water distribution networks want civic authorities to fix pipeline leaks and install online chlorine monitoring …
PUNE: In the waters of the Mula river resides a microscopic animal that usually lives independently, if the water becomes polluted, it swims across to its predator and clings on to it. Though the reason for this strange behaviour is unknown, it can certainly be used to determine if the …
AHMEDABAD: Residents of Khodiyarnagar Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) colony in Chandkheda facing contaminated water woes for years have got a ray of hope after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Gujarat Human Rights Commission (GHRC) directed the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to provide an immediate solution. Suryakant Jetasar, a …
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …
Srinaga: With most brick kilns in the Kashmir Valley not implementing the measures specified for minimizing pollution levels, the areas where they operate are virtually facing an environmental catastrophe, affected citizens and at least one prominent doctor have said. Like other areas in the vicinity of these brick kilns, their …
BP Plc will pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states to resolve nearly all claims from its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago in the largest corporate settlement in U.S. history. The agreement adds to the $43.8 billion that BP …
MIAMI - If left unchecked, global warming will cause irreversible damage to marine life in the world's oceans, forcing fish to search for cooler waters and destroying valuable coral reefs, an international study said Thursday. Fish swim through the coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef on September 22, 2014 Keeping …
The central government has allocated 2.8 billion yuan to support major projects controlling heavy metal pollution in 30 cities, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Thursday. The projects topped applications from the entire country, based on urgency of the pollution, efficiency of curbing efforts, facilities and other aspects, the …
The NSW Environment Protection Authority is investigating a spill of coal waste and water from the Clarence Colliery mine near Lithgow into the Wollangambe River. The agency learnt of the incident, believed to be the collapse of a coal waste dump, on Thursday morning, and coal material had affected at …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/S Chemical Construction Company Pvt. Ltd. Vs The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 03/07/2015 regarding closure of the unit (M/S Chemical Construction Company Pvt. Ltd.) on the ground that the unit is carrying on …
