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 (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Green City Vikash Samiti Vs. The Secretary Ministry of Home & Ors. dated 29/06/2015 regarding pollution of air and water by scrap dealers in Delhi by dismantling of old cars and vehicles in public land and …
'If not restored soon, it will also burn like Varthur lake' As per the IISc study, Sankey tank is going the Varthur lake way. One of the prime lakes in the City, Sankey Tank, too faces the threat of increasing pollution and encroachment. The government claims that Sankey Tank is …
GURGAON: Pollution in the Yamuna seems to be going from bad to worse. The MCG has, for the first time, admitted that untreated sewage water also gets into the Najafgarh drain that connects to the Yamuna. This was after a test, conducted by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board in …
In a bid to curb pollution in Yamuna, the Delhi Development Authority has decided to develop a wetland on the floodplains to treat the water of Barapullah drain before it is released into the river. Also in the works is a biodiversity park near Okhla bird sanctuary . The wetland …
The Economic Survey has highlighted poor water quality of the Yamuna river while pointing out that the river crossing the Capital was polluted by the flow of untreated sewage and discharge of industrial effluents. The annual average of Dissolved Oxygen ranged from 0.20mg/l (milligrams per litre) at Shahdara to 8.48 …
To effectively plan and monitor the Government of India's flagship Clean Ganga Mission, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Indian Space Research Organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The objective of the MoU is …
This is the second time that the company had been asked to stop work. In February 2012, Shree Hari Chemicals had to close down production activities as per the directions of MPCB. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has asked Shree Hari Chemicals Export Ltd, a dye intermediate manufacturer, to shut …
BERHAMPUR: The claims of the Central and State Governments notwithstanding, safe drinking water remains a distant dream for many in Ganjam district. A case in point is Ekagharia village under Jagannathprasad block. In the last three years, nine persons of the village have died due to renal failure caused by …
AURANGABAD: Taking serious cognizance of the industrial houses rampantly violating environmental norms and releasing untreated hazardous chemical waste into rivers, district guardian minister Ramdas Kadam has asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to submit a detailed report in this regard within the next two days. The regional office of …
The Government has also admitted it is two years behind schedule in developing River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) to improve standards, and that targets to achieve better quality have been missed. The RBMPs set out how water quality can be improved and pollution reduced from wastewater treatment plants, agriculture, forestry …
The appalling picture of water supply in the capital has prompted the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to seek the response of the city government in the matter saying there is a complete “mismanagement of affairs”. A bench headed by U.D. Salvi, after taking suo moto cognisance of a newspaper report, …
NASHIK: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will kick-start the Clean Godavari campaign as part of the Green Kumbh in Nashik on June 27. The drive in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar is part of the green mission initiated by the Green Kumbh Committee as directed by the Bombay high court. The first such …
Green Party water spokesperson Catherine Delahunty says new reports from the Parliamentary Commission for the Environment indicate dairy intensification is causing increasing damage to New Zealand's waterways. The discharge of pollutants from dairy operations means the water quality of many rivers and streams is continuing to decline. "While we welcome …
Can cause dementia and other neurological problems The toxic metal, aluminium, has been found more than the permissible limit in the drinking water samples tested by the government water quality testing labs and other approved institutions. The problem related to aluminium is more pronounced in case of Amritsar, Fatehgarh Sahib, …
According to a report submitted by the ward office, the samples contain Escherichia coli bacteria or E-coli bacteria in them. Thirty out of 37, or 81 per cent of the water samples tested by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from the unauthorised food stalls in the A ward were found …
The Water Resources Ministry today urged Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar not to extend the June 30 deadline for installing real-time monitoring of effluents by the polluting industries along Ganga river basin. In a letter to Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, the Union water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation ministry …
Hundreds of dead fish have been floating in the Devarabeesanahalli lake in Mahadevapura zone for the past two days, but none of the civic agency’s officials has taken note of it so far. The lake, spread over 39.31 acres and maintained by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), is surrounded by …
PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss has urged the State government to move the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the issue of industrial effluent discharge into river Cauvery. At a press meet here on Tuesday, Dr. Anbumani said an alleged 140-crore litres of industrial effluents were discharged directly into Cauvery from …
Constructed at a cost of over Rs 8 crore, the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in the industrial area of Kurkhumb (Daund taluka of Pune) leaves much to be desired in terms of its performance. While the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) claims the CETP is functioning well, reports by …
AURANGABAD: Untreated municipal sewage and effluents from cities and towns in the state being discharged untreated into rivers is causing 70% pollution of the drinking water sources, a recent assessment by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has revealed. The CPCB issued directions in April to the Maharashtra Pollution Control …
