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 …
The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking stay on the operation of all industries which are dumping untreated effluents into the Hindon river and its tributaries. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to Ministry of Water Resources, Environment …
Officials propose special diversion channel to prevent big drain from flowing into river With temperatures soaring, the Nellore Municipal Corporation has initiated efforts to ensure supply of drinking water to all residents. The drinking water needs of the city are met by drawing water from the Penna riverbed and the …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking stay on the operation of all industries which are dumping untreated effluents into the Hindon river and its tributaries. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the ministry of water …
The pollution of lakes and valley zones in Bengaluru due to “rampant” real estate projects and untreated sewage was raised in the Upper House on Thursday with Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar demanding strict action against the culprits. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, the independent MP from Karnataka cited …
Some five months after an oil tanker carrying furnace oil capsized in Shela River harming flora and fauna of the Sundarbans, another vessel carrying fertilizer made up of toxic chemicals, sank in Bhola River of the world’s largest mangrove forest threatening its biodiversity. Experts feared that an adverse impact on …
A Belfast packaging firm has said it is responsible for a pollution spill that caused the Blackstaff river to turn red. The spill was reported to the Department of Environment on Wednesday. In a statement to the BBC, director at Delta Packaging, Neal McCone, said it was a case of …
China will encourage more social investment to team up with the government in water pollution prevention and control, according to a guideline issued on Wednesday. The efforts will first focus on drinking water sources, and additional areas of water pollution prevention and control will be opened for public investment, said …
Yenagoa/Port Harcourt — No fewer than 50 farmers impacted by the April 15 oil leak incident from Shell's Kolo Creek oil fields in Otuasega, Bayelsa have decried damages they suffered from the incident. Meanwhile, Shell has reached an agreement with People of Bodo Community in Gokana Local Government Area of …
Govt considering per tree fee to replace prior permission, also plans to exempt MSMEs from seeking nod to draw water up to a certain limit from dams. The Maharashtra government is considering scrapping of the norm for industries to seek permission by for tree felling as part of efforts to …
Varous organisations in Nashik led by Ganga Godavari Panchkoti Purohit Sangh in association with the Nirmal Goda Abhiyan staged an agitation on Tuesday. The agitators sat at the holy "Ram Kunda" (a sacred pond) near Godavari river, holding banners and posters, demanding that the river should be made pollution free, …
The global food sector faces extraordinary risks from the twin challenges of water scarcity and water pollution. Growing competition for water, combined with weak regulations, failing infrastructure, pollution and climate change impacts threaten the sector’s water security and contribute to a water availability emergency that was recently ranked the world’s …
Israel's state comptroller’s office found that the Environmental Protection Ministry failed in its monitoring of industrial pollution. According to the comptroller’s report released on Tuesday, the ministry rarely uses the legal means at its disposal to enforce compliance with anti-pollution laws. The findings deal with industries including those in the …
Nairobi — Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero wants the Senate to recommend the creation of an inter-governmental special fund to the help in combating the pollution of the Nairobi River and sanitation in informal settlements. Kidero said it should be created under the Cities and Urban Areas Act which allows county …
Scientists in Pennsylvania say they've found a clear link between natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region and local groundwater contamination. Samples of drinking water near three houses in Bradford County showed traces of a drilling chemical used in the fracking process, suggesting the compound had leaked from poorly …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Yesuraja Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 06/05/2015 regarding pollution caused by cashew nut processing unit, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. The Applicant has stated that there is emission of smoke which is polluting the …
Port Harcourt — Pastor Christian Lekova Kpanddei wears his camera like a weapon, slung over a T-shirt telling oil giant Shell to "Own Up. Pay Up. Clean Up". He was a fish-farmer in the Ogoniland town of Bodo, in the oil-rich Niger Delta, before a rusty 55-year-old pipeline owned by …
Government's ambitious Ganga cleaning programme and setting up of the National Green Tribunal could shift India's view of its responsibilities to safeguard its natural bounty, a study by Circle of Blue has revealed. "Prime Minister Modi's campaign to clean up the River Ganga and development of the National Green Tribunal …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Sunday said that recent phenomenon of foaming of lake Varthur in east Bengaluru shows that the wetlands in the city as well as urban India are under a serious threat. The foam is the result of the water in the lake having …
Hyderabad: Environmentalists on Sunday demanded that the state government should immediate comply with the National Green Tribunal order that passed an injunction on the dewatering of the Hussainsagar till further orders. They wanted the government to list measures it would take to conserve and clean up Hussainsagar. Environmentalists and members …
