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 …
As many as 37 hotspots of pollution along the Pampa will be monitored for water quality, under the Save Pampa, Save Vembanad campaign taken up by the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) in association with the Pampa River Basin Authority. The CWRDM will deploy its mobile laboratory …
Private settlements, quarries, construction of roads, water contamination and introduction of exotic plant species are some of the factors affecting biodiversity in Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP). “Illegal construction and encroachments by individuals and private housing societies, quarries and cutting of trees are not only disturbing the ecological system, but …
The Centre may have assured the Yamuna Muktikaran Abhiyan protesters that the "ecological flow" in the river will be restored in Delhi, but experts say this can't be done without revisiting the 1994 water sharing agreement between Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. They suggest that the central …
Meerut: On the occasion of World Water Day, MP from Meerut Rajendra Agarwal, DIG of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) K Satyanarayan and environmentalist Arun Tivari showed their concern over the persistent water crises in the country. More than 50 intellectuals from all sections of society were present in the seminar …
Events around World Water Day, which is marked every year on March 22, may remind everyone about the implications of dwindling water reserves due to population pressure and pollution but the message is, somehow, lost in absence of adequate action on the ground by stakeholders, including the government. The water …
WORK began yesterday on a project that will supply cleaner tap water to some 6.5 million residents in Shanghai’s suburban districts and serve as a main backup source for downtown residents. The Huangpu River Upstream Water Source Project will include a new Jinze reservoir along the Taipu River in Qingpu …
The report that regional groundwater in and around Chunnakam, Jaffna, does not consist dangerous pollutants, was a great relief to the public and is a major step in the positive direction, opined MTD Walkers PLC - the parent company of the Northern Power Plant of Chunnakam, which had been subject …
The authorities should take immediate steps to reverse the process of water pollution caused by oil waste in Vallikamam in the North, Jaffna University Medical Faculty Prof. Daya Somasundaram said. Issuing a press communique, he stated more than a quarter million people living in Vallikamam have been affected by ground …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sailen Mondal Vs Howrah Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 23/03/2015. It is alleged by the applicant that so many ponds, which are recorded for use by general public in the record of rights of Land Revenue …
4 years after a tsunami caused devastation and a nuclear disaster in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, life is far from restored for the local residents evacuated from the area. Justin McCurry reports.
Greenpeace has today announced its Detox Catwalk, listing how major fashion brands rank on removing toxic chemicals from their supply chains and tackling water pollution. As part of the four-year Detox campaign, fashion brands have had to commit tozero-discharge of all hazardous chemicals by 2020 and require their suppliers to …
Uttar Pradesh Government has issued directions to authorities to stop the practice of dumping dead bodies directly into rivers, after 81 bodies were recovered from Ganga in Unnao district of the state early this year, the Lok Sabha was told today. The recovery of the bodies was probably either due …
The number of wet wipes washing up on beaches in the UK increased by more than 50% last year, say conservationists, who have urged people to stop flushing them down their toilets. The results of Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) annual beach cleanup, released on Thursday, found the number of wet …
JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh High Court (MPHC) has issued notices to state government and state pollution control board over sewage flowing into Narmada river in different districts. Respondents have been asked to submit their replies within four weeks. Action came following petition filed by a social worker Kishore Dua. He said …
CHENNAI: The State government on Thursday sought time to appoint a Conservator to river Cooum as directed by the Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT). On February 6, the tribunal had directed the government to appoint a Conservator for Cooum river following a petition seeking restoration of the highly-polluted …
The transgenerational consequences of environmental contaminant exposures of aquatic vertebrates have the potential for broad ecological impacts, yet are largely uninvestigated. Bisphenol A (BPA) and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) are two ubiquitous estrogenic chemicals present in aquatic environments throughout the United States and many other countries. Original Source
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Maheshtala Manufacturers Welfare Association Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. dated 19/03/2015 regarding pollution caused by bleaching, printing and dying industries, Maheshtala, West Bengal. The Tribunal directed 79 industries to remain closed and not …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench) in the matter of Vishwas More Vs Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samitee, Pimpalgaon Baswant dated 18/03/2015 regarding sewage on account of use of sheds by large number of stockiest/farmers for storage, sale and auctioning of tomatoes in the area of market yard …
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today said a meeting of Upper Yamuna River Board has been called on March 20 to amicably sort out various issues related to the river among UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. Addressing a group of Yamuna Muktikaran Padyatrees near Palwal at Haryana, she said …
The All India Lokadhikar Sangathan has written to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee urging it to immediately execute the National Green Tribunal’s order of shutting down stainless steel pickling units in Wazirpur, New Delhi. “We are in the process of moving an application before the Tribunal soon for the execution …
