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 water quality of China's third-largest freshwater lake has been greatly improved since a massive algae bloom broke out in 2007, but pollution management remains a major problem, according to environmental protection authorities. Zhang Limin, deputy director of the General Office of Taihu Lake Water Pollution Prevention and Control in …
The Government of Bangladesh-UN Joint Sundarbans Oil Spill Response Mission formally released its report on the Sundarbans oil spill at the CIRDAP auditorium on Sunday, stressing the need for rules and guidelines for the movements of water vessels through the Sundarbans area. The report was formally released at a press …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Taurus International (Projects) Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Delhi Pollution Control Committee dated 03/03/2015 regarding hotels operating in Delhi without any ETP/STP and polluting air and water.
Most of tanneries discharge effluent into Nullah Aik which passes through the city and adjoining areas while tanneries located outside the municipal limits are discharging waste into Nullah Palkhu, turning the pure water of these seasonal nullahs contaminated and toxic which is used by the villagers for washing, irrigation purposes …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been directed to take action against effluent-spewing industries along Ulhas river, if the state pollution control board fails to act. A fortnight ago, while hearing a petition filed by NGO Vanashakti for restoring Ulhas river, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) made the CPCB …
Pollution by plastic debris is an increasing environmental concern in the Laurentian Great Lakes where it affects open-water, shoreline, and benthic environments. Open-water surveys reveal that, in certain areas of the Great Lakes, surface water densities of plastics are as high as those reported for areas of litter accumulation within …
Pollution by plastic debris is an increasing environmental concern in the Laurentian Great Lakes where it affects open-water, shoreline, and benthic environments. Open-water surveys reveal that, in certain areas of the Great Lakes, surface water densities of plastics are as high as those reported for areas of litter accumulation within …
For safe handling and management of hazardous waste in an environmentally sound manner, Govt. of India has notified the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989, under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. However, these Rules were suppressed with renotification of the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008.
Sewage Treatment plants are used to treat sewage generated from residential, institutional, commercial and industrial establishments which includes household waste liquid from toilets, baths, showers, kitchens, sinks and so forth that is disposed of via sewers. In India, different treatment technologies like ASP, UASB, Oxidation pond and advanced technologies like …
BENEATH the frozen flanks of East Asia’s most revered mountain, in China’s north-eastern Jilin province, a huddle of sleek new processing plants will soon be packaging its precious essence: spring water. Known to the Chinese as Changbaishan, the mountain and its premium mineral water are the stars of the country’s …
District and Sessions judge Shivashankar B. Amarannavar said on Thursday that protection of environment was one of the important duties of a citizen. Mr. Amarannavar was speaking after presenting the ‘Parisara Mitra’ and other related awards aimed at creating environmental awareness among school students at a function organised by the …
In "Tunnel Vision blocks neutrino lab progress" (Feb 23), T Jayaraman, a physicist by training and professor at the school of habitat studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, said opposition to the proposed Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Theni has no scientific basis. He denied that the project that will …
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has issued a show-cause notice to Omfed plant at Chandrasekharpur here for allegedly causing water pollution. Board sources said water used for processing milk should be treated in an effluent treatment plant (ETP) before it is discharged. Though the Omfed plant is having …
Sindri: State agencies had always promoted the use of hand pumps over village ponds until it was discovered that the hand pump water in Brahmin tola of Gharbar village under Baliapur block of Dhanbad had a high fluoride content. Villagers are now asking the state government to provide them with …
SURAT: There is no improvement in the quality of water in Tapi river, despite several measures claimed to have been taken by Surat Municipal Corporation, experts say. SMC had in 2013 said there were 1,544 outlets releasing sewage into Tapi river. It later claimed to have stopped 80 per cent …
(Bloomberg) -- India is spending 59 billion rupees ($956 million) on sewage and waste treatment to begin cleaning its biggest and holiest waterway, the Ganges River. Of the 80 effluent treatment and water-monitoring projects planned by the National Ganga River Basin Authority in five states, 25 have been completed, Sanwar …
Rio de Janeiro’s state environmental agency says it is investigating a fish die-off that has left thousands of carcasses floating in waters where sailing events are to be held when Brazil hosts next year’s Olympics. The dead twaite shad, small whitish gray fish, were discovered Tuesday by inspectors conducting routine …
