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 …
Ranchi: The state model will guide the Ganga cleaning exercise in India, Union minister for Ganga rejuvenation and water resources Uma Bharti said on Tuesday after she formally set the ball rolling for a massive cleaning exercise of the holy river in Jharkhand. The authorities have decided to begin working …
A report by Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) on pollution in St Inez creek has indicated that a section of residential and commercial complexes have been polluting the water body. This is contributing significantly to the overall pollution in the creek, which is contaminated with sewage water right up …
Once forced to drink arsenic- contaminated ground water, residents of a remote hamlet in West Bengal near Indo-Bangla border are now purifying water from ponds and selling packaged safe drinking water to neighbouring villages. Using a new innovative technology from France, village co-operative society Madhusudankati Samabay Krishi Unnayan Samity has …
The National Green Tribunal has directed anti-pollution authorities in Delhi to immediately shut down factories in the capital that continue to pollute the Yamuna river with toxic effluents. It has ordered the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to ensure that stainless steel pickling units at Delhi's Wazirpur do not operate if …
Arsenic is known to be one of the causative factors of gall bladder cancer in Bihar. However, a recent research by city's Mahavir Cancer Sansthan (MCS), which has been sent to a journal for publication, says arsenic has been found in tissues of patients suffering from other cancers as well. …
NASHIK: The water and sanitation department of the zilla parishad has completed 67% testing of the water samples from its sources for the chemical content in them. As many as 1,441 water samples across the 15 talukas of the district were reported to have chemical content above the permissible limits. …
That's at least according to a study recently published in the journal Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, which paid particular attention to yellowish tuna caught in North Pacific commercial fisheries. "The take-home message is that mercury in tuna appears to be increasing in lock-step with data and model predictions for mercury …
The district administration snapped power supply to 98 tanneries in Jajmau amidst tight security on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). In a high-level meeting held in Lucknow on Saturday, chief secretary Alok Ranjan had cleared the decks for the action. President of Small Tanners Accociation Hafiz-Ur-Rehman said …
The Vrishabhavathi river, a tributary of the Arkavathy river, is a stark example of river pollution. What would have been a grand source of pure drinking water to villages all along from Bengaluru to Ramanagaram has turned into a cesspool polluted by industrial, agricultural and domestic waste. The river isn’t …
Soon after the Modi government announced a country-wide campaign to clean up the Ganga and its tributaries, including Bhagirathi and Alakanda, within a stipulated time frame, the Uttarakhand government on Sunday selected 15 towns and cities located within a 10 km distance from these rivers to execute 12 ambitious projects …
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued draft ‘Guidelines on Techno – Economic Feasibility of Implementation of Zero Liquid Discharge (Zld) for Water Polluting Industries.’ The guidelines, among other industries, deal with fertilizer sector and distilleries that undertake fertigation, apart from producing organic fertilizers. In a communication to State PCBs, …
As the timeframe for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) nears completion, minds are turning to the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This is accompanied by the realization that the focus on drinking-water and sanitation without due attention being paid to the end products of water and sanitation provision (i.e. wastewater) may have …
Pesticidal stress is very common factor today in human health and animal health. Most of the world s population depends upon fish food. Fishes can serve as bioindicators of environmental pollution since they are directly exposed to chemicals resulting from agricultural production via surface run off or in directly through …
In the present study, Seasonality and Species diversity of Phytoplankton studies were made on the Karagam Lake of Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh from November 2006 to October 2008. The phytoplankton population was represented by a Total taxa of 64 genera were recorded in this study. This includes Chlorophyceae (26 genera- …
Water is one of the most important precious natural resources required essentially for the survival and health of living organisms. Tungabhadra River is an important tributary of Krishna. It has a drainage area of 71,417 sq km out of which 57,671 sq. km area lies in the state of Karnataka. …
The present study was carried out to assess the suitability of Meham Block ground water for domestic and agriculture purpose. Total fifty seven samples of ground water (well, tube well and hand pump) from nineteen villages were collected and analysed according, APHA. Groundwater assessment for domestic purposed was determined by …
Rapid industrialization is adversely impacting the environment globally. Pollution by inappropriate management of industrial wastewater is one of the major environmental problems in India as well, especially with burgeoning small scale industrial sector in the country. To address the pollution coming out from industries, adoption of cleaner production technologies and …
Based on the information that about 150 CETPs had been established in the country, Planning Commission expressed to MoEF in March 2010 that of about 900 industrial clusters, only 1/6 of the effluent generated is treated. The observation appeared to have been made on the assumption that CETPs are required …
This recent study by Central Pollution Control Board highlights the water quality issues in 275 rivers comprising of 302 stretches in 27 states and 2 Union territories. The water data indicates that organic pollution as indicated by Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) continues to be the major water quality issue. The …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Special Circuit Bench of the Eastern Zone on Thursday directed the Meghalaya Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to demolish all the unauthorized constructions along the banks of the Wahumkhrah and Umshyrpi rivers in accordance with the provisions of the law within three months. NGT’s judicial member …
