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 Reva Valley Environment Protection Society Vs. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation & Others dated 01/09/2014 regarding environment pollution particularly water pollution resulting from the industrial discharge in the District Jhagadia, Gujarat.
This report provides an overview of global experiences in water reuse. The primary objectives of this report are to: review a range of drivers, barriers, benefits, and incentives for water reuse and wastewater use outside of the United States; outline the state of, and geographic variation in, water reuse and …
The water quality management is one of the many environmental problems in India. Increasing demand of water for human consumption, irrigation and growing industrial activities has impacted the water quality of rivers due to declining flows in rivers and depleting water levels of subsurface resources. Water quality data from 2500 …
Varanasi: The outcome of the ambitious 'Namami Gange' project of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a matter of future, but the present condition of the river is not very encouraging. In Varanasi alone, the Ganga is being polluted with over 250 MLD untreated sewage everyday. For Namami Gange, an …
Health officials have found E-coli bacteria in all groundwater samples collected from Birampur in Greater Noida, where 200 residents had fallen ill over the past week. Health officials have distributed chlorine pills among villagers to purify the water before consuming it. However, villagers said they are concerned as this is …
DuPont will pay a fine of $1.275 million and spend an estimated $2.3 million more to settle claims by U.S. officials that the global chemical conglomerate failed to prevent toxic releases of hazardous substances in West Virginia that killed at least one man, environmental regulators said on Wednesday. E.I. du …
The NSW government has called for a national ban on the sale and production of shampoos and other products containing microplastics before they inflict worse damage on marine environments. Environment Minister Rob Stokes said on Thursday the government would convene an industry working group intended to eliminate the pollutant by …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Mohistikari Paribesh Jivan O Krishi Kalyan Mancha & Others Vs MoEF & Ors. dated 28/08/2014 regarding industrial pollution caused by a coal tar distillation factory, Singur, West Bengal. Previous Orders
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Subhas Dutta Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 28/08/2014 regarding idol immersion. The Tribunal has noted that the affidavit filed on behalf of the Central Pollution Control Board has stated that the guidelines in relation …
Chennai Metrowater is set to launch mobile digital labs to monitor water Soon, city residents will be able to ascertain the quality of piped Metrowater without much hassle. Chennai Metrowater is set to launch mobile digital laboratories that will help monitor the water. The mobile labs, fitted with modern equipment …
A cross section of the farmers’ representatives of the district has urged the Public Works Department to ensure that Uyyakondan canal was protected from urban pollution by utilising the funds granted for the purpose by the government properly. The 1,000-year-old Uyyakondan canal, built by Raja Raja Cholan and renovated by …
Camera surveillance system mooted to prevent dumping of waste Over the past few years, the water flow along the Karamana and Killi rivers has reduced to a large extent owing to the large amount of waste dumped in them on a daily basis. All that is set to change for …
A Grupo Mexico SAB chemical spill in two rivers looms as the worst environmental incident in Mexico’s recent mining history and damages could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, authorities said. Mexico will seek “maximum sanctions” against the nation’s biggest mining company, Environment Minister Juan Jose Guerra Abud said today …
Hong Kong closed 14 beaches in the New Territories after a sewage treatment plant was forced to discharge 95,000 cubic meters of household waste, enough to fill 38 Olympic-sized swimming pools, into the sea. The Pillar Point sewage plant at Tuen Mun reported a malfunction in its sieving devices, or …
The world's leading expert on the poisoning of the oceans has described how he was "utterly shocked" by the true amount of plastic floating on the sea, warning that it potentially posed a bigger threat to the planet than climate change. Charles J Moore, a captain in the US Merchant …
(Reuters) - An Exxon Mobil Corp unit has agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve U.S. government claims over a 2012 crude oil spill in Louisiana, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company discharged 2,800 barrels of crude oil after a pipeline ruptured, in violation of the …
JAIPUR: The Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has no plans for rejuvenating the Bandi river and Nehda dam in Pali district though it has agreed in principle that Bandi fall under the polluted rivers in the county. On a question raised by the local MP P P Chaudhary, …
Seventy-two apartments and 10 educational institutions have come under the scanner of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) for discharging untreated wastewater. The pollution board will ask the apartments and institutions to set up sewage treatment plants (STP) on their premises. According to the board, the hostels of the …
More than 27 tonnes of ammonium leaches from an Oxford wetland into the River Thames every year, reports the Natural Environment Research Council Abandoned landfill sites throughout the UK routinely leach polluting chemicals into rivers, say scientists. At Port Meadow, on the outskirts of Oxford, about 27.5 tonnes of ammonium …
Japan's government lobbied hard for a global pact that limits mercury use and to name the resulting treaty after Minamata, the site of a homegrown industrial disaster from the 1950s when the toxic metal poured into a river, poisoning thousands. But a year after the Minamata Convention on Mercury was …
