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 …
KOCHI: Health officials from the Thrikkakara municipality inspected the quarry pond in Kakkanad a third time following a complaint by Green Garden residents association (GGRA) to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Residents had alleged that hotel Park Residency was polluting the quarry pond by discharging effluents into it. Following the …
KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment conducted water quality test of three major rivers of Nepal by collecting samples in the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the ministry, the water quality test covered Koshi and its tributary Tamor in the east, Narayani and its tributary Trishuli in the …
POKHARA: Pokhara-based tourism entrepreneurs today flayed the government for failing to do the needful to conserve the shrinking Fewa Lake. Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Minister Bhim Acharya was invited as the chief guest at the programme. Minister Acharya urged the entrepreneurs to form a committee to protect the lake. …
The drinking-water crisis in one of Ohio's largest cities is drawing attention to a new requirement for farmers in the state: a license to fertilize. The mayor of Toledo, Ohio, lifted citywide restrictions on drinking water due to elevated levels of a suspected toxin from an ongoing algal bloom in …
Scientists say a man-made "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is as big as the state of Connecticut. The zone, which at about 5,000 square miles (13,000 sq km) is the second largest in the world but still smaller than in previous years, is so named because it contains …
Directs GPCB to recover cost from GMB for improper handling of coal at port Environment watchdog National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) and Gujarat State Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for failing to perform their respective duties effectively, resulting in high levels of air and water …
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has appointed a Mumbai-based environmental engineer to document the causes of river water pollution and suggest steps to improve the condition of the rivers in the state. The GPCB said that the expert, Deepak Kantawala, would study the polluted river stretches. Some of …
The Surma River, one of the country’s major freshwater sources, is being polluted alarmingly as the household wastes of the entire Sylhet city are flowing into it due to lack of an effective waste management system. During his recent visit, the UNB correspondent found that many canals and streams across …
The state health department has carried out surveillance in six high-risk villages in the vicinity of Malin to check for groundwater contamination. The authorities are worried that the debris at the site may affect quality of water from borewells and wells, which are the primary drinking water sources for people …
ALLAHABAD: Twelve localities of the city are sitting on infectious disease keg owing to lack of proper chlorination of water supplied by Jal Nigam. The gravity of the situation can be realized by the fact that in seven areas chlorination is being done only once a month. A recent random …
While 867 complaints of water contamination were registered in the first five months (January-May) of this year, with the onset of monsoon, the number of complaints in June alone was 1,128, as per data obtained from the BMC. The highest number of contaminated water samples in June, 857 complaints or …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on development of Garh Ganga (River Ganga passing through Garhmukteshwar town in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, now in Ghaziabad district as per census 2011 is also known as ‘Garh Ganga”), 04/08/2014.
Hydrogeochemical investigations were carried out in and around Tummalapalle uranium mining area in order to assess hydrogeochemistry and its evolution of hydrochemical facies. Forty groundwater samples were analyzed for various physicochemical parameters like pH, electrical conductivity (EC), Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cl, HCO3, CO3, SO4, and F. The saturation indexes …
Mukul SOS to Modi on NGT ban With the wave of protests against National Green Tribunal’s ban on coal mining getting louder and louder in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma finally stepped in urging the Centre to allow the State Government to regulate the largely unregulated mining activities in view …
Rotting of jute plant is going on in full swing in all the river and water bodies in the district, causing serious pollution of water as most of the farmers of the region are not acquainted with the ribbon retting method, a technology for rotting jute plants with less water …
JinkoSolar Holding Co must face a shareholder lawsuit accusing the Chinese solar panel maker of concealing that one of its factories was dumping toxic waste into a nearby river, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned …
Businesses across the globe will now be able to measure the environmental impact of water use and pollution with a new ISO standard, published today (31 July). ISO 14046 will give all organisations the means to measure their water footprint; assessing the magnitude of potential environmental impacts related to water …
KOLHAPUR: The environment status report (ESR), which was published on Monday, slammed the civic administration for being negligent about the city's environmental concerns. The report prepared for the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) by the city-based Mass Initiative for Truth Research and Action (MITRA) said the civic administration had not taken …
The number of butterflies seems to have reduced in the City over the years due to increasing urbanisation and pollution levels. However, according to experts, the exact number and species is not known. To get an accurate picture of the situation, like it is available in other countries, the National …
