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 …
With the pollution level in some of the major rivers and ponds on the rise, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) Chairman Aditya Prasad Padhi has asked the authorities to prepare an action plan and initiate action in a time-bound manner against the erring Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and non-complying …
The National Green Tribunal Wednesday restrained Punjab from spending the first instalment of Rs 16.13 crores being disbursed by Union Urban Development Ministry for controlling contamination of under-ground water in the state till it examines the details as to how they want to spend the money. A bench headed by …
Villagers near Miyun Reservoir in north Beijing are luring tourists to fish and swim in the city's largest drinking-water source,which is not allowed by regulations,the Beijing Youth Daily reported. The reservoir and several villages, including Heiwo, are part of a protected area. People other than reservoir staff and local villagers …
Germany's Environment Agency said it wanted to make fracking practically impossible to head off the risk that the technique for extracting gas could contaminate groundwater with chemicals. The agency's view, in a report on Wednesday, feeds into a fierce debate about fracking as Chancellor Angela Merkel's government draws up new …
The European commission has begun legal proceedings against Poland for amending its national laws to allow shale drills at depths of up to 5,000 metres without first having assessed the potential environmental impacts, EurActiv has learned. In June, Brussels sent Poland formal notice that it was opening a case against …
Experts Cite Unsafe Water, Poor Sanitation, Malnutrition As Causes The city recorded as many as 6,480 cases of acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD) in between 2011 and 2013, data obtained by TOI shows. The number of cases increased from 1,612 in 2011 to 2,314 in 2013, which health experts say can …
Investigation found no unit had been set up to monitor water quality in Odisha The Comptroller and Auditor General of India said 1.80 lakh people were forced to consume unsafe water supplied under 73 rural schemes due to the absence of a facility to test its quality in Odisha. According …
Twenty-seven households of Gidaphu in Bjemina under Mewang gewog, Thimphu are preparing documents to file a petition with the district court this Friday, requesting suspension of mining activities in their locality. The move comes after the incident on July 12, where several house owners alleged that blasting in the nearby …
An Austrian boat was damaged by garbage as it practiced for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, where a member of the sailing team said he saw a dead dog floating in the water. “We saw a dead dog and destroyed our center board because of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Godavari Magasvargiya Mastya Vyavsai Sahakari Sanstha Mayradit Vs The Ganga Sugar Energy Ltd. & Others dated 30/07/2014 regarding pollution caused by industries by releasing industrial wastes, molasses and chemical mixed water into Mazalgaon Right Canal and …
Environmentalists have questioned the utility of sewage treatment plants (STPs) after the draft environment status report (ESR) of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) showed a rise in pollution levels in Pavana, Indrayani and Mula rivers. Vikas Patil, environmental activist and president of Nadi Vikas Manch, said there are many …
Uttar Pradesh government may be headed for troubled waters over failure to curb extensive ground water contamination in the Singrauli area of Sonbhadra. Despite orders from the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi, the state government has not, so far, submitted a compliance report before …
Extremely high levels of heavy metals found in samples from Loni and Mandoli Lab testing of soil and water samples from the Loni and Mandoli areas of Delhi reveals high contamination of both with heavy metals and other impurities. Shockingly, even the drinking water at both the locations contained high …
Aerial images taken by Rio-based biologist Mario Moscatelli show the water around Marina de Gloria, the location from which Olympic sailors will set off, discolored by sewage. Austrian Nico Dalle Karth, a sailor preparing for his fourth Olympics, did what he usually does before a race: He studied the water’s …
China plans to build more than 10,000 underground water monitoring wells nationwide within the coming three years to detect groundwater pollution in a timely manner, the country's land watchdog said on Tuesday. "The nationwide groundwater monitoring system will provide real-time information including the groundwater level and quality to governments and …
Big oil and gas companies are shifting their focus to wealthier countries after decades of exploring and producing in developing nations, lured by political stability and more predictable returns. At least two governments – Britain and New Zealand – are aiming to capitalize on the switch. On Monday, the U.K. …
Overwhelming opposition to the government's plans to expanding fracking across Britain was expressed by interest groups during an official consultation, whose results were released a day after ministers signalled a go-ahead for shale gas drilling around the country. The Department of Energy and Climate Change's report on the government's Strategic …
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has asked hospitals having more than 100 beds to adhere to guidelines on discharge of waste water. “As per a decision taken in a SPCB meeting, in the initial phase, the health care establishments (HCEs) having 100 beds and above are required to take …
Air pollution is still public enemy number one in China's war against pollution, according to the country's environmental watchdog. Among the 696 complaints received by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in the first half of this year, 558 of the total, or 80 percent, were related to air quality, an …
