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 Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board has introduced additional heavy metal parameters, periodic checking of air quality and ordered disconnection of power supply at 41 erring industrial units in the state’s biggest industrial belt of Baddi-Barotiwala and Nalagarh. With a multi-crore Common Effluent Treatment Plant set to be commissioned in …
The next time you want to dig into a spiced, crunchy fried mussel or fancy some coconut-laced clam gravy while lounging in a Goa beach shack, you might have to look harder for it. An alarmed Goa forest and environment ministry last week ordered a probe into the death of …
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje has spoken to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal over the "unchecked supply of contaminated water" through canal bodies. "Raje told us that the Punjab Chief Minister has assured that proceedings to check the discharge of chemical waste by industries in the main canals in …
KARACHI- Environmental degradation may cost Pakistan’s economy over Rs 365 billion every year of which inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene accounts for Rs 112 billion, agricultural soil degradation Rs 70 billion, indoor pollution Rs 67 billion, urban air pollution Rs 65 billion, lead exposure Rs 45 billion and land …
Sweden called on the European Union to act against a harmful form of chemicals that contaminated its drinking water, saying the issue is bound to affect other member states. Highly fluorinated chemicals, which are regularly used in fire extinguishers at airports, by fire departments and the military, have polluted Swedish …
An Environment Agency worker holds a sample bottle of water from the River Trent at the time of the leak A waste company accused of polluting parts of the River Trent has had charges brought against it dropped. In October 2009, thousands of fish died in a 30-mile (48km) stretch …
The US secretary of state, John Kerry, launched a new global effort on Wednesday to save oceans “under siege” from over-fishing, plastic pollution and climate change. Kerry said he hoped to build momentum for the protection effort at a two-day summit at the State Department next week. The 16-17 June …
A report card shows water quality in the inshore of the Great Barrier Reef remains poor. The report card - provided to journalists after a media conference with Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt and his Queensland counterpart Andrew Powell - breaks water quality readings into six geographic zones. In the …
FEROZEPUR: Perturbed over supply of contaminated canal water to Rajasthan and alleged callous attitude of Punjab government to check its quality, Hanumangarh-based progressive farmers Shobha Singh Doodi and Shabnam Godara have filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The petitioners have sought a check on supply of "highly …
The west-flowing rivers Vaitarna, Patalganga, Ulhas, Balganga and their tributaries such as Tansa, Bhasta and Barvi are used as sources of drinking water. The quality of water in west-flowing rivers in the state, some of which are sources of drinking water supply to Mumbai, has been consistently poor for the …
Members of Tamil Nadu Vivasaayigal Sangam staged a demonstration here on Tuesday urging the State Government to initiate immediate steps to protect the Tamirabharani from rampant pollution and provide drought relief to farmers of the district. The protestors said the Tamirabharani, lifeline of three southern districts, should be protected from …
How many inspections would it take for the government to implement Mission Cleanup River Sal and restore the pristine glory of Salcete’s life line? This question has come to the fore as Monday’s inspection has not changed the ground reality of the river ever since Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar inspected …
A recent study conducted by the Lake Development Authority (LDA) in 15 prime lakes in Bangalore has revealed shocking details. The water quality report shows that all lakes are highly polluted with lead and mercury. The LDA has submitted the report – a copy of which is with Deccan Herald …
About 45 per cent of water samples from five districts — Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Kaithal and Yamunanagar — collected by the Haryana Health Department failed the purity test in the past five months. In all, 449 samples of drinking water out of 1,001 in these five districts were found unsafe …
Stink from water of a canal badly polluted by toxic waste of a recently closed factory, which was producing starch powder from potato at Tilokpur in Akkelpur upazila of Bogra, still remains a nuisance for the people of the area. Photo: Star Stink from water of a canal badly polluted …
Each year, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) releases a “state of the environment” report (PDF); it’s a rather grim annual ritual. For all the talk about China’s new “war on pollution” and money pouring into wind farms and river cleanup campaigns, the reality is that, according to most metrics, …
China is reviewing a plan to invest more than 2 trillion yuan ($321 billion) to curb water pollution, China Business News reported. The plan, which has been submitted to the State Council, will speed up improving water-environment quality and protect its safety, the report said, citing an unidentified official at …
A U.S. federal judge has denied ExxonMobil Corp's bid to dismiss a government lawsuit and instead ordered the oil giant to hand over documents going back decades on a pipeline that ruptured last year and inundated an Arkansas town with oil. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker ruled on Tuesday the …
The West Bengal environment department has taken action against 85 industrial units in the State for disposing the sewage coming out of these units into the rivers, including the Hooghly. Environment Minister Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar told The Hindu here on Monday that a public hearing was conducted on 119 companies …
Says environment ministry will take decisions in nation's interest but will also ensure that ministry does not hurriedly give clearances Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday his and power ministry had reviewed power projects awaiting environment clearances and set a time frame to speed the process. "We met Power …
