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 …
More than 700 fish have died in the past three days at Rewalsar Lake situated in the Rewalsar town of Mandi district. Employees of Rewalsar nagar panchayat said none of the officials of the Fisheries Department had visited the spot. Bansi Lal, president, Rewalsar nagar panchayat, said: “As soon as …
Plea Says Effluents In Yamuna Pollute Groundwater, Soil It's not just pesticides--a toxic mix of sewage and industrial effluents may be contaminating what's grown on the bed of the Yamuna. The quality of the fruits and vegetables--that feed most of Delhi's population--may thus stand severely compromised, according to two applications …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kumar & Others Vs Delhi Pollution Control Committee dated 15/05/2014 regarding pollution caused by stainless steel pickling industries in Delhi.
Villagers seek closure of a factory for discharging effluents into ground Nearly 200 villagers have fallen ill after drinking contaminated water supplied by the public-health authorities in Khaliavaas village of the district in four days. The villagers with the complaint of vomiting, stomach upset and diarrhea have been undergoing treatment …
The Trimbak river pollution case, which was to be heard on Tuesday by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western zone, Pune, was postponed to May 15 as one of the judges had to go on an emergency leave. The hearing was earlier scheduled for May 13. During the last hearing …
BANGALORE: Triggering yet another garbage crisis, residents of Mandur stopped over 200 garbage trucks on Tuesday near the landfill at Mandur, off Old Madras Road, in East Bangalore. They were protesting against the BBMP's tardy implementation of welfare schemes, including supply of clean drinking water, promised to them. The villagers …
In case of non-compliance within three months, the state urban development department will take control the affairs of Ulhasnagar. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) to divert a nullah to avoid the discharge of sewage and effluent from the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) …
Waste dumped at landfill sites represents a growing threat to poor communities in Tunisia, polluting air and water supplies Salah Darghouth's frustration is visible. "You see that guy working on the ninth floor," says the adviser to Tunisia's sustainable development ministry, pointing at a labourer on the half-built tower block …
"Ma Ganga aur Benares se mera rishta purana hai," BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said, pledging his intent to restore the Ganga to its original glory while campaigning in Varanasi. Plans to clean up the 2,500 km holy river too date back to older times -the first Ganga Action …
Federal regulators have announced an $875,000 settlement with Chevron related to a pair of Utah oil spills in recent years. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Monday. Chevron spokesman Gareth Johnstone says the company has agreed on the settlement terms, resolving each of the federal penalties it faced in …
MARGAO: Hotels and restaurants dotting the banks of River Sal at Mobor-Cavelossim and along the Assolna-Velim belt will soon come under the scanner of the Goa State Pollution Control Board against the backdrop of large scale death of clams in the river. When GSPCB Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha made his …
Sri Lanka's Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it has officially lifted the ban on glyphosate with the Registrar of Pesticides as no justifiable reason has been found to impose a ban. Sri Lanka in March this year banned the sale of Monsanto's "Round Up" glyphosate weedicide after a study …
Many indigenous species of fish are facing extinction in Narsingdi district due to widespread use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers in the cropland land for boosting production. The local water-bodies like rivers, lake, canals and the swamps have been affected by the toxins of the pesticides and chemical fertilizers harming …
City managers have finally decided to stop talking and start cleaning the polluted waters of the natural streams of Islamabad - and do that the natural way. Top officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) have given the task to the experts of the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), who …
Earning from leather industry in Pakistan is 13,000 million per year. It is the third largest export sector of Pakistan whereas Kasur is the second largest leather producing city of Punjab. Kasur city is 55 kilometers away from Lahore. It is famous for the production of raw material which is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Jagat Narayan Viswakarma & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. And Ashwani Kumar Dubey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/05/2014 regarding the pollution of Gobind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Reservoir) caused by industries. …
Several organisations from Ratia in Fatehabad have decided to launch a renewed agitation against the reported indifference of the authorities to pollution of the Ghaggar flowing near the town. The Jat Samaj Sabha, which is leading the drive against the pollution of the Ghaggar, has started mobilising support from other …
Monitoring and reducing man-made pollution by improving sanitation infrastructure for the fisheries sector in River Sal is necessary to ensure sustainable development of both marine bio-diversity and human economic development, a three-member technical team has suggested. The team which studied the mass mortality of 'tisreo' (clams) in Sal recently has …
Around 100 villagers including women and children were hospitalized after drinking contaminated water from a canal containing effluents from a beer factory in Rewari district of Haryana. The people fell on Saturday. Rewari deputy commissioner C G Rajnikanthan has ordered a probe. Their condition is stated to be out of …
NANJING - Tap water supply in Jingjiang in east China's Jiangsu Province resumed on Sunday morning after an odor was detected in the Yangtze River water source, said local authorities. Tap water supply resumes in E China city. City suspends water supply over suspected pollution. The city's emergency headquarters resumed …
