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 …
Sometimes, a shard of reality can raise serious doubts about what looks like a grand feat. A small study of water samples from urban and rural households declared as getting drinking water from "improved" sources has shown that about 42% of urban and 60% of rural households were actually getting …
Five years ago, the High Court ordered the government to dredge and clean the four rivers around Dhaka and remove illegal structures from their banks, in efforts to save these lifelines of the capital. A series of government actions followed, but not for long. The consequences have been terrible -- …
A campaign of cleaning the Dhobikhola stream has begun from Saturday in connection with the ongoing programme of cleaning the different rivers and streams in the Kathmandu Valley. Nepal Civil Servants Organisation started the Dhobikhola cleaning campaign as a part of marking its Silver Jubilee. The organization has taken the …
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s South Goa candidate Swati Kerkar, along with party members, visited Betul village of Velim panchayat to sympathize with the affected local traditional fisherman whose clams were destroyed and learned of their problems. They were informed that all clam spawning grounds in the area have been destroyed …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Thursday suspended operation of seven stone crushing units in Salcete for operating without consent, with immediate effect. All units have been found to be operating in violation of the Air and Water Act causing pollution. Closure notices have been issued under Water …
State forest and environment department requested proceedings against BEL for constructing a power plant without prior approvals State forest and environment department has asked the Dhenkanal Collector to initiate legal action against power subsidiary of Bhushan Steel Ltd for constructing a power plant without prior approvals. “You are requested to …
BEIJING: Faced with growing public anger about a poisonous environment, China's government released a years-long study that shows nearly one-fifth of the country's farmland is contaminated with toxic metals, a stunning indictment of unfettered industrialization under the Communist Party's authoritarian rule. The report, previously deemed so sensitive it was classified …
Sludge in upstream area causing depletion of oxygen in water Experts are debating bioremediation measures, including de-sledging the upstream areas of the Pathalam bund in the Periyar to avert fish deaths. Mooting the idea of de-sludging the nearly 1-km upstream area, Bijoy Nandan, Associate Professor at the Cochin University of …
The high-power committee appointed by the Bombay High Court on March 7 on river pollution conducted a ground survey of the Godavari river from Someshwar to Dasak on Wednesday. Its observations and likely solutions will be discussed on Thursday. The committee was formed during the hearing of public interest litigation …
More Than 5mg Per Litre Found In Groundwater Against Permissible Limit Of 1mg Per Litre The backward district of Nalgonda is now faced with one more major water contaminant. After fluoride and uranium, researchers have found substantial quantities of bromide in groundwater in Nalgonda district. As against the permissible limit …
The study was conducted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), an environmental research institute The mean sea level along Mumbai’s coast is likely to rise by around 4 cm while warmer nights, increased rainfall, decline in crop productivity and health issues stare Maharashtra in the next 100 years, finds …
National Green Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi has instructed Chief Secretary of the Government of Meghalaya to ensure that illegal rat-hole mining is stopped within the areas of Meghalaya. Read text of this 4-page landmark interim order passed by Justice P. Jyothimani and Justice M.S. Nambiar in response to the …
The above-standards reading of benzene in the tap water in the northwestern city of Lanzhou was taken on Friday, forcing the city to turn off supplies in one district and warn other residents not to drink tap water for the next 24 hours. Lanzhou, a heavily industrialized city of 3.6 …
The state government has submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court that raps the Sree Padmanabhaswamy authorities for their failure to evict the encroachers at the Pathrakulam inside the complex and also the delay in cleaning the temple ponds. The affidavit is in response to the report submitted by Amicus …
The Meghalaya Agrovet Private Limited has been served a one month deadline by the Headmen of Umsning area under the umbrella of Umtrew River Protection Committee (URPC), urging the company to remove all the waste product released to the River Umtrew which is a source of drinking water supplying water …
The Jal Kal department has responded to an RTI query that the water supply in city is pure and fit for drinking and that people use RO and filters only for their satisfaction, though it is not required. The response has raised many eyebrows as complaints of contaminated supply have …
Environmental issues have largely been ignored in the Lok Sabha election campaign in Punjab at a time when the adverse impact of water pollution on people’s health manifests in the significant increase in cancer deaths and incidences of water-borne diseases. None of the mainstream political parties have so far touched …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Navyuvak Vikas Samaj Samiti, Jaipur v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 16/04/2014 regarding the contamination of water supply in Jaipur city. Additional Chief Engineer, PHED, Region Jaipur II has submitted before the Tribunal that the …
It is unfortunate that sewage water continues to flow into Gorewada lake, the city's drinking water reservoir, posing a health hazard and threat to environment, even 18 months after this serious issue came to light. Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has failed to execute any works to prevent pollution of the …
A Chinese government team will probe a local unit of French firm Veolia Environment suspected of delaying reporting water contamination which affected supplies in a major northwestern city, state radio said on Monday. Levels of benzene, a cancer-inducing chemical, in Lanzhou's tap water rose 20 times above national safety levels …
