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 …
Only 30% of people get piped water The re-emergence of many diseases that were not heard of for a long time was a clear indication of the pollution of water and the environment, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday. He said that ensuring safe drinking water for the people …
Dead fish floating on the Ranchi Lake, commonly known as Bada Talab, are a common sight which has raised environmental concerns. Locals say the fish are dying because of depleting water levels, while others believe that rising pollution levels is the reason. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) admits …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal issued notices to the Haryana government, National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) and other agencies on Monday for response to a plea on pollution in the Najafgarh drain basin. According to the plea, untreated waste water is being discharged into the Najafgarh j he …
Members of Narod Banchau Andolon Committee have brought out a broom procession at Kanaikhali area in Natore against the dumping of waste pollutants into Narod River. The procession was brought out from Kanaikhali area around 12pm on Monday. Later, a protest rally was held in front of Natore press club. …
The government has directed the related agencies, including the contractor firm, to begin work within a week on setting up the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Savar leather estate to ensure the relocation of the much-talked tannery industries. “Nobody will be spared if dilly-dally is noticed in complying …
A parliamentary panel has noted that Yamuna river seems "dirtier" than before despite Rs 6,500 crore having been spent on its clean-up even as a project to lay interceptor sewers along the three major drains of Delhi suffers delays. In its latest report, the Standing Committee on Urban Development has …
With the groundwater in the area fully contaminated from the toxic industrial waste, the land has gone to waste and paddy fields have been deserted. Kollam: Nearly 300 families living within a radius of 500 metres of a metals industry in Kerala's Kollam district have been suffering for almost a …
In this aerial photo, river traffic is halted along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Vacherie, La., due to a barge leaking oil in St. James Parish on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. New Orleans: The Coast Guard says a 65-mile (105-kilometer) stretch of the Mississippi River is closed until …
Former Prime Minister and senior leader of CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the people of Kathmandu needs to become aware and active in order to make the rivers in the valley clean and pollution-free. Participating in a clean-up campaign at the Rudramati River in the capital on Sunday, …
Hundreds of villagers of Ekgharia on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of the regional office of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) here against the polluting sponge unit Inter-continental Tar Refineries (ITR) near their village. The villagers said the poisonous gas emitted from the plant was affecting the health …
Allegations that cancer deaths were due to water quality The Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) has given a clean chit to the water quality at Onchiyam panchayat here. The quality of water in the panchayat had come under the scanner following doubts raised by local MLA C.K. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the m atter of Neel Choudhary Vs. State of M.P. & Ors dated 21/02/2014 regarding conditions under which marriage gardens may be allowed to run and frame regulations for the same in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The counsel appearing for …
Green activists from Colva are hoping that fresh reports prepared by the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) regarding hotel units discharging effluents into the stormwater drain will force the authorities to take action against the errant hotels. Fresh reports have confirmed that certain hotels in Colva are still dumping …
One spark is enough to engulf almost half of Saurashtra's commercial capital in flames. This is no exaggeration. Reason: Barely a few meters away from Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) LPG bottling plant on the city's outskirts, 300 metric tonnes of solid waste is being dumped daily by Rajkot Municipal Corporation …
The contamination of Ponda nullah has hit about two hundred farmers, including 180 from Kapileshwari-Kavlem in Bandora village panchayat while about 20 from Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) areas. Kavlem sarpanch Rajesh Kawlekar claimed that the contamination of the nullah has forced farmers to give up agricultural activity in the area …
North Carolina state officials defended their oversight of coal ash ponds on Wednesday, a day after a second leak was found to be threatening a river already tainted by toxic sludge from a spill earlier this month. The state ordered Duke Energy Corp on Tuesday to plug the second leak …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501), operator of the crisis-ridden Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, said it found a new leak near the tanks holding contaminated water at the disaster site. The utility, which serves 29 million customers in the Tokyo metropolitan area, is collecting soil where the leak occurred but …
Rural communities where residents rely on wells are at particular risk, as contaminants in the groundwater become more concentrated with less water available to dilute them, top state health officials said at a legislative hearing on the drought. "The drought has exacerbated existing conditions," said Mark Starr, deputy director of …
The high-level expert panel formed to ascertain levels of toxic pollutants released by industries into the Simbhaoli drain near Ghaziabad that empties into the Ganga, submitted its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday. The inspection report has highlighted instances of discharge of untreated and toxic effluents by …
The century-old Navalur lake, built in 1887 to meet the drinking water needs of surrounding villages and irrigation requirements of around 68 acres of land, may soon die if the indiscriminate discharge of drainage water into it is not stopped. Drainage water is polluting the lake water and also poses …
