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 …
Hyderabad: Software professionals and residents of colonies in and around Hitec City and other areas in Cyberabad are pooling money to not only protect lakes from land sharks but also to save the water bodies from being reduced to open drains and garbage dumps.They have succeeded at Nerella Cheruvu, and …
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, on Monday instructed state government officials to be present for the next hearing on the petition filed for Godavari river's revival, failing which it has warned of prohibitory orders against them on the forthcoming Kumbh Mela. On January 16, the NGT had asked …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of R.S. ChauhanVs. State of Uttrakhand & Ors. dated 11/02/2014 regarding construction of STP in Municipal Corporation, Dehradun, Uttrakhand. NGT has asked the Municipal Corporation to measure the flow in the drains which have been pointed out by the Counsel appearing …
Alleging that Delhi was emptying its 16 drains into the Yamuna river which was later converging with the Ganga and polluting it, the UP government has issued a notice to Arvind Kejriwal government and threatened to cut water supply to the national capital. Uttar Pradesh irrigation minister Shivpal Singh told …
Notwithstanding repeated representations by farmers, villagers and Left parties, the authorities have failed to take steps to check heavy pollution in the Ghaggar, which continues to be a bane for the people living along it. Residents allege that the flow of hazardous chemicals and other effluents has reached alarming proportions, …
Putrid water is being released by drainages With water from the Yamuna becoming increasingly contaminated and unfit for human consumption in Agra and Mathura, the Uttar Pradesh Government has served notice on the Delhi government to ensure that toxic water is not released into the river by factories. The State …
The Ramanagara Zilla Panchayat has submitted a proposal to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to take immediate steps to supply Cauvery water for drinking purposes to a few villages in Bidadi hobli where hazardous chemicals and bacteria have been found in the groundwater. The decision to submit …
Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number of viral Hepatitis (A, B, C & E) cases in the country if data released by Union ministry of health and family welfare is to be believed. Hepatitis is a dreaded disease that's deadly than HIV or asthma. Consumption of contaminated water is a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Anr. Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 10/02/2014 regarding UP Pollution Control Board granting permits annually to a sugar mill and a dairy plant near Ghaziabad, which have been polluting the river waters …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Smt. Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 10/02/2014 regarding Godavari river's revival. The Pune Bench of the National Green Tribunal has asked the "State Government, particularly the Chief Secretary of the State of Maharashtra and …
Minister Of Environment And Forests, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily stated in the parliament tha the "Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 150 polluted stretches along various rivers in the country based on BOD (Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand) levels, a key indicator of organic pollution. The pollution load on rivers of …
Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 272 for 10 February 2014, asked by Shri Kristappa Nimmala and Shri Nama Nageswara Rao regarding progress made in regard to cleaning of Ganga river in the country under Ganga Action Plan Phase - …
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Union Carbide Corp (UCC) have released new evidence to show its "direct role in designing and building the pesticide plant in Bhopal" where the 1984 gas disaster killed thousands. Union Carbide, now a Dow Chemical subsidiary, refuses to clean up the site claiming that its …
Reacting to developments taking place in US court regarding new 'evidence' on carbide plant, the non-government organizations working for the welfare of Bhopal gas tragedy victims have expressed hope that Madhya Pradesh government would use this opportunity to expedite clean up process at abandoned Union Carbide site. Activist Rachna Dhingra …
A stormwater pipe under an unlined coal ash pond at a shuttered plant in Eden, N.C., burst Sunday afternoon — draining tens of thousands of tons of coal ash into the Dan River. Duke Energy, which owns the Dan River Steam Station, retired since 2012, estimates that 50,000 to 82,000 …
Three companies — two in Maval and one in Haveli — have been served showcause notices by the District Planning and Environment Committee for emptying untreated effluents into rivers. “Venky’s, Ganga Paper Mills and Rama Krishi Rasayani have been served notices after the survey by the committee,’’ said District Collector …
Frustrated West Virginians demanded information about the safety of their drinking water in the wake of a chemical spill in January that left 300,000 of them without safe tap water for more than a week, even as U.S. lawmakers pressed for action to prevent similar accidents in the future. West …
The indifference of civic authorities has forced residents of a flat in Kakkanad to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to prevent a public pond in the vicinity from being polluted with septic and building waste. In their application to NGT, the Green Garden Residents’ Association (GGRA) has alleged that …
Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) said a broken pipe is leaking ash-basin water from a closed North Carolina coal-fired power plant into the Dan River. The release began yesterday afternoon and Duke is still trying to stop the flow, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said in a statement today. The Dan …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday issued directions to authorities that no new industry be set up in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh's Sonebhadra district without requisite consent and clearances. A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar sought responses of the Centre and the …
