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 residents of Embilipitiya held a protest against the releasing of garbage in the vicinity of the Chandrika Wewa by the Embilipitiya Pradeshiya Sabha. They say that the garbage collected from the city limits and the outskirts of Embilipitiya are being released near the river. Residents say this causes environment …
Social activists and residents of the villages of two talukas of Johi and Dadu held a march on Monday in Dadu town in protest against pollution caused by work on a gas field located in taluka Johi. According to protesters, pollution is causing eye, skin and chest infections, lungs problems …
A research conducted by two scholars of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) that won the best paper award at the International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET-2014) held at Nagpur on the second week of January has claimed that the water of the Jhelum is unsafe for …
Hyderabad, where one-third of the country’s drugs are manufactured, is unfortunately being referred to as the “city with the most polluted lakes”, thanks to the pharma industry. Over 300 bulk drug units in and around the city limits are violating the safe discharge norms of effluents. Topping the list of …
लोकसभा चुनावों में दक्षिण हरियाणा से लेकर मथुरा-आगरा तक यमुना जल प्रदूषण मुख्य मुद्दा होगा। यमुना रक्षक दल ने रविवार को यहां गांव प्याला में आयोजित महापंचायत में निर्णय लिया कि यमुना नदी और इसके पानी से गुलजार होने वाली आगरा व गुड़गांव नहर के पानी को प्रदूषण मुक्त कराने …
A campaign to clean the Trisuli river was launched on Sunday, with half-a-dozen organisations including Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Nepal Association of Rafting Agency, lending hands for the cause. The programme, coinciding with the World Water Day, was initiated by. Two hundred representatives volunteered in the campaign, collecting garbage …
Once the Vaigai river enters Madurai city, it carries city's trash that is thrown into it or deposited on its banks. Though, time and again environmental activists have been raising alarm over threat to the river from pollution and encroachments. Madurai corporation, which has woken up to the harsh realities …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Capt. Mall Singh & Ors. Vs. Punjab PCB & Ors dated 20/01/2014 regarding the Municipal Solid Waste Management Plant of Bathinda. Also the model MSW Management Plan 2014 has been filed on behalf of the State of Punjab, Original Source: …
An Uttar Pradesh Minister on Thursday alleged that all the Central Government schemes for cleaning the Ganga was being run only on paper and there is nothing on the ground level. “A huge amount of public money has been looted in the name of cleaning of the Ganga. Those who …
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Wednesday fined four factories in Gazipur a total of Tk49 lakh for discharging effluent into river and marshland, reports UNB. M Alalmgir, director (Monitoring and enforcement) of the DoE, fined Apenglinjery Factory of Kaliakoir upazila Tk 40 lakh, Meghna Knit Compose of Sripur upazila …
Residents of 23 villages in Seraikela-Kharsawan have alleged that Kandra-based thermal power plant Adhunik Power and Natural Resources Limited (APNRL), which started production over a year ago, is ruining their lives with the toxic fly ash it generates, creating yet another conflict between industry and community. The Adhunik power plant, …
Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) on Thursday filed a rejoinder affidavit before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the casino matter stressing the need to monitor the disposal of bilge ad oily waters of casino ships operating in the River Mandovi, as it was done for sewage. 'The generation, …
Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction and this happens quite often in state government. This shocking episode also exposes the commitment of government towards reducing water pollution. Industries which did treat their effluents properly would not have got water supply if the decision was implemented seriously. The government issued a …
Mumbai: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the state pollution board to ensure that the Mithi, Waduli, Ulhas and Patalganga rivers be restored to pure forms. “It has directed the MPCB to submit a plan to the state government and also directed it to …
Its inspection team finds high concentration of industrial, domestic waste in the river An inspection team of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today identified the high concentration of industrial and domestic waste being discharged into the Yamuna in an untreated form as the major source of pollution in the river. …
A day after production at two of Delhi’s major water treatment plants had to be curtailed by 50 per cent after raw water from Haryana came laden with industrial pollutants, the water utility announced resumption of normal production on Tuesday as the pollutants were diluted. “The matter of rise in …
Haryana, UP Industries Release Untreated Waste; City Water Plants Not Fully Equipped New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board had to reduce production in two major water treatment plants by half after ammonia levels in raw water spiked on Monday. This is not the first time DJB has been forced to …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board started full production at its Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants on Tuesday after the pollution load in the raw water started reducing. Both plants had worked to only half their capacity on Monday after levels of ammonia in the Yamuna had gone up drastically. …
New Delhi: The unchecked discharge of chemical waste into Yamuna from industries in Haryana is threatening to wash away the gains made by Delhi over a decade after industrial units in the city were closed or relocated. Experts say the pollutants are causing water toxicity and illnesses associated with it. …
DJB cuts production at two water treatment plants by half Delhiites will face water scarcity over the next couple of days because of a spike in industrial pollutants in the Yamuna, forcing the Delhi Jal Board on Monday to cut production at the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants by …
