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 United States has lost approximately 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands between 2004 and 2009 according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Much of this loss is blamed on development and has occurred in freshwater regions. Additionally, more than 70% of …
Water pollution being caused by some steel industrial units in the town is playing havoc with the health of people here. Though industrial units claimed to adhere to the pollution control norms and deny discharging liquid pollutants, the Pollution Control Board had recently served notices on two industries after finding …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board Vs M/s. Visakha Industries Ltd and another dated 26/11/2013 regarding industries located within 10 km radius of the lakes, Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/16_2012(THC)(App)(SZ)_26Nov2013_final_order.pdf
In middle-class environmentalism, there is no appetite for changing lifestyles to minimise waste and pollution. In the past 10 years, India's environmental movement has undergone a rebirth. It was first born in the 1970s, when the industrialised world was seeing the impact of growth on its environment. In that decade, …
The draft of the Kerala Perspective Plan, 2030 highlights the need to address rising water and land pollution in fast expanding cities like Kochi that is witnessing a huge influx of migrant population, especially in outskirts like Perumabavoor. Kochi figures in the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)’s list of 88 …
Jawadia/Pali: Villagers in the quaint village Jawadia, barely three kms away from Pali, are silent spectators to the political drama. For years the legislators have been promising the villagers a solution to their problem but so far their problems pertaining to water, remain status quo. Over the years their problems …
Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday fined two dyeing factories TK 42 lakh for polluting the Turag River, reports UNB. After a hearing at DoE’s Dhaka headquarters, its director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir fined Karuni Knit Composite Ltd and Hamza Chemical Industries Ltd at Kaliakoir in Gazipur Tk 40 …
Environmentalists yesterday expressed their concerns over the continuous pollution of river and other water bodies in Savar and blamed the inaction of the local authorities against the factory authorities and individuals responsible for it. They were addressing a two-day counselling meeting beginning yesterday jointly organised by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association …
Residents along the Georges River are being advised to avoid all contact with the river for at least another 48 hours after the overflow spilled an estimated 150 megalitres of untreated sewage from an up-river treatment plant. The warning, which extends from Macquarie Fields to Botany Bay, was first issued …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of The Gram Panchayat Tiroda & Others Vs The MoEF Ors. dated 25/11/2013 regarding environmental clearance for mining given to Tiroda Iron Ore Mine at village Tiroda, in Sawantwadi Taluka, in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/2_2013(Ap)(WZ)_25Nov2013_final_order.pdf
The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday asked all the parties involved in the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by NGO Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch, including the NGO, to come prepared for the hearing on December 4, which will be based on the action plan submitted by the National Environmental …
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has said the Bhushan Steel Limited (BSL) set up a 256 MW power plant on its premises without its permission. During an inspection on Monday, an OSPCB team found BSL was running the plant "clandestinely". The pollution watchdog said the board had on …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board report on samples taken after the Mahul oil leak on October 28 has revealed that floating oil in the creek close to the spot was below detectable levels. Oil and grease levels reported from the spot were 22mg/l at 100 m from the spot and …
Beijing : China will steer local governments away from the pursuit of economic growth at all costs and beef up their powers to punish polluters as part of a campaign to reverse the damage done by three decades of unchecked expansion. In wide-ranging economic and social reforms unveiled last week, …
Vapi: Police have a busted a racket of illegally releasing hazardous effluents into Bil Khadi, a natural drain that stretches for eight km from Vapi industrial estate. Acting on a tip-off, the special cell of Surat range inspector general of police (IG) Hasmukh Patel, kept a watch near Salvaav village …
In a move to protect the environment from more damage, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has urged the state government to promote idols that are made out of re-usable and recycled material such as paper pulp. The MPCB has also suggested a 'one idol, one village or society' project. …
Kirudhumal Nathi, one of the ancient water bodies in Madurai, is likely to be revived as researchers from University College London (UCL) has embarked on a study of the river. In two months, the researchers would come up with an action plan for the river's revival. They will point to …
HYDERABAD: Even as environmentalists have been crying foul over the severe pollution of water bodies in the city, including Hussainsagar lake, the authorities have stumbled upon pharma major Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) dumping untreated effluents into the Jeedimetla Nallah that ultimately leads to Hussainsagar lake. The company has been slapped …
JAIPUR: Untreated industrial and domestic effluent has turned rivers in Rajasthan into chemical-laden toxic 'nullahs' that are adversely affecting the ground water and health of people living around the 'once natural rivers.' The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in a report on 'Polluted River Stretches in India' has identified five …
Main building of the Golden Temple in Amritsar is adversely affected due to pollution caused by industries, vehicles, generators, 'tandoors' (clay ovens) of restaurants around the shrine and burning of crop stubble by farmers. This was stated by experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi in their interim …
