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 …
Kumaragiri Lake was once a major drinking water source for Salem Upset over the continuance of pollution of Kumaragiri Lake at Ammapet in Salem city by a few polluting dyeing units of that locality, Salem Citizens Forum (SCF) has planned to organise demonstrations to condemn the alleged inaction of the …
A revised mine plan for Taseko Mines' New Prosperity copper-gold project in British Columbia still poses significant threats to the environment and nearby communities, a Canadian federal review panel said late on Thursday. Water quality in a trout-bearing lake beside the proposed mine, fish in the lake, land and resources …
A major work entrusted to the Public Works Department-Water Resources Organisation (PWD-WRO) to prevent pollution of the Ooty Lake is nearing completion, according to P. Shankar, District Collector of the Nilgiris. Speaking to The Hindu here on Wednesday, he said that the work involved the cleaning of the 3.06 km …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday referred to the National Green Tribunal Bench in Chennai a public interest litigation against the operation of the solid waste treatment plant at Vilappil in Thiruvananthapuram. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice A.M. Saffique, issued the order …
V. S. Vijayan, member, Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), has said that it was evident that vested interests were behind those opposing the Madhav Gadgil report. Lobbies connected to pesticide, sand and granite-mining were opposed to the report, he said. In a seminar organised at the Idukki Press Club …
Mumbai: The national green tribunal (Pune bench) has admitted a petition seeking restoration of the ecology and marine life of Ulhas river in Thane district and winding up of all industries releasing untreated effluents, sewage and pollutants into it. The petition filed by NGO Vanshakti has demanded action against Maharashtra …
Huge garbage including that from sacrificial animals is being dumped into the Puratan Brahmaputra River at Puran Godaraghat in the town, adding to serious pollution of the already dying river. The callous act has continued since October 17, much to the nuisance of around 1400 families living in the slums …
Thousands of residents at Hazaribagh in the city are facing severe sufferings due to unhygienic environment because of hundreds of toxic chemical shops there. The chemicals, imported from Germany, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, China, Argentina and Brazil, are used for processing of rawhides, this correspondent was informed while visiting the …
With Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) claiming to have sealed all the hotels and restaurants operating without Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) and other pollution control devices, most of such hotels, sources said, continue to carry on their business in violation of the high court directive. A division bench of the high …
People of as many as 18 districts of Assam are prone to several water–borne diseases following a fact that arsenic in ground–water of these districts is found beyond permissible limit (0.05 mg/litre as per WHO norms). The Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department of Assam in a latest official communiqué submitted …
Tokyo Electric Power Co said sandbags were placed downstream to save radioactive substances from reaching the ocean, but rainwater may have caused the water in the ditch to overflow Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) has reported a new record rise in radiation levels in water collected from a drainage …
For months now, it has been hard to escape the continuing deluge of bad news from the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant. Even after the company that operates the plant admitted this summer that tons of contaminated groundwater was leaking into the Pacific Ocean every day, new accidents have added …
Regions that fail the 2012 water pollution control examination will have their project approvals suspended for one year, according to a notification released by the Environmental Protection Ministry on Wednesday. Regions that will be examined include around 20 districts and counties in Hefei and Liu'an city of Anhui province, Kunming …
The tradition of immersing idols may soon be ripped off puja celebrations with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking cognizance of an application by environment activist Subhas Datta, seeking a ban on this ‘method’. Datta refuses to call idol immersion a ‘ritual’. In his application, the activist claimed that the …
United Nation experts are encouraging the Japanese government to better communicate contamination goals with the public but are otherwise very positive about the progress that has been made in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident remediation efforts in Japan. The experts are from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a U.N. …
As weather changes, maintain cleanliness, say doctors The changing weather conditions and poor sewage management in the City have resulted in an increase in the number of children affected by lung diseases. Those below five years of age are the most susceptible ones, pediatricians say. Doctors in the City also …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from the Secretary Water and Power in Manchar Lake water pollution case. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry comprising Justice Jawwad S Khuwaja and Justice Gulzar Ahmed heard the case. The Secretary Water and Power, Secretary Irrigation Sindh, …
Tightening its noose around the hoteliers operating without pollution control devices including sewage treatment plants (STPs) at the world famous tourist spot of Pahalgam, Pahalgam development authority PDA, the main nodal agency for the development of the place today sealed 28 more hotels found carrying on their business in violation …
With the contract of the agencies cleaning Godavari river with the help of boats coming to an end on September 30, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) had floated tenders for the job about a fortnight ago, but found no takers. The tenders for the said work were opened last week. …
Despite all the hue and cry about eco-friendly idol immersions, especially during the last two years, the people and municipal corporation have failed to save their lakes. The dissolved oxygen (DO) levels of the two major city lakes, Telangkhedi (Futala) and Gandhi Sagar have gone down dangerously for the second …
