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 …
At least three persons, including a two-year-old, have allegedly died of diarrhoea at Dagamaha and Taparangia villages under Kandhamal's Daringibadi block in the last one week. Several others are reportedly suffering from the water-borne disease in these villages. While two persons of a family died at Taparangia village, a two-year-old …
The restoration of degraded ecosystems, particularly water bodies in Jaintia Hills is need of the hour. However, no significant activity has been undertaken in the area. In this article, some water related environmental problems caused by coal mining and major impediments in initiating the restoration activities in Meghalaya are discussed …
The Water Footprint Network (WFN) alongside IFC and Tata Group is to release the final report of their groundbreaking study on the industrial water footprint in India; “Water Footprint Assessment -Tata Chemicals-Tata Motors-Tata Power-Tata Steel: Results and Learning.” The publication documents the results from the world’s first comprehensive industrial Water …
The well-being of people in South Asia is largely determined by their access to water and the region will face scarcity of water by 2030 due to climate change warns this 16th edition of the South Asia Human Development released by Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre. The sixteenth report …
This report is the outcome of the study on performance evaluation of STPs funded under National River Conservation Plan of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India carried out by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The report envisages performance evaluation of 152 STPs spread over 15 states in the …
Farmers of Punnam happy over decision to drop dyeing park plan The public of Punnam are ecstatic at the shelving of the plan to establish an integrated dyeing park in their neighbourhood. At the same time, home textile exporters and professional dyers in the town are dejected that their painstaking …
BJP legislators were expelled from the House The death of a 62-year-old woman in South-West Delhi earlier this week allegedly due to contaminated water brought the Delhi Assembly session to a standstill on Thursday, with the Opposition BJP disrupting the proceedings. Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri adjourned the House three times …
Mud, Sewerage Make It Unfit For Any Use Lucknow: While monsoon has heightened water logging problems in the city, it has also led to complaints aplenty of contaminated water supply. Areas with old and worn out tube wells have been receiving water supply mixed with sand particles whereas places where …
Naina packaged drinking water, manufactured by Shri Sai Mineral Corporation, located at Mehlan village in Sunam tehsil in the district, has been tested unsafe for human consumption for the second time in the past eight months. The sample collected on August 2 by district health authorities was tested by the …
Pathetic sanitation conditions coupled with carelessness of residents, who get water from pipes passing through septic tanks, have resulted in the outbreak of diarrhoea in this village with more than 150 cases reporting over the past four days. The administration dispatched rapid response health teams to the village which started …
The World Wide Fund (WWF) Pakistan chapter has signed an MoU with the Punjab Small Industries Corporation (PSIC) on Thursday to promote water sustainability at the industrial scale in Lahore. The WWF has initiated the project named “City Wide Partnership for Sustainable Water Use and Water Stewardship in SME’s in …
The Toxicology and National Poison Information Centre (TNPIC), of the National Hospital, yesterday warned that harmful chemicals were being released to the environment and ground water through untreated waste released from most vehicle service stations countrywide. TNPIC Head, Consultant Physician Dr. Waruna Gunathilake told The Island that a severe threat …
Water at 75 locations of major rivers, such as Ganga, Yamuna, Chambal, Sone and Wainaganga are not fit for drinking, the Government said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Central Water Commission (CWC) under the Water Resources Ministry, which monitors water quality at 396 stations located in all the …
Being a textile belt, Tirupur (Tamil Nadu) faced the crisis of severe pollution of water bodies due to discharged coloured effluent from the bleaching and dyeing units. More than 600 bleaching and dyeing units remained closed for almost two years for want of reliable solution. Though various technologies were implemented, …
A legal notice was served in May by ESG asking Ranganath to comply with the HC directions In a significant decision, a division bench of the Karnataka High Court has ordered the issuance of notice on S V Ranganath, Chief Secretary of the Government of Karnataka. A division bench of …
Study finds presence of unacceptable concentration of bacteria after festivities in Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple. A study by a team of experts in the Tamirabharani upstream before and after ‘Aadi amaavaasai’ festival held at Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple in the Kalakkad–Mundanthuri Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in the Western Ghats has revealed that uncontrolled …
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation has intimated that as per the information entered by the States on the online Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry, out of a total of about 16,90,870 rural habitations in the country, there are about 84,294 habitations which are quality affected i.e …
The Meenavar Viduthalai Iyakkam and Tamizhar Kazahagam outfits, based in Tuticorin district, have submitted a petition to the Kanyakumari Collector seeking a ban on beach sand mining in the district. The two organisations, in their petition, said that due to continuous mining of sea sand, the livelihoods of the fishermen …
Bench orders survey of industrial units, effluent treatment practices, other steps In a case filed by a city-based lawyer before the newly opened bench of National Green Tribunal in Pune pertaining to continuing pollution in the Chandrabhaga river in Pandharpur, the bench has issued several instructions to all respondents. The …
The government has not been able to ensure enough finance to revive the polluted Buriganga river by connecting it with the Jamuna despite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s high sounding political commitment, resulting in an abysmal 5-6 percent progress of the project in the last two years. Officials say only Tk …
