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 World Bank Group announced on Wednesday the creation of PROBLUE, a new multi-donor trust fund that will support healthy and productive oceans by tackling marine pollution, managing fisheries and fostering the sustainable growth of coastal economies. PROBLUE, which was announced on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, supports …
The Government has outlined plans which include applying ‘polluter pays principle’ as well as replenishment of River Mugara, River Mukungwa and three ponds owned by farmers in Musanze District with fresh fish following massive death of fish caused by water contamination last Friday. The PPP is an environmental policy measure, …
LUCKNOW: Amid the chanting of mantras, Lord Ganesha went under the Gomti waters on Sunday. That marked the culmination of 10-day festivity of Ganesh Chaturthi. But as hundreds of Ganesha idols sank into the river a grim picture surfaced. That of a more polluted Gomti, choked with flowers and variety …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Ors. Vs. Department of Environment & Forests & Others dated 24/09/2018 regarding unauthorized structures in Govardhan in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The Court has been informed that the work for domestic sewage connections in the …
The spectre of fluoride contamination has come to haunt schoolchildren in Odisha’s Nuapada district with potable water sources in as many as 54 schools and anganwadi premises testing for fluoride presence beyond permissible limits. Prolonged consumption of fluoride contaminated water leads to dental and skeletal fluorosis. Commonly, mottled teeth and …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has also identified these three river stretches among the 15 most-polluted river stretches in the country. As per the CPCB, there are around 20 rivers in Gujarat where BOD levels are above the prescribed standards. Expressing the need for urgent action, National Green Tribunal …
Surat: Don’t immerse Ganesha idols in Tapi, thinking that the the ban on immersion in the river is just another diktat issued year after year. Anyone caught violating the ban can land in jail. City police commissioner Satish Sharma has issued a notification that anyone violating the immersion ban can …
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and others over pollution caused by an industry engaged in making paper from waste. The PIL was filed after the company sought permission to expand its capacity. The petition filed by Rakesh …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahesh Kumar Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 12/09/2018. Allegation in this application is that a pond at village Sihi in Faridabad district, which is an existing water body, is being destroyed by dumping garbage. Existence of the pond …
There are dreamers and there are doers. Boyan Slat of the Netherlands is both. 5 years ago at the age of 18, he founded The Ocean Cleanup, an organization dedicated to removing plastic debris from the oceans of the world. To date, it has raised $20 million in funding, which …
In an effort to clean the Ganges, Germany is providing a soft loan of euro 120 million (Rs 990 crore approximately) to India to strengthen sewage water treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand, Charge d'Affaires Jasper Wieck said today. Elaborating on the work done by the German Embassy, Wieck said the project …
The MPCB carried out the assessment at 12 locations in the city in May this year. Mumbai: According to the water quality assessment by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the water quality at 10 locations in Mumbai were found to be polluted. While the Mithi remains the most polluted …
The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for not taking adequate steps to prevent discharge of pollutants in Rapti river, saying the "failure of the administration" resulted in death of more than 500 children in Gorakhpur in 2014, and announced setting up of a monitoring committee to …
Indore: Praising Indore for its Kahn river cleaning work, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday said other cities should learn from MP’s commercial capital. On river cleaning and solid waste management, NGT’s six-judge bench on Tuesday held hearing through video conferencing, which was attended by secretaries of all states. Social …
As many as 10 cases of diarrhoea were reported from Deep Nagar, Mullanpur, on Wednesday. Residents of the area have been getting contaminated drinking water supply from the past couple of days after the construction of roads started in the area. The area was dug too deep and the polluted …
Jamshedpur: The jaundice outbreak in Dhatkidih that affected more than 400 residents since July was caused by the hepatitis E virus that is primarily transmitted orally owing to faecal contamination of drinking water, the probe by a two-member team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has concluded. Senior …
Leaking latrines and raw wastewater can spread disease and provide a breeding ground for mosquitoes, as well as pollute groundwater and surface water. In this report you can learn more about wastewater monitoring and initial status findings. This report is part of a series that track progress towards the various …
The Awash Basin is the most utilized river basin in Ethiopia with a number of small, medium and large scale irrigation schemes; urban and rural water supply plans and industries located along the river. The Basin is a center for the development of industrial, agricultural and other economic activities. The …
The Vaal River has been described as an open sewer, most frequently by people who live on its banks, despite protestations to the contrary by the department of water & sanitation. It smells of dead things and faeces. SA’s water crisis is not confined to the Vaal River, though it …
Watermelon rind, usually discarded as waste, has been shown by researchers in Pakistan to be capable of cheaply and efficiently removing arsenic from groundwater. Arsenic poisoning from drinking contaminated groundwater affects about 140 million people in 50 countries and an estimated 43,000 people die of it annually, according to the …
