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 …
HYDERABAD: It was way back in 2013 that the then government had announced that polluting industries in the city would be shifted out of the city to areas beyond the Outer Ring Road (ORR). More than five years have elapsed but not much has changed: neither have the polluting industries …
Rather than being helpless bystanders, Bellandur Lake wardens are given the power to take action against those polluting it further. A meeting of residents around the lake with Bangalore Development Authority Commissioner Rakesh Singh decided to empower the lake wardens to penalise those stealthily dumping garbage into the lakebed in …
Takoradi — A Sekondi high court on Thursday convicted five Chinese and four Ghanaians to a total fine of GHȻ54, 000, for polluting River Ankobra in the Bamiankor area of the Western Region, in March, last year. The convicts, Dong Cheng, unemployed, 30, Hung Jian, engineer, 51, Ning Guorui, welder, …
Hundreds of people suffer from diarrhea and colic admitted to hospitals during the past two days in Iraq's central province of Salahudin due to contamination of drinking water, medical sources said on Wednesday. "The tests in the laboratories confirmed that drinking water from Tigris River was highly contaminated with fecal …
CHENNAI: A PIL petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to take steps on a war-footing to control air and water pollution in all slum areas in the City.The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice A Selvam, before which the PIL from Global Warming Environment …
42 rivers in India are polluted with at least two toxic heavy metals reveals this report published by Central Water Commission.Ganga, the national river, is polluted with five heavy metals—chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron Water quality monitoring issues in Indian rivers have emerged as a critical challenge in the …
When setting national drinking-water quality regulations and standards, many countries consider the WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ). To better understand the extent to which the GDWQ are used and reflected in these standards, this global review summarizes information from 104 countries and territories on values specified in national drinking-water …
The move comes after the Union Environment Ministry told the Lok Sabha in a written statement last year that industrial effluents and household sewage flowing into the Powai lake had raised its pollution levels, eight times above safe standards. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has shortlisted a contractor to measure …
Dutch astronomers and ecologists are working with Leiden University on a project, MONOCLE, that allows people to measure the quality of their water, simply by taking a photo with their smartphones. The team, led by astronomer Frans Snik, previously made a device that, when attached to phones, monitored air pollution. …
In a massive movement similar to the 2017 'Jallikattu Protest', thousands of people in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi are unanimously protesting on the streets, demanding the closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelter Plant for allegedly causing long-term pollution to residents. Several shops had remained shut on Sunday in response to a …
It’s also a first in a major initiative that could be replicated across the region to monitor the rising pollution in its water bodies and put in place preventive measures. “LET’S SAY, the lake has not been to the ICU as yet,” says Dinabandhu Sahoo, seated in a custom-made blue …
AHMEDABAD: Overexploitation of groundwater resources and over-reliance on chemical pesticides and fertilizers is leading to rise of life-threatening chemical contaminants in groundwater beyond acceptable limits. The central ground water board (CGWB) figures presented by Union MoS water resources, Arjun Ram Meghwal, in the Lok Sabha recently, suggests that 21 districts …
HYDERABAD: The historic Neknampur lake will soon become more polluted with local authorities planning to divert municipal sewage to the water body constructed about 450 years ago. Neknampur lake is one of the three major water bodies created by Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah IV. The other two: Ibrahimpatnam lake, has …
Tirunelveli: An analysis of the study conducted by college students on pollution in the Thamirabarani river on March 10 that was compiled by the Anna University Regional Centre threw up some interesting facts. Dean of the centre G Sakthinathan said an analysis of the data collected from 26 of the …
This year’s focus is on encouraging people to look for nature-based solutions to reduce drought. Hyderabad: On International Water Day today, environmentalists draw attention to the lack of public awareness to conserve water. The South African city of Cape Town is said to run out of water by April 12. …
CWRDM study finds most rivers highly contaminated due to lack of proper waste management As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and most of the rivers in Kerala is highly contaminated. This was revealed by studies conducted …
India has made significant progress in providing its citizens access to clean water, but is still among the top countries where the highest percentage of population does not have this facility, says a report. The report released to mark World Water Day tomorrow states that Uganda, Niger, Mozambique, India and …
Nagpur: In almost all the districts of the state, nitrate pollution has become a major threat to groundwater. It is believed to cause blue baby syndrome. The monitored data by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) shows that the concentration of nitrate is well above the permissible limit all over the …
As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and most of the rivers in Kerala is highly contaminated. This was revealed by studies conducted by the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, which periodically monitors …
Contamination of surface water sources due to the discharge of polluting substances has been a long standing problem in most parts of the country. In 1974, a legislation was specifically enacted to regulate and prohibit water pollution. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 established Pollution Control Boards …
