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 …
Say the state government should make budgetary provision to reduce pollution in Punjab Given the deteriorating environment in the industrial town and state, environmentalists and residents have appealed to the Congress government to allocate adequate funds for reducing pollution in Punjab. They said as all districts, including Ludhiana, in the …
Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil said that the district administration has written to CMFRI, to look into the reason for the increase in pollution in Phalguni river. To a query from reporters, he said that a committee of experts and district officials have been formed. According to the initial report, pollution …
PATNA: After the inclusion of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a mode of specific prevention against cervical cancer in India's universal immunisation programme (UIP) as per a decision by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), the department of community medicine at Indira Gandhi Institute and Medical Sciences (IGIMS) …
GAYA: Drain effluents enter Falgu riverbed at no less than 24 points thereby aggravating subsurface water pollution. In several localities of the town, handpumps and submersible machines draw water with bad odour and higher mud content. For several years now, the proposal to channelize drain effluents and establish water treatment …
Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths in 2015—16% of all deaths worldwide— three times more deaths than from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined and 15 times more than …
Last year, residents had recovered around 25 huge bags of garbage, mostly with beer bottles from the area. Mumbai: The Charkop lake, which was a flourishing bird site before, has been reduced to a virtual dumping site. While citizens have regularly held clean up drives to create awareness about the …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the Government of Rajasthan for not controlling pollution in river Jojari despite its commitments/assurances made to the tribunal. The aforesaid order was passed in OA 329 of 2015 filed by Gram Panchayat Araba Village, Barmer which …
Dayanand has also written to the Mumbai suburban collector, the MPCB and the Environment Secretary regarding the dumping of mud in the Mithi river. Environmentalists have alleged that there was a planned attempt to destroy wetlands in Mumbai and that the Mithi river in Powai and a lake in Aarey …
’ The Ugandan leader expressed common concerns of the EAC heads of state over continuing destructive activities taking place around and within the two important water bodies linking almost all Community members. President Museveni was addressing the current East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) sessions in Kampala. His State of Address …
BHOPAL: M P Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) is pushing for a real-time testing of air and water quality in the state. After installing facilities for real-time water quality testing of Narmada at Omkareshwar and Upper Lake, Bhopal, MPPCB plans to set up similar facilities at 14 locations on Narmada along …
“The local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the municipal waste is segregated and reaches the assigned place for composting or landfill,” reads the petition. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is hearing a petition regarding pollution of coastal wetlands, creeks and beaches in Mumbai due to improper waste management, filed …
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has begun rationing water in most parts of the country as a result of the dry season, environmental degradation and pollution of water bodies by illegal miners. Those activities, the company said, had derailed its efforts at extracting enough water for treatment, accounting for …
Hyderabad: Experts say that the Bellandur lake catching fire in Bengaluru recently was a disaster waiting to happen. The lake was frothing for over three years, with last monsoon being the worst when toxic foam spilled on to the roads out of control. Pollution board officials say that was a …
India has been ranked at a low 177 position in the Global Environmental Performance Index (EPI), that places countries on how well they perform on high-priority environmental issues The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. The tenth EPI report …
According to Delhi Jal Board officials, the production of drinking water had to be curtailed at all water treatment plants fed from the Yamuna after ammonia levels shot up to 1.6 parts per million as opposed to the acceptable limit of 0.6 parts per million. WITH AMMONIA levels in Yamuna …
BENGALURU: The water you drink or use for your daily needs may not be as safe as you think. With more than 9 lakh million litres of sewage water entering the state rivers annually, one can only imagine the level of contamination. Karnataka has the highest number of polluted river …
The Lands ministry and the Nairobi county government are on the spot for allowing premises to be erected on wetlands. National Environment Complaints Committee Secretary John Chumo yesterday said wetlands have been encroached on, blocked and destroyed. “There’s need to have those who have encroached on them explain how they …
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has indicated that Ghana is likely to import water from other countries if measures are not put in place to curb negative practices polluting the country’s water bodies. According to him, Ghanaians are gradually digging their own graves with degradation and …
Malcolm Turnbull has announced a $60m rescue package for the Great Barrier Reef which includes research on developing “resilient” coral, and paying farmers to pollute less. The package, to be spent over 18 months, will also include an increased number of reef officers and vessels targeting crown of thorns starfish …
Begins outreach programme involving people along the river In an effort to rejuvenate the Tamirabharani river that plays a critical role in the livelihood, culture and the economy of south Tamil Nadu, the Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) has begun an extensive outreach programme involving the communities living along the …
