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 …
function all() { var popurl="image/20050430/28-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=370,height=390,scrollbars=yes") } Could it be that Delhi's clean-up infrastructure is an effect of mindlessness? Consider: while it is broadly accepted that domestic sewage contributes between 80-90 per cent of the pollution load, and industrial effluents the rest, nobody has any clue on how much waste …
function built() { var popurl="image/20050430/31.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=280,height=360,scrollbars=yes") } Seventeen sewage treatment plants, 10 common effluent treatment plants, drains, pipes, low cost toilets, and thousands displaced in the name of river cleaning. But little impact. Why? That is what needs to be understood so that future policy can be built learning from …
This investigation into Delhi's underbelly began with a visit to a sewage treatment plant located in the eastern part of the city, situated between a highly congested and relatively poorer part of the metropolis. The officials at the plant
function impct() { var popurl="image/20050430/27-pdf.pdf" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } The government's favourite strategy is to construct sewage treatment plants (stps). The rush began in 1995. First, there was a plan to build and make operational 14 stps by 1997. In 1998, another two were contemplated. By 2000, 8 were under different stages …
For the first time, the Assam government has admitted the severe threat to people's health posed by arsenic and fluoride contaminated drinking water in the state. The state's minister for public health engineering, Dinesh Prasad Goala, recently told the assembly that the government has initiated steps to provide alternative sources …
Himachal Pradesh may soon have an industrial zone in each district, given the scale on which the state government is playing Santa Claus to investors. Industries are heading for this tax haven to grab the bundle of goodies: a 100 per cent income tax holiday for the first five years, …
With its vanishing trick in Sariska wildlife sanctuary, the tiger is back in the news. This royal beast has received attention as no other animal. But in the cacophony, we have lost sight of many basic facts. For example, is the present method to count tigers an appropriate one? We …
On the outskirts of Chittaurgarh city, in district Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan, lies an abandoned mine. Chhatriwali khaan is a huge crater right beside the highway to Udaipur. Suddenly, disquietingly, the flat terrain gives way to a pool of rippling white fluid laced with pink, blue and brown
a proposed uranium processing plant at Seripally village in Andhra Pradesh's (ap's) Nalgonda district is facing vociferous public opposition. The area's native Lambada tribals, local leaders and many civil society groups voiced their disapproval of the project at a recent public hearing watched over by an unusually large contingent of …
Tucked along the eastern fringe of Delhi is Karkar Model village of Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district. The village's main fault: it is outside Delhi and in the middle of what has become a major industrial area. In recent years, the village has become the location of choice for …
Oussudu lake (also called Ousteri) is the largest fresh water lake in the Pondicherry region and a large number of people depend on its water, fish and other produce. The lake is now under serious threat of pollution. The present study on the species, composition and dynamics of the lake …
Considering the increasing urban population and the resulting urban liquid waste, an attempt has been made to ascertain the quality of the Pondicherry coastal water. Four sampling stations-two on the 1 fathom line and two on the 5 fathom line were fixed. The results revealed that the total coliform bacterial …
Domestic sewage, industrial sludge and agricultural wastes pollute almost all surface water in the country. Filtration and chlorination are often used to clean it up for domestic utilisation. However, most areas in the country lack such facilities and many believe that well water from underground aquifers is a good source …
scientists have detected arsenic-induced damage to a type of white blood cells among people from North 24-Parganas district in West Bengal. "Chromosomal aberrations (cas) like breaks, deletions and gaps in peripheral lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) have been found in people drinking water contaminated with arsenic,' says Ashok …
in its attempt to create order in the chaos that has followed the tsunami disaster, Sri Lanka is facing the complexities of reconstruction. One particularly problematic sphere is coastal regulation. While there is a renewed push from the government for regulating construction along the country's coasts, its efforts lack public …
Cruel punishment: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Refugee Coordination Unit (RCU) recently stopped food distribution to 3,142 refugees in Bhutans' Jhapa refugee camps. The reason cited was violation of UNHCR rules. Nirmal Raj Khanal, head of RCU's statistics department, pointed out that the refugees had …
• Till recently people in Southeast Sudan relied on broadcasts from the country's capital Khartoum or from London, uk for information about their own affairs. Finally a new newspaper, The Sudan Mirror, is being distributed freely by international aid agencies via the many aid planes that regularly cross the region. …
