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 …
KOCHI: The marine environment in India is under stress due to pollution and it has become one of the probable reasons for the decline in fish stock, said the new national policy that was released by the Centre. It said that the government would strengthen regulatory mechanisms to control pollutants …
Hyderabad: Locals at Shamirpet, a tourist spot about 25 km from the city, woke up to hundreds of dead fish floating in the lake. The reason for the fish kill could not be identified with the Pollution Control Board, HMDA and the fisheries department passing the buck. Locals suspect that …
Environment secretary Judi Wakhungu has announced a looming ban on use of plastic bottles to curb environmental pollution. The move will now require water bottlers and manufacturers of soft drinks and juices to find alternative packaging material. Prof Wakhungu two months ago gazetted a blanket ban on use of plastic …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday told Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) that merely serving closure notices to polluting industries is not enough. The board must ensure the units are closed. NGT was referring to the industries around Bellandur Lake; it had set a one-month deadline to clean …
The Delhi high court on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of a TOI report highlighting release of poisonous substances into groundwater from polluting industrial units in northeast Delhi's Mustafabad. Terming the report titled 'Is blue the colour of death in Delhi's 'cancer colony'?' an eye opener, a bench of acting …
District In-Charge Minister and Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai directed Karnataka State Pollution Control Board officials to initiate stern action against those responsible for the contamination of Phalguni river. He also sought a report on the incident within five days. He visited Malavoor vented dam where …
BENGALURU: After the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) first order to clean up Bellandur Lake was passed on April 19, urban agencies had seemingly sprung into action. However, not much progress has taken place on the ground. NGT had issued directions to the Urban Development Department to clean the lake in …
DEHRADUN: A dip in the Ganga may wash away your sins but the river's water is also likely to make you sick. The Central Pollution Control Board's reply to an RTI query put up by TOI has said that the water of the river along Haridwar is not even fit …
With just a few days left for the expiry of the deadline set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to clean Bellandur lake, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the city’s largest waterbody on Monday. Speaking to journalists during the visit, he said he had ordered the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), the …
Nashik: The sanitation department of the Nashik zilla parishad has launched campaign to check the quality of water sources across the district to ensure that people in rural areas get clean drinking water. Officials of the ZP said that it is pre-monsoon checking of water quality so that measures can …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of P. Varatharajan Vs Moovarasampet Panchayat & Others dated 11/05/2017 regarding illegal dumping of municipal solid waste in the lake comprised in Survey No.44/2 of Moovarsampet Village, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu. Moovarasampet Panchayat has stated before the Tribunal …
BENGALURU: Revival of the severely polluted Bellandur Lake is unlikely in the near future with the state government finding the National Green Tribunal's order to do so in a month impractical. Scrambling to make its case before the NGT, which may hear the case on May 18, the government has …
You may want to rethink moving to a green neighbourhood as a recent study has linked poor environmental quality to elevated cancer rates. The study revealed an association between cumulative exposure to harmful environmental factors and cancer incidence across the United States, with prostate and breast cancer especially demonstrating strong …
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the authorities about the steps they have taken to improve the quality of drinking water at the Northern Railway stations and at their platforms. The court was hearing a plea by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation, which has sought "an independent probe” …
Long time series of ocean and land color satellite data can be used to measure Laurentian Great Lakes water quality parameters including chlorophyll, suspended minerals, harmful algal blooms (HABs), photic zone and primary productivity on weekly, monthly and annual observational intervals. The observed changes in these water quality parameters over …
Proposed law on Ganga will not be enacted ‘in a hurry’, draft not complete: Uma Bharati. PROGRESS ON drafting a new law to protect the Ganga from pollution has run into a hurdle due to lack of consensus over what could be considered an offence and who should be held …
They believe water purification removes all pollutants’ The people, especially the middle class, aren’t really seized of the gravity and direness of the pollution that has turned the lifeline of Ernakulam, the Periyar river, into a watery pool of toxins, maintains researcher GD Martin, whose book Periyar: Puzhayum Jeevanum Veendedukkam …
Calls for community involvement in strengthening bunds by planting trees Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has stressed the need for budgetary allocation to de-silt 84 tanks so as to recharge groundwater level in rural areas. As part of her weekend morning visit, Ms. Bedi on Sunday visited Kuruvinatham and Kirumambakkam tanks. …
BENGALURU: Bellandur Lake, it appears, is never out of the news. On Sunday, a fire was reported from the banks of the lake in southeast Bengaluru. According to Mahendra Jain, additional chief secretary, who visited the waterbody, it was an accidental fire caused by people cutting dry grass at the …
Madhlabhat locals complained to Health Dept & police against one Rahul Rama Salgaonkar for illegally constructing a septic tank near a well and for pouring engine oil into the well MAPUSA: Locals of Madhlabhat-Siolim have complained to Health Department and police against a resident one Rahul Rama Salgaonkar for illegally …
