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 …
It's not St. Patrick's Day yet, but the Valira River in northeastern Spain turned a bright green Thursday, alarming residents. The waterway flows down the Pyrennes Mountains from the tiny nation of Andorra into Spain, where it empties into the Segre River near Seu d’Urgell. Albert Batalla, the mayor of …
The red streak that appeared in the waters around the Vũng Áng economic zone in the central province of Hà Tĩnh – the same area still reeling from the consequences of the Formosa toxic spill – was confirmed to have been caused by algal bloom. This is the conclusion according …
This Handbook is designed to provide jurists with an overview of environmental constitutionalism: we address what it is, the peculiar practical and procedural issues it presents, and how courts from around the globe have engaged it. Environmental constitutionalism is a relatively recent phenomenon at the confluence of constitutional law, international …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Repair works to the Yeleru Left Main Canal will be taken up from March 1 to 30 to improve its water carrying capacity this summer. Taking up works to avoid water scarcity, GVMC has prepared an action plan to improve water availability. At a meeting held with the Residential …
The Kharun river is being threatened by pollution from the industries which are on the outskirts of the city, observed Raipur's 'Smart City' proposal document for 'The Smart City Challenge Stage-II' of India Smart City Mission. It further mentioned : "Protecting the natural features like the river, natural nullah and …
The East African Community partner states have agreed to renew the war on water hyacinth. Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda also proposed that governments and other players develop pollution prevention and control master plans for all major sources of pollutants within the lake basin. These are some of the …
Close scrutiny: Drinking water jars seized by Food Safety officials in Kozhikode on Saturday. Food safety officials plan checks across Kozhikode as water crisis looms large Food safety officials are planning to check the quality of drinking water bottles across the district in anticipation of a water shortage this summer. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is mulling a CBI inquiry to probe whether untreated sewage was being released in Ganga through 30 drains on the river's Haridwar-Unnao stretch. The NGT is said to be veering towards this decision after its attempt to check pollution in Ganga revealed a shocking tale …
The National Green Tribunal has directed inspection of 'kolhus' used for crushing sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh after a plea alleged that these "unregulated" units were major contributors to air and water pollution. Sugarcane is processed in bullock-driven 'kolhus' for crushing cane for manufacturing sugar. A bench headed by Justice Jawad …
According to a survey by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) the water quality index of Mumbai is bad much like air quality index. According the survey Mumbai’s expensive real eastate is surrounded by polluted water. Water quality index at Malabar Hill, Nariman Point, Gateway of India, Worli sea face, Juhu …
Monrovia – Consumers of City Life mineral water have expressed concerns over the production and sale of the water in the proximity of a filling station. Omaru Filling Station in Duala, Bushrod Island does not only serve as a place where petroleum products are sold, it also serves as production …
Nashik: The Bombay high court has appointed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) yet again to study and suggest long-term and immediate solutions to tide over the pollution of Godavari after Kumbh Mela. It directed the state government to take a final decision on India Bulls with respect to lifting …
Johannesburg – A type of charcoal made from eucalyptus trees could provide the solution to South Africa’s polluted water. A University of Stellenbosch academic is developing a low-cost, low-tech water purification system with the charcoal, which will remove organic compounds from waste water in urban areas, the DST-NRF Centre of …
A new Duke University study has found high levels of selenium in fish in three North Carolina lakes receiving power plants’ coal ash waste. “Across the board, we’re seeing elevated selenium levels in fish from lakes affected by coal combustion residual effluents,” said Jessica Brandt, a doctoral student in environmental …
A sewage leak, which Watercare says was caused by someone flushing wet wipes down the toilet, has left the water in an east Auckland creek black and filled with dead fish and eels. Omaru Creek in Glen Innes was polluted after a sewer pipe started leaking last week. Patrick O'Meara, …
Dehradun: In a shocking revelation, a Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) report has noted that more than 60 (nearly 70%) wetlands out of the total 85 have “degraded due to sheer neglect”. WWF officials, who conducted research on the all 85 wetlands, said the degraded wetlands include Jhilmil in Haridwar, …
Drinks firm Heineken UK, food producer Filippo Berio and utility company Anglian Water Services are among six businesses that have agreed to six-figure charity payments after breaching environmental laws. Heineken UK was ordered to pay-out £160,000 for a pollution incident which killed fish back in 2014. The Environment Agency (EA) …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Abhay Jain Vs. Collector, District Shivpuri & Others dated 30/01/2017 regarding pollution and encroachment of water bodies in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. NGT directs that for the area which has been cleared of encroachments a development plan …
The input of mercury (Hg) to ecosystems is estimated to have increased two- to fivefold during the industrial era, and Hg accumulates in aquatic biota as neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg). Escalating anthropogenic land use and climate change are expected to alter the input rates of terrestrial natural organic matter (NOM) and …
The National Green Tribunal has decided to hear a PIL filed in 1985 on the cleaning of river Ganga, which was transferred from the Supreme Court, on a day-to-day basis from February 6. The apex court had on Wednesday transferred the PIL filed by advocate M. C. Mehta to NGT, …
