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 …
More than 13,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers are launching a $200m class action against the company they claim was responsible for Australia’s worst offshore oil spill, which sent millions of litres of oil towards their shores. The action to be filed in the federal court in Sydney on Wednesday follows a …
Melbourne, Aug 2 (IANS) Australian scientists have discovered a toxic form of mercury in Antarctic's atmosphere and sea ice. The study, led by a team from the University of Melbourne, found significant amounts of methylmercury, an especially dangerous strain of mercury, in the Southern Ocean, Xinhua news agency reported. Caitlin …
Just days before the start of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press. Not only are some 1,400 athletes at risk of …
The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2015-16) present the Tenth Report on “Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies- Encroachment on Water Bodies and Steps Required to Remove the Encroachment and Restore the Water Bodies”. The Committee initially took up the subject “Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies” in …
Nagpur: High-level pollution in Gosikhurd irrigation project, and in rivers Nag, Kanhan and Wainganga , is set to reduce to some extent. Following TOI's expose, the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited ( Mahagenco ) has started treating 110 million litres per day ( MLD ) at newly commissioned sewage …
A recent study by the Delhi University has revealed the presence of harmful chemicals and heavy metals in the city’s groundwater resources. If this groundwater is consumed, according to the study, it can lead to serious health problems in the nervous system, kidneys and the digestive tract. Titled Groundwater Environment …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Water and Air Pollution from Thermal Power Stations, 01/08/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has reported that all the 164 coal based thermal power plants have provided pollution control systems for control of air and water pollution. However, 19 thermal power plants were found …
Lucknow: Contaminated water is the chief source of viral hepatitis in the state, warn doctors ahead of the world hepatitis awareness day. Hepatitis lands over 11,000 persons at government hospitals of UP each year, according to Central Bureau of Health Intelligence. Viral hepatitis-a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis …
Despite the cost of drugs coming down and dramatic advances in the treatment of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, getting rid of both types of the disease remains a huge challenge primarily due to lack of awareness and unsafe injection practices, experts have rued. Hepatitis B is 50-100 times more …
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said on Wednesday he was not satisfied with Husky Energy Inc's emergency response to an oil spill into a river that supplies drinking water, and said the western Canadian province needed to consider ways to avoid a recurrence. The spill of 1,572 barrels of oil from …
An unnamed foreign ship faces prosecution over an oil spill on the Great Barrier Reef after a 12-month investigation by Queensland government agencies. Maritime investigators claim they have identified the vessel that spilled up to 15 tonnes of oil in reef waters off Cape Upstart in July 2015, which washed …
A new study suggests that improvements in air quality over the Potomac watershed, including the Washington, D.C., metro area, may be responsible for recent progress on water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science have linked improving water quality in streams and …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Cleaning of Rivers, 28/07/2016. Namami Gange (Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission / Programme under National Ganga River Basin Authority) programme was introduced in 2014 as an umbrella programme, with an aim at integrating previous & currently ongoing initiatives by enhancing efficiency, extracting synergies and supplementing …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Cleaning of Rivers, 28/07/2016. Namami Gange (Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission / Programme under National Ganga River Basin Authority) programme was introduced in 2014 as an umbrella programme, with an aim at integrating previous & currently ongoing initiatives by enhancing efficiency, extracting synergies and supplementing …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Projects for Ganga Rejuvenation, 28/07/2016. The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF & CC), has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and NGRBA …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Quality of Drinking Water, 28/07/2016. In order to streamline the mechanism of testing quality of drinking water, the Ministry has published the Uniform Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocol and widely distributed to all the States upto the district level. The Protocol defines parameters of …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the implementing wing for rejuvenation of the river, to apprise it of the expenditure details of the Rs.20,000 crore budget granted to it for cleaning and protection of the Ganga. A Bench headed by NGT chairman …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), with special emphasis on the role of Pollution Control Board of Assam (PCBA), paints a grim picture on environmental degradation in the Greater Guwahati Area. The report says that levels of dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and total coliform …
India is home to the world's largest number of stunted children due to a lack of toilets, dirty water and poor hygiene, according to a new study published on Tuesday. Despite high economic growth in recent years, India has more stunted children than Nigeria, Pakistan, China and the Republic of …
A division bench of justice Abhay Oka and justice Amjad Sayed has directed the collector while hearing a public interest litigation filed by social activist Shiv Shankar Joshi. The Bombay high court has asked the district collector suburban to verify and submit a report by September 20, on whether dumping …
