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 …
After nearly three decades of depending on silted water from Lake Cohoha in southern Rwanda, Mukahigiro Davita, one of the residents living in the villages along the banks of this lake, now fetches water free of sand, soil and mud. Mukahigiro’s new ray of hope is as a result of …
Kolhapur: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) will hear the petition about pollution in the Rankala lake on Friday. The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has already submitted an action plan to curb lake pollution using central funding and is expected to get directives from the tribunal in …
Hyderabad: The month of May claimed three more lives at the Nehru Zoological Park. A barking deer, a spotted deer and a swamp deer fell victim to the adverse impact of highly polluted water of the adjoining Mir Alam Tank that seeps into the moats within the zoo premises. The …
This paper investigates the effect of drinking arsenic contaminated water on mental health. Drinking water with an unsafe arsenic level for a prolonged period can lead to arsenicosis and associated illness. Based on rich and newly collected household survey data from Bangladesh, construct several measures for arsenic contamination that include …
A new study by Trucost finds the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than it would be if plastics were replaced with alternative materials. The study is based on natural capital accounting methods, which measure and value environmental impacts—such as consumption …
The ever-growing population of India, along with the increasing competition for water for productive uses in different sectors – especially irrigated agriculture and related local water systems and drainage – poses a challenge in an effort to improve water quality and sanitation. In rural and peri-urban settings, where agriculture is …
Noida: The district administration of Gautam Budh Nagar has submitted an action plan for the revival of the Hindon, to the UP state government. The report, which was submitted last week, includes photographs of the river bed of the Hindon, including 36 ponds in GB Nagar and settlements alongside the …
Thousands of mines are closing in Indonesia’s tropical coal belt as prices languish and seams run dry. But almost none of the companies have paid their share of billions of dollars owed to repair the badly scarred landscape they have left behind. Abandoned mine pits dot the bare, treeless hillsides …
NAVI MUMBAI: Villagers of Jambhulpada in Uran taluka were shocked to find over 200 dead fish floating in a local pond on Tuesday morning. There was also a bluish-colour substance seen floating in the water body. Villagers have blamed the chemical leakage from nearby warehouses to be the cause of …
NAGPUR: Zilla Parishad's water quality programme has revealed that water in 718 villages in the district was contaminated while water in 350 villages was without fluoride and reports of remaining villages are awaited. Zilla Parishad organised workshop on Water Quality Control at its hall on Monday. Data of water quality …
Amroha: Pollution Control Board (PCB) on Tuesday issued notices to six factories in Amroha district for allegedly polluting river Bagad, a tributary of the Ganga. It directed each factory to clean up the river at their own expense. One of the factories is said to be owned by a senior …
TWAD Board to test samples from July 1 to 3 About 12,000 drinking water samples would be collected and tested for their quality in the district during the week-long National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness Week being observed from June 27 to July 3. The samples, drawn from various …
New report says Flint water crisis is not an anomaly, as analysis reveals 5,363 water systems – providing drinking water to 18 million – breached federal laws. More than 18 million Americans are served drinking water by providers that have violated federal laws concerning lead in water, with only a …
Lao prime minister Thongloun Sisoulith has ordered officials in a heavily-polluted southern province of the country to reject proposals for new mining projects in their area, citing severe damage already caused to the local environment, sources in the country said. Speaking on June 16 at a top-level meeting of officials …
Pimpri Chinchwad: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Dinesh Waghmare has directed the drainage department to take steps to ensure that untreated sewage is not released in the Pavana river. Executive engineer Sanjay Kulkarni told TOI that Waghmare gave the directive after inspecting the river at several points within the municipal limits. …
The origin of cities can be traced back to the river valley civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley and China. Initially these settlements were largely dependent upon agriculture; however, with the growth in population the city size increased and economic activity transformed to trading . The process of urbanization gained …
D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc, the oldest U.S. brewing company, will pay close to $10 million to settle charges it violated the federal Clean Water Act through the excessive discharge of pollutants by two large Pennsylvania breweries it operates. The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on …
Kolhapur: A recent survey has revealed the cause of rampant pollution of the Jayanti nullah and suggested ways for the state and central governments to clean up the 14km long stream passing through the city. The three-month survey undertaken by the Association of Architects and Engineers, Kolhapur, shows that the …
Indians living with the consequences of water pollution at the site of the 1984 Bhopal poison gas disaster sought to keep alive their U.S. lawsuit against Union Carbide Company (UCC) when they filed, this week, arguments with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said that the company …
BHUBANESWAR: Jaundice cases in Jadupur and Begunia villages of Ward 64 under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) touched 97 including seven new cases reported on Thursday. Additional district medical officer (public health) Dr Deben Das said 64 jaundice cases have been detected from Jadupur so far and 33 cases from Begunia …
