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 …
Dehradun: A prominent Dehradun-based NGO, which tested drinking water quality of 60 wards of the city including some VIP areas, has come out with alarming conclusions. The one-month long study found high level of chlorine and some other toxic elements in the water supplied by Jal Nigam. Surprisingly, the NGO …
Delhi (46) and Mumbai (49) are amongst the four Asian countries that are most susceptible to higher flood risks due to natural disasters, says the global sustainable cities index. Manila is the most vulnerable and ranks at the bottom in this index of 50 countries. The index, conducted by Arcadis …
Palakkad: Kerala Police has registered a case against multi-national soft-drink major Coca-Cola for allegedly exploiting and polluting groundwater sources of the backward Scheduled Caste community at Plachimada here. According to the case registered at Meenakshipuram police station here, Coca-Cola's unit at Plachimada, which after being operational for some years is …
Pune: The much-talked about Mula-Mutha river restoration plan of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is expected to be ready by the year end. The PMC has planned to complete the draft in the next five months, Pune municipal commissioner Kunal Kumar told reporters. PMC has begun public consultation for the …
Olirum Erodu Foundation has teamed up with Annai Cauvery River Protection Trust to carry out remediation of environmental pollution in the Cauvery River. The two organisations have resolved to organise a ‘padayatra’ from Talacauvery on the Brahmagiri hill in Kodagu district, Karnataka, to Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu, on July 10 …
Chilika Lake — the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia and one of India’s 26 sites included in the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance — is facing threats to its existence because of increasing human interferences, including large-scale cutting down of forests that guard the lake against high …
Cuncolim locals have demanded that the government carry out an inspection of the hazardous waste dumped at Cuncolim industrial estate, waste from steel factory and pollution caused by the fish meal plants. They have demanded that the authorities take care of the hazardous waste left behind in a plot by …
HYDERABAD: Visitors to Jalagam Vengal Rao Park can now heave a sigh of relief as authorities have decided to plug the sewage water that flows into the lake inside the garden. The lake emanates a foul smell and has become a mosquito breeding ground. Sewer water flows from a slum …
The present study demonstrates the removal of three toxic heavy metals (lead, cadmium and nickel) by the bacterial strain Arthrobacter phenanthrenivorans from polluted water. The removal efficiency of heavy metals was recorded to be highest in case of lead (79.91%), followed by nickel (47.62%) and cadmium (34.05%). Furthermore, surfactant production …
Decades of unregulated industrial waste dumping in areas of the Great Lakes have created a host of environmental and wildlife problems. Now it appears that Lake Michigan painted and snapping turtles could be a useful source for measuring the resulting pollution. Researchers from the laboratory of Gary Lamberti, professor of …
The Central pollution control board (CPCB) has asked the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) to submit a detailed action plan for restoration of water quality in the polluted stretches of eight rivers. The polluted stretches identified are between Marcel and Volvoi in River Mandovi, Assonora-Sirsaim in River Assonora, Bicholim-Curchirem …
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday pledged to assist Nashik with aquifer mapping that would help find the natural streams in the Nandini river and rejuvenate it. The CM said this during a power point presentation by environment activists, who have joined the Times Group's initiative to clean up the …
Companies should come clean on the harm plastic microbeads in their products is causing to marine life, says environment committee chair Microbeads used in face scrubs end up in oceans where they are mistaken for food by fish and other marine life causing death and damaging ecosystem. The UK’s biggest …
Direction came during the hearing of a plea by NGO Friends when it was alleged that Delhi residents were not getting potable water With complaints that potable water was not being supplied to Delhi residents forcing them to install Reverse Osmosis (RO) filters, the National Green Tribunal has directed the …
German potash and salt miner K+S said on Tuesday that public prosecutors in the city of Kassel, where the company is headquartered, had dropped investigations into suspected water pollution because they had found no evidence of misconduct. In a separate case about water pollution which was brought by prosecutors in …
Portmarnock, Claremont and Sutton among seven beaches affected by sewage contamination Fingal County Council has warned bathers at Portmarnock, Claremont, and Sutton beaches to take extra care after an “overflow” from a sewage plant in Portmarnock. The warning followed heavy rainfall on Monday. The warning is in addition to the …
Phosphorus is the biggest cause of water quality degradation worldwide, causing 'dead zones', toxic algal blooms, a loss of biodiversity and increased health risks for the plants, animals and humans that come in contact with polluted waters. This threatens the loss of economic and social benefits from freshwaters upon which …
Some samples found unsuitable even for irrigation purposes Organic pollution and salinity intrusion have led to the decline of water quality in six river basins in the State, underlining the need for strict monitoring of water resources and initiating pollution-control measures to address public health hazards. The finding has been …
Panaji: The recent death of a large number of fish in Carambolim lake may be due to excessive growth of a weed that raised the biological oxygen demand in the water body. Forest department officials visited the state's only important bird and biodiversity area outside wildlife sanctuaries after a TOI …
Laboratory will help determine pollution levels of other water bodies across India Powai lake, whose water quality has been a major concern, now has a dedicated research station that will not only periodically test its water but also monitor its health intensively. Apart from this, it will also facilitate in …
