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 …
The Public Health Engineering Organisation (PHEO) of Odisha, through its division/sub-division offices spread across the state, is the service provider for treated water supply in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Odisha, classified as municipal corporations, municipalities and notified area councils. At present, the routine monitoring of drinking water quality …
Vietnam on Thursday banned the sale and distribution of non-living aquatic products in its central region, following inconclusive efforts to explain why huge numbers of dead fish washed ashore. The ban tackles fears of a health threat along 200 km (124 miles) of the coast, after the government said the …
With dissolved oxygen levels as low as 0.4 milligram per litre, Hindon river, a tributary of Yamuna, is not in a good condition and efforts are on to revive the dying river, the government said on Thursday. "The assessment of the water quality of Hindon by Central Pollution Control Board …
Jagalur (Davanagere): Bindushree, 6, shrieks at the mere mention of the word bath. Pointing at her limb joints, which are covered with boils, the child breaks down saying the ulcers multiply every time she takes a bath. Other than boils, there are many ailments plaguing the residents of Bilichodu and …
It has allegedly been contaminated by effluents from industries The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central and Uttar Pradesh pollution monitoring bodies to analyse soil samples from agricultural farms near Aril river in Moradabad district which has allegedly been contaminated by effluents from industrial units. A bench headed by …
Agra: In a startling revelation that indicates the extent of violation of pollution norms in Uttar Pradesh, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that only one out of 126 slaughter houses in the state is operating with valid permission. Moreover, only 21 have effluent …
Vietnam is investigating a massive fish kill at aquatic farms and in waters off the country's central provinces that state media reports have tied to alleged toxic discharges coming from a steel complex built by Taiwan's Formosa Plastics. The Taiwan's company local unit Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp, …
The Cooum River originates in the neighbouring district of Tiruvallur, at its namesake village, and runs a course of roughly 70 km before joining the Bay of Bengal on the eastern coast. A significant part runs through Chennai. It has often been said that the Cooum, which is now what …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Cleaning of Ganga River, 28/04/2016. Various types of pollution abatement schemes taken up to clean Ganga may be categorized into core and non-core schemes. Core Schemes include creation of Interception and diversion (I&D;) of sewage discharging into the Ganga river and creating treatment infrastructure …
An investigation has been launched after unusually high levels of ammonia were found in the River Dee. Parts of the river were closed over the weekend in order to protect the drinking supply. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said ammonia levels were returning to normal and "initial assessments" showed no signs …
Lawyers for residents of Flint, Michigan, have filed a $220.2 million damages claim alleging negligence on the part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contributed to dangerous lead levels in the city's water supply. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Michael Pitt said his firm Royal Oak, Michigan's Pitt McGehee …
New research from The University of Texas at Arlington demonstrates that groundwater quality changes alongside the expansion of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing but also suggests that some potentially hazardous effects may dissipate over time. The new research, published today in the journal Science of the Total Environment in the …
The quality of air and water near a school hit by a pollution scandal in which nearly 500 pupils have fallen ill, is “normal”, Chinese authorities say – though environmentalists and parents remain sceptical. Air quality at six spots in Changzhou Foreign Language School in eastern Jiangsu province tested similar …
Recycling and reuse of treated wastewater are an important part of the sanitation cycle and critical in an environment such as urban India with decreasing freshwater availability and increasing costs for delivering acceptable quality water, often from far distance. This report has been developed as a possible guidance document for …
Public Accounts Committee (2015-16) present this Thirty Eighth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on “Environment Management in Indian Railways – Stations, Trains and Tracks” relating to Ministry of Railways (Railway Board).
Directions under Section 18(1) (b) of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to undertake environmental quality monitoring and for installation f continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations and real-time water quality monitoring stations in critically polluted areas.
People living near a chemical plant northern China have suffered from the effects of serious pollution created by a nearby factory for five years, but authorities have turned a blind eye to their complaints, according to a news agency report. The company in Ruzhou in Henan province, a subsidiary of …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Sewage Treatment Capacity in Ganga Basin States, 25/04/2016. The Consortium of IITs has estimated that 12050 mld of sewage is generated from Class-I ⅈ towns in 11 Ganga basin States, of which about 7301 mld is generated from the 175 Class I and 102 …
Lucknow: A picture is worth a thousand words. The photograph taken by TOI shows sewage from Haider Canal directly flowing into Gomti near the barrage in Gomtinagar, contradicting claims of district administration and Jal Nigam that water quality of the river has improved after Bharwara Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) started …
Gurgaon: The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), in the affidavit filed on Tuesday before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), has partially agreed to the allegation in a petition that the groundwater in Aravalis is being polluted by untreated waste lying near Bandhwari waste treatment plant on Gurgaon-Faridabad Road. In its …
