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 …
India and Germany have signed an Implementation Agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Programme in New Delhi. It was signed between the Union Ministry of Water Resources and German International Cooperation (GIZ) of Germany. The objective of the agreement is to enable responsible stakeholders at state and national …
Inspection Report of STPs in Agra with reference to Hon'ble NGT Court Order dated 09.12.2015 in the matter of O.A No.145 of 2015. The Hon'ble National Green Tribunal passed the order in Original Application No, 145 of 2015, D.K.Joshi Vs Union of India & Others on dated 09.12.2015 that "..We …
Green Tribunal refuses to halt laying of pipelines for sewerage project The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Southern Bench here has declined to stop authorities from laying of underground pipelines for a project to let out sewage into the Cooum passing through seven panchayats in Tiruvallur district from two sewage treatment …
Aurangabad: Under fire for delaying the water distribution project even as water scarcity is aggravating with every passing day, the utility company said it has resolved the long-pending issue of contamination. The Aurangabad City Water Utility Company Limited said on Sunday that 42km of old pipelines have been replaced with …
The National Green Tribunal has appointed a local commissioner to inspect the premises of beverages major Coca Cola's Hapur plant in Uttar Pradesh and probe whether it was discharging effluents into a nearby pond. The green panel directed Coca-Cola to pay Rs 20,000 as fees to the court commissioner and …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report placed before the state Assembly in its budget session has exposed serious short comings in the system of ensuring quality of potable water by the Public Health Engineering Department in the state. The report reveals that the department has not only been taking …
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the State Pollution Control Board to collect fresh samples from the sewage treatment plants around the Dal Lake, including STPs set up by the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Hotel Centaur Lake View, SKICC and Grand Palace. The board has also …
Several illegal industrial units in South Delhi were sealed recently when they were found releasing effluents that caused waterlogging in the area. The Factory Licensing Department of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation sealed eight unauthorised washing and dyeing units in Meethapur on Wednesday, according to a statement released on Thursday. …
The permissible limit for nitrates is 40 milligrams a litre, but in most areas, the presence of nitrates ranges between 45 and 100 mg/ litre. Ground water in many parts of Bengaluru urban and rural may be contaminated with carcinogenic nitrates, warns the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). A senior …
In a rare gesture of solidarity, Taloja Industries Association has joined the fishing community to protest the release of untreated waste from the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in Taloja, which is polluting Kasadi river. Honorary president of the association, Satish Shetty, on Wednesday, complained that the CETP is not …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has slapped notices on 15 hotels situated on the banks of the Ganga in towns like Rudraprayag, Haridwar and Rishikesh for not following pollution norms and dumping their untreated sewage into the Ganga. The board had earlier waived off its annual …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K.K.Somasekharan Pillai & Others Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 07/04/2016 regarding cleaning and maintenance of rivulet starting from the joining point of Pampa and Manimala rivers leading to Panamkuzhi Reach- II, Thiruvalla. The maintenance of …
Every monsoon, the Dahisar River, which runs from the edge of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park to Dahisar creek at Mira Road, gets a new lease of life. For a full two months the water runs clean and fresh, offering a glimpse into the river's immense potential. A few months …
Clearly miffed with Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) in the matter of Ulhas river pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked for an explanation as to why, after failure to perform its statutory functions, the state board's should not be taken over and its functions assigned to Central Pollution …
PUNE: Even as cities plan for water supply sourced from locations that are far, they forget about managing the waste - the excreta and sludge that is generated. Most cities have no clue how they will convey the waste or treat it. In fact, a humungous 78 per cent of …
In the mid-1990’s, researchers discovered naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water drawn from shallow tubewells across large areas of rural Bangladesh. Twenty years later, an estimated 20 million people in Bangladesh still drink water contaminated above the national limit. An estimated 43,000 people die each year from arsenic-related illness in …
Waterborne diseases are the leading cause of mortality in developing countries. The paper emphasize a previously ignored cause of diarrhea - upstream river bathing. Using newly constructed data on upstream-downstream hydrological linkages along with village census panel data in Indonesia, find that upstream river bathing can explain as many as …
U.S. Judge Carl Barbier granted final approval on Monday to BP Plc's (BP.L) civil settlement over its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill after it reached a deal in July 2015 to pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states. The company at the …
Farmers in the region have approached the State Government with a plea for formation of monitoring committees in each of the four districts: Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore and Karur, for reviving Noyyal River, traversing to a length of 160 km. Wholesome involvement A representation made to the Chief Secretary by Tamizhaga …
NAVI MUMBAI: Residents of sector 11, Koparkhairane, met Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) regional officer on Monday and told him about a nullah, which is being polluted by treated effluents from units in the TTC industrial area. NCP MLA Sandeep Naik accompanied the residents, who submitted a memorandum. President of …
