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 …
Faced with the problem of fluoride and arsenic material contaminating their potable water resources, 15 states are set to receive a special assistance from the Centre to tide over the crisis. The government has already released Rs72,676 lakh for the states following an advice from NITI Aayog. In the north, …
Scientists’ findings that Reef 2050 Plan water quality targets will probably not be met come as Queensland government gives green light to Australia’s largest coalmine Australia is unlikely to meet water quality targets designed to protect the Great Barrier Reef, researchers from the federal government’s marine science agency have warned. …
We hypothesise that climate change, together with intensive agricultural systems, will increase the transfer of pollutants from land to water and impact on stream health. This study builds, for the first time, an integrated assessment of nutrient transfers, bringing together a) high-frequency data from the outlets of two surface water-dominated, …
The objective of this work was to evaluate the removal of Cu2+ and Zn2+ in water by means of the adsorption process using three biosorbents derived from jatropha biomass (bark, endosperm and endosperm + seed coat). The experiments were performed in batch and evaluated the effect of solution pH, adsorbent …
Nod for releasing Central grant-in-aid of Rs.5 crore The Pampa River Action Plan for pollution abatement and conservation of the river basin has received a fresh lease of life, with the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change sanctioning the release of grant-in-aid of Rs.5 crore. The aid was sanctioned …
An "ice wall" around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been turned on, Japanese authorities say. The wall will restrict the movement of groundwater, stopping it from becoming contaminated from the leaking facility which suffered a nuclear disaster in 2011. The project aims to freeze the soil underneath the …
Ahmedabad: Industrial activities, coupled with unchecked pollution, would seriously affect the groundwater quality in Ahmedabad district, states a study by Mona Khakhar, an associate professor with CEPT University. Khakhar shared the findings in a conference on Wednesday. In her study titled 'Assessing Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination: A Case Study of …
BENGALURU: "You may expect similar episodes in some more lakes fed untreated sewage," warned T V Ramachandra of Indian Institute of Science, who released a report on Devarabeesanahalli lake, where hundreds of fish perished earlier this month. Titled Path Towards Ecological Restoration, the report states the pH levels showed the …
ILLEGAL waste discharge from livestock farms and suburban residences has been blamed for higher levels of phosphorus in Shanghai’s water, the local environment authority has revealed. According to an annual environment report issued by Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau yesterday, over 70 percent of the city’s waterways have failed to rise …
With mercury level rising, water scarcity is already being experienced in many parts of Narsinghpur block of Cuttack district. Water bodies are fast drying up. Water level in wells and ponds has hit rock bottom in many villages. Sources said water scarcity has gripped the villagers of at least 33 …
A section of farmers, and environment activists feel that efforts to clean River Noyyal and other water bodies will not get the desired result unless stringent action was taken to stop pollution caused by effluent discharge and garbage. According to them, irrigation potential of Noyyal as well as many water …
FUKUSHIMA – Public prosecutors decided on Tuesday not to indict Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose and other current and former executives of the utility over radioactive water leaks from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean. Sufficient evidence was not found, the Fukushima District …
Kolhapur: In Atigre village, around 15km from Kolhapur, people prefer walking or cycling long distances to fetch drinking water instead of banking on the Panchganga river. The reason: pollution in the river over the years. Same is situation at around 12-15 villages in the periphery of Ichalkaranji, where drinking water …
Paris - It took a decade to get to the negotiating table, and it could easily take another to finish the job, but UN talks in New York to safeguard life in the high seas finally begin in earnest on Monday. The stakes could hardly be higher, experts and diplomats …
It is not only just the Ulsoor Lake which is polluted. According to a report released by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) of the 75 lakes, studied in the City, 35 fall under E-Category, which means, the water is not fit for consumption, bathing and for animals. Following the …
Decades after govts. and judges woke up to the state of the Yamuna, and after thousands of crores of rupees were spent, the river is as polluted as ever The lifeline of the city is dying. The statement won't cause a controversy or shock anyone these days. The Yamuna has …
Any attempt to reclaim landfill for development should factor in physico-chemical characteristics of waste, says the study. While the City may be expanding at a rapid rate, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have warned that any attempt to try and reclaim land for development from former landfills …
The amount of rubbish found dumped on UK beaches rose by a third last year, according to a new report. More than 8,000 plastic bottles were collected by the Marine Conservation Society’s annual beach clean-up at seaside locations from Orkney to the Channel Islands on one weekend last September. On …
Environmentalists are calling for the NSW government to include coal mining in its "pay to pollute" scheme after analysis revealed the industry was responsible for a significant proportion of the heavy metal pollution in NSW waterways including arsenic, lead and selenium. According to research by community action group Lock the …
BEIJING: China’s environment ministry has ordered an investigation after a provincial environmental protection body fined a polluting factory just $90 for dumping waste water, state media said on Friday. Ohio judge uses verse to deny lawsuit China’s government has repeatedly vowed to get tough on pollution, which has fouled the …
