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 …
Almost half of the global population could suffer severe water stress by 2030 if current levels of water consumption and pollution are not immediately addressed. Options-for-Decoupling-Economic-Water2Report-CoverThis is the damning conclusion from a new report published by the International Resource Panel (IRP), entitled Policy Options for Decoupling Economic Growth from Water …
NGT had earlier constituted a committee and asked the Delhi Jal Board to submit report on discharge from each drain that joins Yamuna. New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Monday took Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to task for spending money on Yamuna without its permission and directed it not …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in its affidavit filed to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the matter of Ulhas river pollution has stated that four out of five CETPs in Dombivli-Ambernath belt are not working. Based on an appeal filed by NGO Vanshakti that the chemical effluent treatment …
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has ordered DMRC to shut the food court at Huda City Centre Metro station within 15 days if steps are not taken to check pollution from discharged waste water. The pollution board sent a closure notice to DMRC on Thursday after it found …
Microbeads used as “scrubbers” in cosmetic products are being released into the natural environment Our desire for a squeaky clean skin could be polluting the environment and even hampering our health by entering into the food chain with microbeads/microplastics now being identified as the “tiny’’ pollutants that we need to …
Fluoride content high in areas depending on groundwater. Hyderabad: Rapid depletion of ground water levels in Hyderabad, resulting in borewells being dug deeper and deeper, is posing a fluoride risk. Chaemicl analysis conducted by the state groundwater department has shown that the fluoride content in water is above the permissible …
Bengaluru’s numerous lakes that are full of sewage are set to see better days. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will set up 19 more Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) at Rs 2,500 crore over the next four years to keep sewage away from the lakes. Once that happens, …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as pollution of rivers by industrial effluents is becoming a major concern in the State, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for an action taken report (ATR) from Chief Secretary and Chairman of State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) in the matter. Acting on a complaint filed …
Water from underground aquifers in the Gaza Strip suffers a deficit of over 100 million cubic meters (mcm) a year amid extremely high pollution levels, the Palestinian Water Authority said here Sunday. Yasser Shanti, head of Water Authority in Gaza, said in a press conference that the coastal strip requires …
The expedited advent of urbanization and industrialization for economic growth has adversely affected the biological diversity, which is one of the major concerns of the developing countries. Microbes play a crucial role in decontaminating polluted sites and degrades pollution load of textile effluent. The present study was based on identification …
One in four deaths worldwide are due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and workplace stress, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. An estimated 12.6 million people died in 2012 as a result of living and working in unhealthy environments, …
Traditional risk assessment and source apportionment of sediments based on bulk polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can introduce biases due to unknown aging effects in various sediments. We used a mild solvent (hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin) to extract the bioavailable fraction of PAHs (a-PAHs) from sediment samples collected in Pearl River, southern China. We …
The mass fish death at the Ulsoor Lake early this week echoed in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council meeting on Thursday. Raising the matter in the Council, ruling party leader R S Sathyanarayana said, “The BBMP, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and the Karnataka State Pollution …
With the latest report of the Pune-based National Virology Lab (NVL) declaring the water samples of the Ashwani Khud Water Supply Scheme negative for hepatitis-E , the sustained efforts of the officials of the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department have finally worked. Hemant Tanwar, Executive Engineer of the IPH …
Bengaluru: Citizens and activists from across the city gathered under one roof to share their concerns and make remedial suggestions to save Bengaluru's lakes. With the Ulsoor Lake horror weighing on their minds, they came together at a meeting convened by the Karnataka State Control Pollution Board on Wednesday afternoon. …
Levels of air pollution, including harmful particulate matter, are higher in and around the floodplains of the Yamuna, which should ideally be home to rich eco-systems. The Yamuna floodplains are at the centre of an ongoing debate about their use, with environmentalists opposing a massive cultural fest that will be …
Sridhar Pabbisetty from Namma Bengaluru Foundation claimed that only people with political connections were members of the lake watchdog committee and that the board had omitted those working relentlessly to conserve lakes. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has promised to upload on its website information related to No …
Dwindling water level and inadequate treatment of water for recycling have resulted in an unbearable stench emerging from the Mahamaham Tank in Kumbakonam. he Mahamaham tank, which just two weeks ago was the destination for several lakhs of pilgrims on the occasion of masimaham , stinks. So does the Portramarai …
BENGALURU: A day after thousands of fish were found dead in Ulsoor Lake, the government has ordered a clean-up. It also set a week’s deadline for stakeholders to give reasons for the fsh kill. Mahendra Jain, Additional Chief Secretary, Forests, Ecology and Environment, visited the lake with Lakshman, Chairman, Karnataka …
Levels of air pollution, including harmful particulate matter , are higher in and around the floodplains of the Yamuna, which should ideally be home to rich eco-systems. The Yamuna floodplains are at the centre of an ongoing debate about their use, with environmentalists opposing a massive cultural fest that will …
