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: It was hard work acknowledged for Preeti Handa Kakkar, a Doon professor who recently bagged the "Young scientist award" for her work presented on how fish health and aquatic life is disturbed due to diesel and pollution in the water bodies at the International Conference on Advances in Science, …
A consortium of Dutch government, NGOs and businesses has proposed solutions to Guanabara Bay’s pollution. But cash-strapped Brazil can’t pay With the Olympic Games just months away, Rio de Janeiro has a problem: rubbish. Hundreds of tonnes of unprocessed waste flow into the Guanabara Bay every year. The problem isn’t …
What began as a Dutch teen's high school project could make history, with Boyan Slat's low-cost, innovative Ocean Cleanup project aiming to clear the ocean of millions of tons of plastic. Lourens Boot is a man of the sea. He wind surfs. His houseboat consistently ranks as one of the …
The present work measures the concentration of different solid species of the trace elements Fe, Mn, Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr, Co and Ni in the surface sediments of Arasalar river estuary at different stations & seasons (2011-2012). Analysis of sediments for trace element concentration gives history of accumulation of metals …
Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is in the process of selecting agencies that will collect environmental samples from the industrial areas of Asansol, Howrah, Haldia and Durgapur and send them to a laboratory for the analysis of the quality of the ambient air and surface as well …
Lack Of Single Authority & Focus Main Hurdles In Clean-Up Multiplicity of agencies and a lack of focus are putting paid to all efforts to clean up Yamuna. A little over a year after National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered a slew of measures to rescue the river, nothing appears to …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh government and its state pollution control board to apprise the public about pending proceedings as it may order shifting of polluting industrial units located on the banks of Ganga. The green panel also asked ministry of environment and forests and ministry …
CHENNAI: The water packaging units declared unsafe in the state will continue to down shutters said the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal stating its earlier interim order regarding the units will remain unchanged. The NGT, had suo motu, taken up a petition to assess the safety of drinking …
As per Central Ground Water Board and Central Water Commission investigation, the major rivers of Arunachal Pradesh are free from pollution and also the ground water is of excellent quality with all the parameters within permissible limits. This was disclosed by K Ramanand, Scientist, Central Ground Water Board, North Eastern …
A dolphin and her newborn calf: a report has found that ottlenose dolphins, striped dolphins and killer whales or orcas are under enormous threat from persistent pollutants. Photograph: Isabel Baker/Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation A dolphin and her newborn calf: a report has found that ottlenose dolphins, striped dolphins and …
An expert committee appointed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recommended fining spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation Rs 120 crore for damage to Yamuna floodplains while making preparations to hold spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s “World Culture Festival” from March 11 to 13, 2016 …
Swedish financial services group Nordea, in a report following its investigation on pharma pollution in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, severely criticised pharma companies and the Pollution Control Boards (PCB) of both states for wreaking environmental havoc in the two cities. The report blamed the PCBs of both states as, “highly corrupt” …
This report is a holistic review of water governance in Bangladesh, with the aim of providing insight to government and non-government actors on the current challenges and opportunities around water governance. The hope is that the findings will help all actors in Bangladesh to align on a positive roadmap for …
Referring to orders passed by the Supreme Court on the issue, the tribunal blamed the Kanpur Mahanagar Palika for not taking adequate measures. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Wednesday pulled up the Centre and the UP government for their lack of action in curtailing dumping of bodies in Ganga. Referring …
World Sailing's chief says his efforts to get the Olympic sailing venue shifted from Rio's polluted Guanabara Bay to the cleaner and safer Buzios, a coastal resort some 160 km (100 miles) away, resulted in his being voted off the body. Peter Sowrey, who left in December, told the Associated …
Visakhapatnam: The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) issued an order to Deccan Fine Chemicals on Monday to stop production following the inspection and report submitted by its officers. The development comes in the wake of a fire that took place in its warehouse on Sunday in which chemical material …
Nagpur: Taking serious note about prevalence of fluorosis in most parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Western Maharashtra, the Pune-bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the collectors from 12 districts to ensure that groundwater sources having higher fluoride contents should be discontinued, either by identifying alternate sources or by …
Kolhapur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday handed over Rankala water sample reports, compiled in the last three years, to the National Green Tribunal (NGT)-appointed experts. The experts, Upendra Patel and Nirmal Shah, are from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Gujarat. They were on a two-day …
NEW DELHI: Grappling with the mammoth task of cleaning the Ganga, the water resources ministry has flagged how "heavy abstraction" of water has become a key concern in its efforts to rejuvenate the river at a time when it has already moved to handle pollution through multiple measures. The ministry …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to file a status report about rising ammonia levels in the Yamuna, which has left its water beyond treatment and forced the closure of the Wazirabad and Chandrawal plants. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar has …
