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 …
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) chairman Lakshmana visits Bellandur lake, which is filled with froth, on Wednesday. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will hand over Rs 100 crore to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to rejuvenate Bellandur lake, KSPCB new chairman Lakshmana said on …
Study reveals high bacterial contamination of river waters Sewage contamination, dumping of waste, and salinity intrusion have contributed to the poor water quality in five river basins in the State, raising concerns about the health hazards for people and highlighting the need for proper management of water resources. A study …
KOCHI: Officials from the pollution control board (PCB) on Tuesday collected water samples and sediments from Periyar after its colour turned brown again. "We will do the tests on Wednesday as it got very late by the time we finished the collection," said Lillykutty Jacob, PCB engineer at the Eloor …
Public Health Engineering Minister Ramsevak Paikra on Monday informed the Chhattisgarh Assembly that drinking water in at least 395 villages of 17 districts in Chhattisgarh had excess fluoride content. The fluoride content in drinking water of these villages is beyond permissible limit, he informed in a written reply to BJP …
KOCHI: The mass fish kill in Muttar river has brought the issue of pollution in the Periyar River and its tributaries once again in focus along with unending debates over the possible causes behind the issue. A study report by Dr Bijoy Nandan S, Associate Professor of Cochin University of …
Over 3.6 crore people living in more than 63,000 rural habitations are exposed to health hazards due to drinking water quality problems like excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. Of this, 1,318 rural habitations are arsenic-affected, Minister of State for Drinking Water Ram Kripal Yadav told the Upper House …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Digvijay Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 22/12/2015 regarding extension of time to comply with the order of the Tribunal in relation to construction of R.O plants of 2.5 MLD and 6 MLD capacity at Balotra and Jasol …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on River Pollution in Hilly Areas, 22/12/2015. The NGRBA programme along with work of Ganga & its tributaries is with Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation from 01/08/2014 onwards. So far under the NRCP & NGRBA programmes, river pollution abatement works amounting …
The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2015-16) present the Fifth Report on “Review of Ground Water Scenario, need for a comprehensive policy and measures to address problems in the country with particular reference to Dark Blocks; and Contamination of underground water by certain industries.”
A dramatic disparity between the results of blinded versus open trial designs has raised questions about the effectiveness of water quality interventions and other environmental interventions to prevent diarrhea, a leading killer of young children in low-income countries. Researchers summarize the results of blinded versus open trials of water quality …
A scientist today moved the National Green Tribunal seeking a direction to close down the Delhi Secretariat building on the ground that it violates mandatory pollution norms. Mahendra Pandey, who was previously associated with Central Pollution Control Board as a scientist, has alleged that the Secretariat building has not applied …
The doctor who discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were at risk of irreparable brain damage from lead poisoning in the city’s water supply has warned that the problem of “toxic soup” coming out of their household taps may have affected many more than originally thought. All children under …
The mayor of Flint has declared a state of emergency, acknowledging that switches in the Michigan's city's water sourcing have caused high lead levels in drinking water. The elevated lead levels were caused by the city switching to the Flint River from Detroit's water system as a water source, the …
Khartoum — The Minister of Minerals for Sudan, Ahmed El Sadeg El Karori, has acknowledged that Lake Nasser is heavily polluted. On Monday, he told Parliament that laboratory results proved that the lake, locally known as the Nubia Lake, is polluted with mercury, lead, and arsenic. El Karori pointed to …
Illegal dumping, coastal erosion and the killing of marine animals are among the concerns highlighted in the latest All Ireland Coastwatch Survey. The results, released on Monday, showed that on the 300 km of Irish coast surveyed by Coastwatch this year, some 14,000 discarded plastic bottles were recorded, along with …
Queensland report calls for corporate and philanthropic funding to help cut water pollution as a bulwark against climate change Governments will need to move faster and find more money to meet “ambitious” targets of cutting pollution in Great Barrier Reef waters, a Queensland government taskforce has found. Australia on the …
Report on Guatemalan mine accuses the government and company running it, Tahoe Resources, of a military response to opposition A Guatemalan investigative journalist named Luis Solano was in Canada last month to launch a report about a Canadian-owned silver mine in south-east Guatemala. The mine, Escobal, began operating last year …
BHUBANESWAR: A day after carcasses of 18 peacocks were found at Madhupur village under Khurda forest range, a team, comprising veterinary surgeons and forest officials, on Wednesday visited the spot to collect circumstantial evidence and any suspected source of poisoning in the area. "Though we found no source of poisoning, …
Panaji: The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has started filing criminal cases against industries, hotels, resorts etc for violating provisions of the Air Act and Water Act. The board has recently filed criminal complaints against six violators under these Acts. The board has filed cases against units for discharging …
A report on groundwater has sounded the alarm bells for people of the district, as fluoride content in water has been found 22 times higher than the permissible limit in Narnaul, the district headquarters. Alarmed, officials of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis (NPPCF) have swung into …
