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 …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Presence of Arsenic in Major Rivers, 10/12/2015. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is monitoring water quality at 1275 locations on 445 Rivers, including river Ganga. The monitored data does not reflect any detectable presence of Arsenic contamination in rivers at any of the monitored …
The US is set to ban personal care products that contain microbeads after the House of Representatives approved a bill that would phase out the environmentally-harmful items. The bill, which had been backed by a bipartisan committee, will now go to the Senate for approval. The Microbead Free Waters Act …
WUHAN - The water quality of the Yangtze River has been improving, with more than 90 percent of the river now meeting the national standard for clean water, the Yangtze River commission said on Tuesday. Of all rivers in the Yangtze River drainage area, sections meeting the standard of clean …
After a two-month-long river rafting expedition along the Ganga, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) team has found that pollution level in the river is “very high” in Uttar Pradesh. “In U.P., bodies of human and animal carcasses, are left to decompose in the river. Turtles, which clean the river, are …
The worries for City's biggest living lake stem from the recent frothing in the Bellandur and Varthur lakes. In the wake of the frothing Bellandur and Varthur lakes, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and local residents have sounded the alarm bells for Jakkur lake, which is the biggest living …
Restoration of Water Quality of river Ganga is high on the National Agenda. The Government is committed to put its best effort to bring back the sanctity of the river. The major cause of concern of river Ganga relates to disposal of un-treated/partially treated sewage into the river and using …
The Central Government is considering the need to draft a "comprehensive" legislation for the rejuvenation of the Ganga, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti shared the information responding to questions, including ones on the status of the Namami Gange …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Capacity of Sewage Treatment Plants, 08/12/2015. As per the report of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) published in March 2015, sewage generation from urban areas is estimated at around 62,000 mld, whereas the total treatment capacity available is only 23,277 mld (37% of the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Funds for Sewage Treatment Plants, 08/12/2015. During the last two years, Rs 558.95 crore has been released to the State Governments under NRCP & NGRBA (upto 01/08/2014) programmes for implementation of various pollution abatement schemes, which inter-alia include interception & diversion of raw sewage, …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water Pollution, 08/12/2015. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards/ Pollution Control Committees is assessing the river water and ground water quality at 1275 locations and 807 locations respectively in the country. Total & Faecal coliforms, which indicate presence …
Teams from the Universities of Bath and York are developing the substitute from a yeast grown using waste feedstocks Engineers and scientists are working to produce the first yeast-based alternative to palm oil on an industrial scale, which could help avoid the environmental devastation often caused by the expansion of …
Wants suggestions to develop forest land near S. Delhi fort The Delhi high court has sought assistance of two experts associated with the Yamuna Bio-Diversity Park to develop a 200-acre forest land near the 14th century Tughlaqabad Fort in South Delhi. “On the next date of hearing, we request Professor …
The Chinese government plans to begin claiming compensation from polluting companies and individuals, particularly those who damage state property, over the next two years, China's cabinet has said. The State Council said on its website late on Thursday it would trial the policy in a few provinces before rolling it …
New tests carried out by the Associated Press have found that the waters around Rio de Janeiro are heavily and dangerously contaminated, even 1Km out to sea. The new tests bring further doubt on Rio's ability to safely hold the Olympics in 2016. The tests are the second series carried …
PUNE: The Union government has come out with fresh guidelines to determine quality of water in rivers and other water bodies. The notification, which was issued by the ministry of environment forests and climate change (MoEF), contains 14 points and states the desired levels in each parameter that will be …
Meerut: Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Sunday said that the Namami Gange river conservation project could not hope to succeed without including the tributaries of the river within its ambit. Speaking at a seminar at the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Bharti also said that the Opposition or the …
Hyderabad: Replacement of water filters is of prime importance as contaminants get stuck to the pores of the filter restricting the cleaning process. The filters are found filled with small minute metal particles and contaminants due to which the matter gets blocked inside. Due to this, there is a small …
In the present study, the geochemical characteristics of groundwater and drinking water quality has been studied. 24 groundwater samples were collected and analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, carbonate, bicarbonate, chloride, sulphate, nitrate, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and total hardness. The results were evaluated and compared with WHO …
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the vulnerability of groundwater to contamination in the vicinity of Ramtha wastewater treatment plant using a modified DRASTIC method in a GIS environment. A groundwater pollution potential map was prepared using modified DRASTIC method by adding lineaments and land use/land cover …
Access to safe drinking water is essential for health. Monitoring access to drinking water focuses on water supply type at the source, but there is limited evidence on whether quality differences at the source persist in water stored in the household. Original Source
