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 …
This report presents the results of an analytical study on the economic valuation for wastewater, comparing the cost of no action versus the cost of effective wastewater management. Although economic valuation of wastewater management is complex, it remains an important tool to guide policymakers and investors to take informed decisions. …
During 1945 to 1980, nitrate levels in large U.S. rivers increased up to fivefold in intensively managed agricultural areas of the Midwest, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study. In recent decades, nitrate changes have been smaller and levels have remained high in most of the rivers studied. The …
Local people have demanded immediate cleaning of Ichamati river near Taki in Basirhat and Bongaon to make the river pollution free as a large number of Durga idols were immersed in the river. A letter was sent to the state irrigation and waterways department regarding this matter. A few hundred …
The tribunal said time has come for it to issue appropriate directions in connection with cleaning of the river In a clear disapproval of the pace at which the clean Ganga project is being executed, the National Green Tribunal today wondered why any deficiency should be there when Prime Minister …
Alerted by the news of Chambal's pollution, an eight-member team of Vidhan Sabha State Environment Committee visited Kota on Wednesday to assess the status of Chambal River. Besides, the team will also visit other core polluting areas from where chemicals are being introduced into the river. The main agenda of …
A major protest is being held against the state government demanding necessary action to clean Bellandur and Varthur lake, which are facing severe pollution. The 'Bruhat Pratibatana Rally' is supported by the BBMP opposition party members (corporators and other elected representatives from BJP) who have promised hundreds of protestors from …
The Pampa Parirakshana Samiti (PPS) that has been campaigning for the cause of the Pampa for the past three decades has welcomed the Kerala High Court direction to invoke the relevant provisions in the Water Act of 1974 against those who pollute the river by throwing clothes into it. In …
Traditionally, the Kumbh Mela is held after every 12 years. As per the estimate of the state, lakhs of sadhus and devotees took the ‘holy’ bath on September 13, 2015. The Bombay High Court Thursday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to inspect and assess pollution levels in Godavari …
The NGT, in its first hearing of a petition filed by city-based environmentalist Vivek Kamboj and Amit Chaudhery on groundwater contamination at Bandhwari on Wednesday, ordered the municipal corporations of Gurgaon and Faridabad to ensure proper dumping of waste, maintenance and collection of already dumped waste while ensuring that it …
Pollution control boards of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand today drew flak from National Green Tribunal for failing to take and suggest measures for cleaning of river Ganga. "Your job is to control pollution but you have taken no action. Being the pollution control board, you suggest what action should be …
Noted Supreme Court lawyer and Raman Magsaysay Award winner M.C. Mehta has called for building a public movement against the proposed Pharma City at Mucherla, on the outskirts of the city, arguing that it has the potential to become another Patancheru polluting the water resources in the area. Mr. Mehta …
An expert team from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on Tuesday started collecting samples from the Periyar. The eleven-member team is led by Dr Tapas Nandy, chief scientist in the Waste Water Technology Division of the NEERI. The expert team started the project by collecting samples from the …
Over 250kg fish were found dead along the shores of Airoli, Gothivli, and Ghansoli creeks on Monday and Tuesday—the first and second day of high tide this month. Fisherfolk have alleged that the fish died due to polluted water flowing into the creeks from residential pockets and industrial corridors. Yashwant …
For an election that can make or break the main contenders for power in Bihar, no one seems bothered about environmental issues. The ever increasing pollution in the Ganges, people hit hard by arsenic, fluoride and iron content in drinking water, rising air pollution and falling rainfall -- issues that …
Launched in 2014 amid much fanfare, the “Clean Ganga” project has not achieved much. However, officials claim otherwise. Insisting that a lot has gone into what is the Prime Minister’s “firm commitment” to the country, officials say results would take time as the holy river has been “neglected” for years. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Agnihotri Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 27/10/2015 regarding critically polluted area of Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
A petition on groundwater contamination at Bandhwari, the site of a waste treatment plant that has been lying defunct for almost two years and now virtually a landfill with thousands of tonnes of garbage, will come up for hearing in the National Green Tribunal on October 28. The petition has …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced completion Monday of a 780-meter coastal wall along the heavily damaged reactor buildings of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Tepco hopes the wall will significantly reduce the amount of contaminated water that has continued to flow into the Pacific more than four years …
Increasing pollution is threatening the seas and ecology surrounding the tourist island of Phu Quoc in Vietnam's southern Kien Giang province, local media reported Monday. Rubbish and waste water from tourism services, fishing boats and fish breeding farms are discharging some 180 tons of waste per day, though only half …
Global freshwater vulnerability is a product of environmental and human dimensions, however, it is rarely assessed as such. Our approach identifies freshwater vulnerability using four broad categories: endowment, demand, infrastructure, and institutions, to capture impacts on natural and managed water systems within the coupled human–hydrologic environment. These categories are represented …
