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 …
Instead of an effigy of ten-headed demon king Ravana, people in Mathura will burn solid wastes that pollute the river Yamuna on the occasion of Dussehra on Thursday to mark the triumph of good over evil. In an effort to clean up the polluted Yamuna river, an organisation named 'Yamuna …
The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western region bench in Pune has asked the state government to ensure that complaints about violation of norms in the environment clearance granted to sand and other minor mineral mining projects are dealt with in a time-bound manner. This includes hearing of complaints and action, …
GHAZIABAD: There was a considerable dip in idol immersion in the Hindon river on Thursday compared to previous years, with the administration having made alternative arrangements for devotees. A determined administration dug up a makeshift pond in Priyadarshani Park close to the river for the purpose. Though idol immersion in …
At a time when conflicts over beef, cow slaughter and meat exports are on the rise, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) has brought out fresh norms to tighten pollution generated in slaughterhouses across the country. There are around 4,000 authorised abattoirs in the country but it …
BIJNOR: To curb pollution in the Ganga, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered that sugar mill owners should stop dumping waste into the river or its tributaries. Just before the commencement of the crushing season, the CPCB has passed instructions to the State Pollution Control Board, Lucknow, to …
Taking note of its internal report which showed severe negligence on part of municipal bodies in managing solid waste, the central pollution watchdog has issued notices to civic authorities of 184 cities/towns across the country asking them to pull up their socks or face action. Besides, the environment ministry has …
Naegleria fowleri the causative agent of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, is ubiquitously distributed worldwide in various warm aquatic environments and soil habitats. The present study reports on the presence of Naegleria spp. in various water bodies present in Rohtak and Jhajjar district, of state Haryana, India. A total of 107 water …
Heeding to the plea of an environment activist who moved the National Green Tribunal against the operation of concrete-manufacturing plant on Yamuna floodplains, the green panel has sought a response from an engineering and construction major on the issue. A bench, headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, issued a …
Puja committees across Delhi seem to have gone all out to ensure that the idols of goddess Durga are made using eco-friendly materials If all goes well, the Yamuna river may be less polluted this Durga Puja. Puja committees across Delhi seem to have gone all out to ensure that …
Several small floating 'oasis' of green plants have been helping Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to clean its polluted lakes that too in an environment-friendly manner. The pilot project has been initiated in three lakes. The result is that water quality has improved and there is reduction in the foul odour …
They meet residents living on the banks of the stream At a time when doubts were raised on genuineness of studies undertaken by some research scholars, a group of schoolchildren in Tiruchi have embarked on a serious project on environmental degradation of the Uyyakondan river because of the indiscriminate dumping …
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha's biggest state-run healthcare facility does not have an effluent treatment plant (ETP), polluting the historic Taladanda Canal, a lifeline for many, flowing through the heart of Cuttack. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has served two show-cause notices on the facility, the SCB Medical College and Hospital, …
The 2 MLD sewage treatment plant (STP) at Gyansu in Uttarkashi that was constructed in 2010 is lying non-functional and untreated sewage is still flowing into the Bhagirathi. The Ganga pollution control unit of the Peyjal Nigam had handed over the possession of the constructed treatment plant to Balaji Water …
Eminent environmentalist Suresh Bhai of the Himalayi Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan based at Matali in Uttarkashi says both state and Union governments are playing politics and doing nothing to clean the Ganga. The pollution in the river can be witnessed right from Gangotri to Uttarkashi. Suresh says dirty water from urinals …
Australia's Olympic sailing boss Peter Conde has called on the sport to pressure Rio Olympics organizers to clean up water pollution ahead of next year's Games. The water quality of Guanabara Bay, where Olympic sailing and other aquatic events will be held, has long been criticized and come under the …
Rawal Dam water, which is being supplied to citizens of Rawalpindi, is being polluted by sewerage and other pollutants of twenty five residential colonies around the dam and its tributaries. According to reports, the residential colonies in Bara Kahu are massively polluting the Rawal Dam water due to inefficiency of …
Anthropogenic nutrient flows exceed the planetary boundaries. The boundaries and the current excesses vary spatially. Such variations have both an ecological and a social facet. We explored the spatial variation using a bottom-up approach. The local critical boundaries were determined through the current or accumulated flow of the preceding five …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Surat Citizen Council Trust Vrs. State of Gujarat & Ors. dated 15/10/2015 regarding immersion of idols and management of sludge generated, for proper disposal, Surat, Gujarat.
BULANDSHAHR: Piqued by an NGT order that necessitated brick kiln units to procure Environment Clearance Certificate (ECC) from Pollution Control Board (PCB) before commencing operations, 17,000 units in Uttar Pradesh here have decided to stop operations this year. According to head of Janpad Ent Nirmata Samiti Santosh Kansal, the brick …
Barely months after the State Human Rights Commission resolved a major issue at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, it is finding its head in yet another issue. Most recently, the state human rights commission had to intervene when AB theatres and orthopedics department functioning inside the College operated without an AC. …
