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 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued bailable warrants against seven builders for not responding to notices by the Agra Municipal Corp and file documents before the NGT to prove they were not releasing untreated sewage into river Yamuna. The NGT order, on a petition by environmentalist D.K. Joshi, …
The National Green Tribunal today blamed both the Centre and the states of passing the buck on cleaning of the river Ganga, as it convened a high-level meeting next week to discuss implementation of the first phase of Ganga Action Plan (GAP). "After deliberation, it is clear that we will …
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today asserted that the Namami Gange programme of the Union Government will start delivering positive results in the coming years. Bharti was addressing a workshop on the Ganga cleanliness programme at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, today. She said the Union Government, led by Prime Minister …
Downtown Dehradun city lives between two rivers, Bindal and Rispana. The two rivers that are part and parcel of the city’s life are horribly polluted. A few people know that all the dirt and filth that gets collected in these two rivers finally goes into the Ganga. The two rivers …
China's environment authority on Saturday named and shamed a sewage treatment plant for fabricating pollution data and dumping excessive polluted water. The plant in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, has fabricated the pollution volume it treated, inflating the number to gain more subsidies from the government, the Ministry of Environmental Protection …
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has reiterated the government’s intention to raise new Territorial Army battalions, comprising ex-soldiers and commanded by regular army officers, specifically for cleaning up the Ganga. This is a good move. TA battalions earmarked for ecological tasks have performed well in the past. Yet, given the sheer …
An eco-friendly firm will launch photodegradable bags in an effort to substitute ecologically-hazardous plastic carry bags here and adjoining districts of Tamil Nadu. SM Green Solutions (SMGS), Chennai, which has entered into a collaboration with GXT Green, United States to market the eco-friendly carry bags in south India, will formally …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed authorities to form a committee to survey the level of pollution in the Hindon river and suggest remedial steps to control it. While hearing a petition on Wednesday, filed by an NGO against dumping of municipal, sewage and industrial wastes into the Hindon, …
Directions issued under Section 5 of EPA Act, 1986 regarding Treatment and Utilization of Sewage for Restoration of Water Quality of River to Metropolitan Cities and States/UT Capitals by Central Pollution Control Board. Sewage is a mojor cause for poor water quality and adversely impacts human health and aquatic life. …
Most nations have strict controls on environmental waste, from arsenic to zinc. Yet no legal limits have been set to control pollution from drugs during their manufacture, use and disposal. That is despite evidence that pharmaceutical waste can wreak havoc in the environment — hormones found in contraceptives cause male …
The NGT also indicated that it was ready to issue directions to close down the tanneries operating near the Ganga river in Kanpur, and "shift the total industrial complex" to a different location. Unhappy over the slow pace of work on the Ganga cleaning project, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) …
Order of the Rajasthan High Court in the matter of Balotra Water Pollution Control & Research Foundation Trust (BWPCRT) Versus State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 08/10/2015 regarding pollution by textile processing units situated in the town of Balotra and the surrounding areas.
A joint meeting of the Chief Secretaries and other senior officers of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh was held today to resolve the issues related to pollution in river water in the three states. During the meeting, it was informed that River Satluj is mainly being polluted in Himachal Pradesh …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), which was asked to act against industrial units polluting the Ganga by the Supreme Court, today unveiled its stage-wise plan to restore the river to its pristine glory. The green panel said it intended to take the issue of the rejuvenation of the Ganga stage-wise …
The Delhi high court has termed as “unacceptable” the presence of a polluted artificial lake in the space behind the 14th century Tughlaqabad Fort and sought a definite plan from the AAP government on how it intends to clean its water. A two-judge bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and …
NAINITAL: A team of the Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission (UHRC), after spending three days at Gangotri near the source of the Ganga, and witnessing rampant pollution of the river there, has issued a notice to the state chief secretary, asking him to submit a report on the steps taken to …
The State Government would shortly announce the proposed water policy which would lay much needed emphasis on the need to regulate over exploitation of ground water resources. Speaking to The Shillong Times on Monday, Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Water Resources, Rowell Lyngdoh, asserted that it will not take …
Nagpur: Although Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) took some steps to ensure eco-friendly immersions, the condition of the city lakes only seems to be degrading as compared to previous years. A scientific survey conducted on Sunday by city-based NGO Green Vigil in three big lakes of the city, Sonegaon, Telangkhedi (Futala) …
During the course of present study, the abiotic factors investigated recorded remarkable variation at each of the three study sites. While pH, NO3-N, Total Dissolved Solids, BOD and COD recorded increasing values towards the downstream sections of the river, DO, Ca and alkalinity recorded decreasing values towards the downstream areas …
Jabalpur is a city having highest number of lakes in Madhya Pradesh. A Systematic study has been done by author on lakes of Jabalpur, in coordination with other departments i.e. District Administration Jabalpur, Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) , Jabalpur Development Authority (JDA) , Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board (MPSEB), Agriculture …
