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 …
Nagpur: Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS) has started to generate power at its new unit without air and water pollution control systems in place. The unit is said to be operated on trial basis but technically producing power as like any other unit in operation. Activists and residents are complaining …
Taking a leaf out of prime minister Narendra Modi's 'Namami Gange' programme to clean up India's holiest river, the state government is planning to launch a similar rejuvenation of the Bhima river in Maharashtra. This 'Namami Chandrabhaga' project will draw on the experience of the clean-up of the iconic Thames …
Rationalist activists of Humanist and Rationalist Organisation (HRO) in Berhampur of Odisha have approached the administration to initiate measures to check pollution of water bodies because of immersion of large idols during the coming festivals. According to the HRO, in a perennially water-scarce city like Berhampur, water bodies should not …
Tanks are integral part of temples and devotees believe a dip in these holy waterbodies will absolve them of their sins. Urbanisation, poor maintenance, blocked inlets and outlets and lull in paddy cultivation have rendered these tanks highly polluted and unfit for human use. A study on pollution levels in …
Nodal agencies – Environment Department and District Collectorate have not been able to control the sale & transportation of Plaster of Paris idols efficiently PANJIM: Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has decided to collect water samples from major immersion spots to ascertain the environmental impact …
About 80 percent of rivers in urban regions in China have been found to be filthy In its effort to clean up polluted urban rivers, China will give more weight to public opinion in determining which rivers are given a clean bill of health and removed from a listing of …
Miners in Kamonyi District have been called upon to avoid polluting rivers when extracting minerals. Francis Kayumba, the director of Regulation and Inspection unit at the Mines and Geology department under the Ministry of Natural Resources, issued the warning on Friday during a meeting with miners to assess results on …
The man promoting a controversial underground gold mine near Majors Creek was in charge of an Australian mine in the Philippines which discharged cyanide-laden waste into creeks, killing fish and other marine creatures. The Philippines Government imposed a record fine of $A267,000 against Lafayette after investigating two instances of cyanide …
NGT refused to allow Balotara Textile Hand Processers Associations to operate and asked RIICO and Rajasthan Pollution Control Board to respond. Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Digvijay Singh & Others Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 14/09/2015 regarding pollution caused …
Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that can cause diarrhoea. Human faeces are an important source of Cryptosporidium in surface waters. We present a model to study the impact of sanitation, urbanization and population growth on human emissions of Cryptosporidium to surface waters. We build on a global model by Hofstra …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a fine of Rs 1.41 crore on nine colonies and three builders here for polluting Yamuna river. According to Agra Development Authority (ADA) secretary Prabhanshu Srivastava, NGT gave the order for collecting Rs 1.41 crore as penalty during a hearing yesterday. It also …
Mercury pollution in California may be coming from a surprising source: elephant seals. Scientists have found that molting elephant seals actually shed considerable amounts of mercury into coastal waters. Mercury is a major problem in the marine environment. The most toxic form of it, methyl mercury, is readily absorbed and …
Masvingo City Council has completed a $500 000 dedicated power line project to provide uninterrupted electricity supply at its sewer pump stations and treatment plant to reduce rampant pollution in Lake Mutirikwi. The country's oldest town draws its water from Late Mutirikwi where pollution has reached unprecedented levels owing to …
MEERUT: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand over the issue of rising pollution levels in the Hindon, Krishna and Kali rivers which originate in the Doon valley and are tributaries of the Ganga. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar …
NASHIK: Maharashtra's efforts to make the Godavari clean have earned accolades from Madhya Pradesh, the host of next year's Kumbh Mela. "I appreciate the efforts taken by the government departments for having a green Kumbh. If people bathed in the river and even drank its water, it was the duty …
Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) will take an initiative to save river Pandu, a tributary of Ganga, from pollution. A resolution to this effect may be placed in the KDA board meeting slated to be held on September 8. According to sources, KDA is considering to ban all types of constructions …
KOCHI: The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will install an online emission monitoring system and effluent quality monitoring system at its Brahmapuram diesel power plant. The systems will enable real-time monitoring of air and water pollution from the plant. It will enable central and state pollution control boards to measure …
Jinja — Environmentalists under the Environmental Conservation Effort, a non-governmental organisation, have called on government to institute tough laws in order to protect Lake Victoria from pollution. The NGO director, Mr John Baptist Lusala, told journalists at Masese Fish Landing Site in Jinja District last Friday that the Lake Victoria …
It turns out that estrogen may be causing frogs to change in suburban areas. Scientists have found that estrogen is changing the ratio of male to female green frogs at nearby ponds. In this latest study, the researchers looked at ponds with varying degrees of suburban neighborhood impact. On one …
A new legislation has been passed by the California State Senate to ban the sale of personal care products containing plastic microbeads on Friday, Sept 4. The amended bill would prohibit the use of microbeads due to officials found it harmful on the marine life and human health by polluting …
