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 …
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 …
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 …
GUWAHATI: The Kamrup (Metro) district administration will take strict action this time against those who violate pollution norms during the Durga Puja celebrations. To encourage puja committees to adopt environment-friendly measures, the administration has also decided to award them. "Cleanliness and zero pollution have been our prime targets besides security …
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 …
Agra: Nearly 15 city based women's organizations have come together to call for 'festival celebrations without pollution'. Speaking to TOI activist Deepali Bansal said, "In every festival observed, there is some amount of pollution. Immersion of idols in the Yamuna is causing a huge problem." Through our collective appeal to …
The Central government is as serious in cleaning river Yamuna as it serious for rejuvenation of river Ganga, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati today said. "Yamuna Shuddhikaran Abhiyan is bound to get successful because the Union government is as serious on cleaning river Yamuna as it is serious on …
Troops of border guarding force of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will undertake a massive 2,350 km ‘Swachh Ganga’ river rafting expedition next month as part of efforts to contribute to the government’s mission of cleaning the river. The expedition is expected to be flagged off on Gandhi Jayanti on …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This is the first time any river in state will be cleaned The state is all set to initiate ‘Operation Sutlej clean-up’ on the pattern of the Ganga project. This is the first time that any river in the state would be cleaned. The accumulation of silt and sand on …
After many initiatives to restore the severely-polluted Cooum river back to its days of glory, work on building a baby canal in the middle of the river has now begun. The move is expected to prevent stagnation and other related trouble and ensure the smooth flow of water in the …
Racing against time to complete cleaning of Khan River before Simhatha 2016, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) and district administration officers on Wednesday reviewed ongoing work and construction of new sewerage treatment plant, which will help stop outfall of sewerage into Khan River. State government has fixed December 2015 deadline for …
Nodal officers and resource persons from five stakeholder States have presented their proposed models along with costs to be included in the final detailed project report for forestry interventions in the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). The proposed models were submitted at the start of the two-day meeting of …
To address the issue of pollution in the River Yamuna, the city government is mulling to undertake a fresh review of cleaning and rejuvenation that will specifically check disposal of untreated sewerage into the river, develop the river beds and flood plains, and raise the water table in Delhi. The …
China faces a "formidable task" to clean up its rivers and lakes and needs a fundamental change in attitudes to prioritize the environment over economic development at all cost, vice premier Wang Yang said. China published a water pollution prevention action plan in April, promising to improve water supplies in …
Junior Water Prize on Tuesday night for inventing a filter through which toxic heavy metals from electronic waste can be removed from water. At the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the prize to Perry Alagappan, who won out of the group of 29 finalists. …
