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 …
China is on track to exceed its 2014 target for cutting water pollution, the government announced on Wednesday, amid reports that it plans a $326 billion action plan to clean up its rivers and lakes. A lack of environmental oversight during decades of economic growth has caused a dire water …
The NDA govt has identified 118 towns as a first target to achieve total sanitation including water waste treatment and solid waste management After being rapped by the Supreme Court for its approach to clean the Ganga, the Narendra Modi government has placed before it a blueprint of short-, medium- …
The state said it would create new solid waste management systems at a cost of Rs 829.66 cr The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday submitted its Rs 9,478-crore action plan to the Centre to clean the Ganga from Gaumukh to Haridwar in the state. Government officials said in its plan submitted …
To maintain cleanliness of all the rivers of the district that merge in the Ganga, the Champawat district administration has sent a proposal of constructing 100 toilets across the district under the ‘Clean Ganga Campaign’. Besides, a plan has also been formulated under the same proposal to maintain cleanliness and …
Water samples collected by the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) across the state, before and after Ganesh immersion, have indicated that there is no water pollution in rivers and water bodies due to Ganesh immersion as there was very less amount of plaster of paris (PoP) material used in …
Union Minister Uma Bharti on Sunday reiterated her commitment to clean river Ganga and promised to do so in three years while asserting that she would not entertain any questions in this regard before the task was achieved. “I am being asked many questions on the cleaning of Ganga, but …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will present a project of Rs2,720 crore for cleaning of Khan river passing through middle of Indore city before the Central Government in New Delhi on September 10. Chouhan has said that work on the project will be completed in 4-5 years after sanction of …
Dongguan, the city in Guangdong that has been dubbed the world's workshop, plans to spend 18 billion yuan ($2.92 billion) on controlling water pollution. The industrial hub was last year named by the Ministry of Water Resources as one of 45 pilot cities required to develop sound water-related infrastructure. Dongguan …
Asks govt. to explain how the project will be executed Unhappy with the government’s affidavit setting out its plans to clean the Ganga, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it wanted to monitor the progress made in efforts to restore the river and asked for a roadmap. It is better …
The Supreme Court said it seems that steps taken so far will not lead to cleaning of Ganga even after 200 years The Narendra Modi government’s ambitious poll promise to depollute river Ganga came under severe scrutiny on Wednesday in the Supreme Court which said it seems that steps taken …
Submit phase-wise action plan, govt told After going through the Centre’s affidavit, the court said it was unable to comprehend the scheme properly as it had been drafted in the typical bureaucratic style The Centre must prepare a time-bound, phase-wise action plan for cleaning the Ganga so that the results …
The first thing the city govt did after Mr Modi took over was that it sent officials to Gujarat to study the Sabarmati river A series of projects, close to the heart of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is getting implemented in the national capital. Among the projects which are being …
With the pilot effort at cleansing the Mithi River using a microbial technology having purified a considerable amount of water and drastically reduced its odour, the city’s development authority has decided to continue the process and is scouting for newer technologies that may have come up in the market. In …
Camera surveillance system mooted to prevent dumping of waste Over the past few years, the water flow along the Karamana and Killi rivers has reduced to a large extent owing to the large amount of waste dumped in them on a daily basis. All that is set to change for …
An oil pipeline spill that contaminated a river in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon will take months to clean up, the country's top water authority said on Thursday. The 24-inch Madero-Cadereyta pipeline, owned by national oil company Pemex, was ruptured when thieves attempted to tap into it, the …
Keeping Supreme Court's deadline in mind, the government may come out with a blue-print of its Ganga rejuvenation plan by the weekend. This even as Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday emphasized that the river would be free from most of its pollution within three years. "We want …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government may seek investments from companies and Indians living overseas to help fund its national plan to rejuvenate the Ganges, India’s holiest river. Work on cleaning the Ganges of industrial pollutants and raw sewage is expected to begin in six months, Uma Bharti, India’s water minister, …
Statue makers say use of the banned plaster of Paris is “inevitable" The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has advocated making of idols of Lord Ganesh with biodegradable products such as sago pith waste for the water immersion ceremony in connection with Vinayaka Chathurthy While the primary insistence is on …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Narendra Modi government against adopting the UPA regime's approach on cleaning the Ganga and said people were eagerly awaiting the Centre's response on this issue of great national importance. "Are you cleaning the holy river? That is in your (BJP's election) manifesto also," …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized the government for not moving rapidly to clean up the Ganga, despite promises in the BJP's manifesto, and instead focusing on low-priority areas, in what is being seen as a veiled allusion to the judicial appointments bill which is currently before Parliament. “Where is …
