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 Bagmati River cleanup campaign completed its 42 weeks today. Like in previous Saturdays, stakeholders, including the Ministry of Urban Development, the Ministry of Federal Affairs, the Ministry of Environment, the High Level Bagmati Civilisation Protection Committee, and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City took part in the campaign today as well. …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has forfeited a bank guarantee of Rs 18 lakh of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) for failing to check pollution in the Panchganga river. The pollution watchdog has also issued a show cause notice to the KMC, asking it to immediately stop release of contaminated …
A conservation and beautification plan for five of the 36 lakes in Thane city has been readied by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) with a proposed budget allocation of Rs 8 crore in this fiscal, civic chief Aseem Gupta said. Gupta announced grand plans for a complete facelift of the …
China plans to spend 2 trillion yuan, or $330 billion, on an action plan to tackle pollution of its scarce water resources, state media said on Tuesday. China has a fifth of the world's population but just 7 percent of its water resources, and the situation is especially precarious in …
At last UOM (University of Mysore) has decided to clean up the picturesque Kukkarahalli lake and maintain it as a world class walking arena for the city people. Though various agencies and organizations are approaching it with various technologies, UOM is open on the issue of finalizing the agency to …
The sight of millions of litres of toxic effluents and domestic sewage being let into the Sabarmati at Vasna barrage will wrench any heart-especially the way the river is choked to nothing more than a toxic gutter. Following a month-long campaign by TOI-'My City, My River'-the high court allowed a …
Provincial government team to study pollution from heavy metal industry Hunan province, a major industrial hub, aims to rehabilitate polluted land in a green project drive to combat the effects of heavy metal contamination. While much has already been done to revitalize the Xiangjiang River, including shutting down nearby polluting …
The government on Sunday launched a Rs 37.89 crore 20 MLD C-Tech Sewage Treatment Plant at Margao, with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar promising that the project to arrest the decay and restore the pristine glory of River Sal within a year. The project envisages construction of a 20 MLD STP …
An army of people equipped with clinical gloves and masks gather on the banks of Bagmati every Saturday morning. Denying themselves the pleasure of weekend indolence, these people from different walks of life have come together to put an effort to clean the Bagmati river. They have made their routine …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday formed a high-level expert panel to determine whether the Ganga was being polluted by industrial effluents that are discharged into it through the Simbhaoli Drain near Ghaziabad. The two-member expert panel comprises member-secretaries of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the UP …
An exhibition on Ganga was organized at Magh Mela area on Wednesday. Addressing the gathering, National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) member Prof BD Tripathi said the river that considered as a cradle of the great Indian civilization was being polluted by the discharge of industrial waste. Prof Tripathi further …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Subhash C. Pandey Vs. Municipal Corporation, Bhopal & Ors.dated 13/02/2014 regarding lake pollution, Bhopal. BMC (Bhopal Municipal Corporation) has suggested that for future prevention of accumulation of silt and the solid waste in the lake a …
A team of experts from Israel on Tuesday reached Bhubaneswar to study groundwater pollution in the city. The Chilika Development Authority (CDA), which is managing the wetlands at Chilika, is facilitating the team's visit. The team will conduct a study called 'phytoremediation', meaning use of plants for the removal of …
Putrid water is being released by drainages With water from the Yamuna becoming increasingly contaminated and unfit for human consumption in Agra and Mathura, the Uttar Pradesh Government has served notice on the Delhi government to ensure that toxic water is not released into the river by factories. The State …
Minister Of Environment And Forests, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily stated in the parliament tha the "Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 150 polluted stretches along various rivers in the country based on BOD (Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand) levels, a key indicator of organic pollution. The pollution load on rivers of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Alankrita Mehra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/02/2014 regarding lakes in Bhopal. The Learned Counsels for the parties submitted that a meeting with the concerned officers of the department as well as Members of the Monitoring Committee …
Letter to all State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in the matter of pollution control in 17 category of highly polluting industries, CETPs and common hazardous waste & biomedical waste incinerators - Regarding self monitoring of compliance.
Ganga Sankalp Yatra was taken out in the city to mobilize support for making river Ganga pollution-free. The rally was taken out under the supervision of Shankaracharya of Puri Goverdhanpeeth Swami Nishchalanada Saraswati. The yatra began from Allahabad junction and passed through Subhash crossing in Civil Lines, Vivekananda crossing, and …
Way back in 1986, Rajiv Gandhi launched the Ganga Action Plan. But years later, after much water (sewage) and money have flowed down the river, it is as bad as it could get. Why are we failing, and what needs to be done differently to clean this and many other …
Speakers at a seminar held here on Sunday urged the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, a major beneficiary of Keenjhar Lake, to invest in the rehabilitation of the lake, which was getting highly polluted by industrial runoff. They urged the government to take immediate measures to protect the lake from …
