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 …
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the U.S., which makes for a perky population -- but it also creates a lot of used grounds. Scientists now report in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering an innovative way to reduce this waste and help address another environmental …
Hundreds of volunteers on Saturday poured onto the Kenyan coast to collect trash as a way of celebrating this year's International Coastal Clean-up Day. Several officials from the US Embassy in Nairobi travelled to the Coast to take part in the exercise of clearing sea debris and marine pollutants, which …
Soman and his society members would go to Juhu Chowpatty to immerse the seven-day Ganpati every year It is not just the desire to protect the environment that is pushing citizens to have an eco-friendly Ganpati. Some are driven by the respect for the Lord too. At Bimbisar Nagar in …
Agra: In a boost to Yamuna cleaning drive, work on the Rs 40 crore project on the stretch between Vrindavan and Mathura began at this temple town on Wednesday, with Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Uma Bharti and Dharmendra Pradhan and MP Hema Malini giving a green signal to it. The …
The Haryana government on Thursday said it has decided to set up a new Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and upgrade five existing ones at a cost of about Rs 28.74 crore during the current financial year in an attempt to clean the Yamuna. The special administrative approval to this effect …
LUDHIANA: Success of the TOI Let's Save Sidhwan campaign resonated at the roundate conference organized on Sunday as part of the Live Green campaign, aimed at developing a green belt in the city. Mridula Jain, an industrialist and president of the Let's Clean Ludhiana Foundation (LCLF) which spearheaded the campaign, …
Kolkata: The government has received clearance from the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to launch a tree plantation drive on the banks of the river in Bengal. A coordination meeting was held on Saturday for all the government departments concerned to work out the overall plan; the drive will …
Nagpur: Till Monday evening, 95% works under the Nagpur Municipal Corporation's river cleaning drive covering Nag, Pili and Pora were completed. Launched simultaneously in all the three city rivers for the first time ahead of monsoon, the 43-day-old drive is likely to conclude on Wednesday. Mayor Pravin Datke told TOI …
The state government has decided to rejuvenate the river bed of Gangeshwari river in Bankura under MNREGA and has appointed Kalyan Rudra to inspect the river bed for the purpose. The 20-22 kilometre Gangeshwari river has been lying dry for the last few years.This river flows through four blocks of …
One of the first announcements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi pertained to cleaning the Ganga. But this is not the first time an attempt has been made to clean the river. River cleaning schemes initiated in 1974, 1985, 1993, 1996 and 2008-09 have been monumental failures. While the Prime Minister's …
Nagpur: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has provided the much-needed push to rejuvenate the city's iconic Nag River and its tributary Pili. The ministry approved the Nagpur Municipal Corporation's Nag river pollution abatement project that also comprises north and central sewage zone projects at a meeting …
Decades of unregulated industrial waste dumping in areas of the Great Lakes have created a host of environmental and wildlife problems. Now it appears that Lake Michigan painted and snapping turtles could be a useful source for measuring the resulting pollution. Researchers from the laboratory of Gary Lamberti, professor of …
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday pledged to assist Nashik with aquifer mapping that would help find the natural streams in the Nandini river and rejuvenate it. The CM said this during a power point presentation by environment activists, who have joined the Times Group's initiative to clean up the …
Phosphorus is the biggest cause of water quality degradation worldwide, causing 'dead zones', toxic algal blooms, a loss of biodiversity and increased health risks for the plants, animals and humans that come in contact with polluted waters. This threatens the loss of economic and social benefits from freshwaters upon which …
Failing to achieve much so far in cleaning Ganga, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet projects, the Centre recently rolled out a plan to remove all the floating waste found on its surface. The project’s reach includes Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal, and five states the …
The waters flowing through Estero Salado, a river delta in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, can be deceptive, even for those who have lived their entire lives alongside the filthy and meandering estuarine network. “We know the water is not clean, but you build up a tolerance,” says 21-year-old local activist …
A cap on pollution from farms close to the Great Barrier Reef has been proposed by advisers to the Queensland government. The Great Barrier Reef water science taskforce, which advises the Queensland government on how to meet pollution targets on the reef, said sugar cane, grazing and other sectors should …
With regard to industrial pollution, the ministry had issued directions to 150 grossly polluting industries More than 2,000 environmental approvals have been granted in the past two years, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. Faster approval of environmental clearances was another major achievement, he said. All this would unlock …
“The garbage, if not removed, before the onset of monsoon, would have found its way to Bhima river with flow of rain water, thus polluting it,” a DCCIA member said. In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Swacch Bharat, the Deccan Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture, Pune …
Noida: In a step towards developing the Hindon riverfront along the 22-km stretch in its jurisdiction up to Greater Noida, the Noida Authority on Monday said it has appointed a consultant for the project. The consultant has started the survey work on the project and is expected to put in …
