Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
A former US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientist is suing the agency's officials and researchers at the University of Georgia in Athens, alleging that they manufactured and published false data to support the use of potentially harmful sewage sludges as fertilizers. The sludges have been linked to health problems in …
Some 30 years ago, as the United States began to tighten its environmental regulations on residential and industrial wastewater, operators of sewage-treatment plants embraced what seemed an eminently sensible idea. They decided to take the rich organic sludge left over after clean water is extracted and sell it to farmers …
India could learn a thing or two from Israel when it comes to supplying municipal water to meet ever-rising demands. "Manufactured water' is probably the ideal solution, says Mo Provizor, director of the Israeli Water Authority. Speaking to The Indian Express on the sidelines of WATECH 2008, an international conference …
the Sirsi district court in Karnataka has sentenced A H Gurumurthya, former municipal commissioner, to 18 months of imprisonment for releasing untreated sewage into two tanks in 2001-02. The court has also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him. The municipality, the order said, is bound to look after …
The price of haphazard development is paid by residents of BHEL Nagar and Amman Nagar, who have endured a persistent water stagnation problem for over 10 years now. Well into the summer, buffaloes find a cool haven in the water and sewage stagnant inside the colony. "The water dries for …
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is to receive over Rs 179 crore from the State Government on account of outstanding shares of various taxes, etc., under the provisions of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act, 1971. The Corporation was to receive around Rs 179 crore from the Government on March 31, …
The residents of a couple of localities in Madipakkam have urged the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Kancheepuram district administration to initiate action against the private operators who let out sewage near their houses. Noting that they would not hesitate to mobilise public support and launch an …
Cleaning The River By 2010 Is A Tall Order, Environmentalists Sceptical Of Govt Claims. If the government's claims are anything to go by, the Yamuna will be
Despite the recommendations of the planning commission, the Yamuna was somewhat sidelined in this year's budget. Other than the interceptor sewage system, which will not be in place before 2012, and installing sewerage systems in unauthorised colonies, which has been in the pipeline since last year, no new proposals were …
Chennai Metrowater will soon impart training to technical staff and engineers of various government agencies involved in operation and maintenance of sewage treatment plants in a few other States. The training would be part of the
Unsafe for consumption: Samples of contaminated water drawn from well at a house in Sai Nagar in Thoraipakkam. Dumping of garbage in the heart of the Pallikaranai Marshland (Perungudi Dumping Yard in official parlance) and letting out of untreated sewage from different sources into the Buckingham Canal have resulted in …
Over two lakh residents of five villages in Outer Delhi have a stinking problem: living with a sewage treatment plant (STP) as their neighbour. The plant is part of the Capital's initiative to sanitise 189 villages with an "appropriate sewage disposal mechanism' by the end of 2009. The villagers moved …
The general body meeting of Pune Municipal Corporation witnessed a row over the effluents and sewage water being released into the Mutha-Mula Rivers on a large-scale. However, Municipal Commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi admitted that at present the PMC only has half the number of sewage treatment plants (STP) needed for the …
the second week of November saw south and central Delhi reeling under a severe water crisis because of high levels of ammonia in the Yamuna at the city's water intake point. It led to a reduction in water supply from two of its water treatment plants
The Delhi government has cleared a Rs 1,950-crore project to tap drains carrying sewage from colonies not connected to the city sewers. Interceptor sewers to be used for tapping is seen by the government as a temporary solution to the problem of untreated water reaching the Yamuna. The government plans …
