River Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

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 …

Physico-chemical characteristics of Saryu river, U.P., India

The present paper deals with the observation on physico-chemical characteristics of river Saryu that was found polluted by various sources of pollution. 2007

The Tungabhadra river basin: proceedings of the first stakeholder meeting

A stakeholder workshop for the Tungabhadra basin was organised by the Society for Promoting Participative Eco-system Management (SOPPECOM) and the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science of Dundee University in Scotland in Hospet, India (Karnataka) on 9-10 January 2007. The ensuing discussions centred on the issues in the …

Chemical waste dump forces Philippines villagers out

Noxious fumes from chemical wastes dumped into a river in the town of Marilao in the Philippines, forced thousands of residents to flee their homes in the last week of November. Residents complained of dizziness and vomiting. Latest reports note that the fumes had caused 16 children and 31 adults …

Rivers Shankhini and Dankini in Chhattisgarh run dirty

A trip to Bailadila wasn't on my agenda when I arrived at Chhattisgarh. But a meeting with Pratap Agrawal, a feisty Jagdalpur lawyer who keeps the state government on its toes with his various petitions, convinced me otherwise. "You must see the Shankhini and Dankini, they are the worst polluted …

IN COURT

Tailings dam controversy: Chile's General Directorate of Waters has decided to challenge a recent ruling of Santiago Appeals Court related to tailings mine. The court had revoked authorisation of the Los Pelambres mine to build a US $530 million tailings dam

Uttaranchal Pollution Control Board contradicts itself on pollution in state

paper mills and distilleries in Uttaranchal are flouting pollution-control norms even though the State Pollution Control Board (spcb) claims that all is well. A study conducted by spcb in 2006, however, contradicts its own stand (see

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