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 …
In view of the growing pollution in river Yamuna and the widespread disappointment with the Baijal committee report on it, the Delhi Jal Board (djb) has decided to appoint a consultant for cleaning the river. But the "invitation of Expression of Interest (e o i) for consultancy services for abatement …
In Rajasthan state particularly, textile mills represent an important economic sector. Pali district in Rajasthan has got largest number of textile industries in the State i.e.989 units, mostly engaged in cotton and synthetic textile printing and dyeing. These industries liberate a variety of chemicals, dyes, acids and alkalis besides other …
nepal's Bagmati river has finally got a respite from the onslaught of Kathmandu's waste. It has suffered the menace since the closure of the Gokarna Landfill site in 1999. But now the waste will be dumped at a semi-aerobic disposal site at Sisdole, in the adjoining Nuwakot district. The move …
Kanpur can now chant river Ganga's dirge. On May 11, 2005, Uttar Pradesh (up) chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav inaugurated a barrage on the river, named the Luv-Kush barrage, which threatens to greatly increase the river's pollution load. The government claims the barrage will help meet the city's water needs …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is planning to provide industrial washing machines to traditional riverbank washermen in Delhi operating along the Yamuna. The corporation feels that introduction of washing machines would reduce water consumption and ensure a cleaner operation.
The first case asking the Supreme Court to intervene in making the Yamuna in Delhi a cleaner river was filed by environmental activist M C Mehta in 1985. Subsequently: 1992: Sureshwar D Sinha, chairperson of a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation called Paani Morcha, filed a writ petition pleading for enforcement of …
function all() { var popurl="image/20050430/28-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=370,height=390,scrollbars=yes") } Could it be that Delhi's clean-up infrastructure is an effect of mindlessness? Consider: while it is broadly accepted that domestic sewage contributes between 80-90 per cent of the pollution load, and industrial effluents the rest, nobody has any clue on how much waste …
function built() { var popurl="image/20050430/31.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=280,height=360,scrollbars=yes") } Seventeen sewage treatment plants, 10 common effluent treatment plants, drains, pipes, low cost toilets, and thousands displaced in the name of river cleaning. But little impact. Why? That is what needs to be understood so that future policy can be built learning from …
This investigation into Delhi's underbelly began with a visit to a sewage treatment plant located in the eastern part of the city, situated between a highly congested and relatively poorer part of the metropolis. The officials at the plant
The government says that poor people living along the Yamuna are the problem. But the fact is that s/he who uses the most water also generates the most waste. The situation in India's capital city is shameful in this regard. The bulk of the water goes to the rich and …
The current pipe-drains-plant strategy is not working. Therefore, more of the same, without reworking its approach, will mean just more money down the drain. The Yamuna is Delhi's shame. But its pollution management is its government's shame. It cannot be acceptable that we have spent money, time and energy, but …
• Ensure all waste, legal and illegal, is trapped and treated to keep the drain clean • Augment and optimise treatment facilities, where needed, to treat this waste. Appropriate technologies of scale (centralised or local) should be adopted • Ensure treated effluent is reused and not mixed with untreated effluent …
function impct() { var popurl="image/20050430/27-pdf.pdf" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } The government's favourite strategy is to construct sewage treatment plants (stps). The rush began in 1995. First, there was a plan to build and make operational 14 stps by 1997. In 1998, another two were contemplated. By 2000, 8 were under different stages …
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Colours are inescapably embedded in everyday life. So it’s critical to know, and to regulate, the way they operate. Having said that, it’s not easy to recognise the problems associated with their use. Adulteration in food colours, or allergic reactions to elements in fabric apart, consumers are unaware of problems …
• Though the river originates in India and flows east, ending its journey in Bangladesh, the Ganga basin is spread over 1,093,400 sq km, picking up water from 4 countries • The large part of the water is contributed from north by perennial sources in the Himalaya. The catchment on …
During 2000, the estimated quantity of solid waste generated in Delhi, India was more than 9000 tones per day. This is one of the biggest sources of environmental degradation in capital city of India. Since 1950's over 12 large landfill have been packed with all kinds of nonbiodegradable and toxic …
