Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely: These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2016. They …
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has decided to turn the heat on bakery units, which are allegedly causing water pollution in the city. At least 10 bakeries here have to apply for consent to establish and operate. The move comes with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recently …
BHUBANESWAR: The industries coming under green category may soon come under pollution watch if the state government implements the recently-revised categorization guidelines of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The green category industries are those which are less polluting. Two days ago, the state government wrote to the Odisha State …
Nagpur: The efforts of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and NGOs to spread awareness about checking pollution of water bodies are showing. If figures are anything to go by, city lakes have fared better in some parameters post immersion of Ganesh idols, as compared to last year. On World Water Monitoring …
The high court refused to grant divorce on the grounds of 'irretrievable breakdown of marriage', saying that only the Supreme Court has the power to do so.The high court refused to grant divorce on the grounds of 'irretrievable breakdown of marriage', saying that o... Read More HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad High …
Water quality of river Yamuna in Delhi - Report submitted to National Green Tribunal in compliance with the directions in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs Union of India & Others.
BHUBANESWAR: Many small and micro industries in the city are contributing to water pollution, taking advantage of them being counted as green category industries. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) treats them as green category, exempting them from obtaining consent to establish and operate. The red and orange category …
Officials fail to give information; ask media to invoke Right to Info Act. Vijayawada: The AP Pollution Control Board officials have been refusing to provide the data on the quality of the Krishna River water at Vijayawada, by saying that they were not authorised to reveal any information on it. …
In many developing countries, environmental quality remains low and policies to improve it have been inconsistently effective. This paper conducts a case study of environmental policy, focusing on an unprecedented ruling by the Supreme Court of India, which targeted industrial pollution in the Ganga River. Difference-in-difference estimations indicate that the …
INDORE: Ground water quality of Palda is worst among the 10 samples collected by regional pollution board last month. Experts expect industrial contamination to be the reason for inferior quality of water in Palda. Indore pollution control board has selected 30 locations in city from where ground water samples are …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Polluted River Stretches, 09/08/2016. As per the report published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in February 2015, 302 polluted river stretches have been identified on 275 rivers in the country based on Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) levels, a key indicator of organic pollution. …
The water quality of rivers is an issue of serious concern today. Rivers are heavily impacted due to their use for carrying off the industrial, municipal, agricultural and domestic effluents. Water samples were collected for the present study from the Ganga River at Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi sites, during the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Ganga River Cleaning Projects, 04/08/2016. As on 30th June 2016, 97 projects have been sanctioned under Namami Gange programme in 53 towns at an estimated project cost of Rs. 8588.21 Crores. Out of these 12 projects are sanctioned exclusively under new components of Namami …
Hyderabad needs sewage treatment plants to cut pollution. Hyderabad: Despite several attempts by various governments, the river Musi, which cuts across Hyderabad, continues to be one of the most polluted rivers in the country. The river, which once upon had clean water, receives nearly 645 million litres per day of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution in Yamuna, 21/07/2016. The water quality of river Yamuna is monitored from origin to confluence with River Ganga at Allahabad. The assessment of water quality data indicates that River Yamuna is not meeting the water quality criteria downstream of confluence with drains in …
Ghaziabad: The district pollution board, following a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) directive, has succeeded in goading 22 of the industrial units falling under the 'most polluting' category in Ghaziabad and Hapur to install online pollution monitoring systems called continuous stack emission monitoring systems (CSEMS). This online system enables the …
Kolhapur: A recent survey has revealed the cause of rampant pollution of the Jayanti nullah and suggested ways for the state and central governments to clean up the 14km long stream passing through the city. The three-month survey undertaken by the Association of Architects and Engineers, Kolhapur, shows that the …
Kendrapada: The recent report of the scientists of the Central Institute Of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) of Bhubaneswar has said the presence of high alkalinity, ammonia and biological oxygen demand (BOD) had contributed to the death of fish in the water bodies of Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district recently. A team of …
Panaji: The recent death of a large number of fish in Carambolim lake may be due to excessive growth of a weed that raised the biological oxygen demand in the water body. Forest department officials visited the state's only important bird and biodiversity area outside wildlife sanctuaries after a TOI …
With the delinking of Kukatpally nala from Hussainsagar, the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSCPB) has initiated steps to bring down the pollution level in the lake. The state pollution watchdog has procured two modern Real Time Water Quality Monitoring System (RTWQMS) for monitoring pollution levels in Hussainsagar. The PCB, …
