Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

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 …

Hussainsagar trumps Musi in pollution levels

If an interim report filed by the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) is anything to go by, pollution levels have gone from bad to worse in Hussainsagar after the 11-day Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations. The PCB, which was regularly collecting water samples from the manmade lake since the start of …

Online system to check pollution at diesel plant

KOCHI: The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will install an online emission monitoring system and effluent quality monitoring system at its Brahmapuram diesel power plant. The systems will enable real-time monitoring of air and water pollution from the plant. It will enable central and state pollution control boards to measure …

IIT-Bombay team ready with a natural system to treat Powai lake water

BMC engineers visited the campus and were keen on creating a constructed wetland near the main gate entrance to treat water from Powai village that flows through the IIT campus into the lake. In the next six months, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) are looking at treating …

Water quality modeling for urban reach of Yamuna river, India (1999–2009), using QUAL2Kw

The study was to characterize and understand the water quality of the river Yamuna in Delhi (India) prior to an efficient restoration plan. A combination of collection of monitored data, mathematical modeling, sensitivity, and uncertainty analysis has been done using the QUAL2Kw, a river quality model. The model was applied …

Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in Lakes/Rivers, 21/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in Lakes/Rivers, 21/07/2015. The water quality of rivers, lakes & other water bodies is regularly monitored by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in collaboration with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) through a network of 2500 monitoring stations in 28 States and 6 …

Draft notification on the Standards of Common Effluent Treatment Plants(CETPs)

The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …

Draft notification on the various standards for sugar industry

The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …

Industrial pollution levels to be monitored online soon

GURGAON: Residents will be able to check the levels of pollutants released by the grossly polluting industries (GPIs) in the city online from this September. The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has decided to digitalize the monitoring of pollutants released in air and in water by GPIs in the …

HC asks Maharashtra government about plans to tackle river pollution during Kumbh Mela

Expressing serious concern over pollution in Godavari river in view of the forthcoming Kumbh Mela in Nashik, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government to inform it within a week what contingency plans it had formulated to clean the river water. A bench headed by Justice Abhay …

Water quality of rivers at interstate borders

51 out of 83 locations spread across 40 important rivers at interstate borders are polluted with respect to Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) says this new CPCB report on water quality of interstate rivers and recommends sewage treatment plants for all towns and cities. CPCB identified water quality monitoring stations at …

Mining on coastal sand dunes poses environmental hazard

VISAKHAPATNAM: Mining in the dune sand along the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh has raised many eyebrows. While the coast boasts of being rich in mineral deposits, especially Ilmenite (ore of Titanium), environmentalists believe human intervention and construction activities have resulted in vanishing sand dunes and depleting beach sand. Black …

MPCB to set up online water checking facility at Godavari

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is planning to set up an online water checking facility at the Godavari soon in a bid to control pollution in the river. MPCB's member secretary P Anbalagan, who was in the city on Thursday, said besides the Godavari, a similar project will be …

Prawn units face closure

The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is planning to slap closure notices on three prawn processing units at Mancheswar Industrial Estate here for functioning without the mandatory 'consent to operate' (CTO). "The units were served notices and asked as why they did not apply for CTO. The replies were …

Odisha's pollution control board to seal 60 Puri hotels

The Orissa State Pollution Control Board on Sunday decided to seal 60 hotels in Puri for allegedly violating pollution norms laid down by the National Green Tribunal. OSPCB regional officer (Bhubaneswar) Hadibandhu Panigrahi said the board was asked by the NGT to slap closure notice on the hotels on May …

Clean Ganga project seeks corporate, NRI participation

The Rs. 20,000 crore Namami Gange project is spread over five years and covers 41 tributaries of Ganga. Rs. 7272 crore has been set aside for interventions in existing, defunct projects while Rs. 12,728 crore has been allocated for new initiatives. This is a four-fold increase since the new government …

UT panel raises Patiala Ki Rao pollution with Punjab

The pollution of Patiala ki Rao has increased in recent years due to a significant increase in Nayagaon’s population in view of its proximity with Chandigarh. In a recent communication, the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has again raised the issue of rising pollution level in seasonal rivulet Patiala Ki …

Slow death of a river

With various agencies plan and prod one another over its cleaning, flowing Yamuna remains a dream. Every toilet in Delhi flows straight into the Yamuna, turning it into a public cesspool. While various agencies plan and prod one another over its cleaning, and thousands of crores are spent, a pristine, …

HUDA notice to MCG for polluted discharge

The Haryana Urban Development Authority has blamed the MCG for the pollution of the Yamuna due to discharge of untreated sewage water via the Badshapur drain. The authority has sent a notice to the MCG following lab test results (a copy of which is with TOI) revealing that the sewage …

Musi Among Most Polluted Rivers in Country: CPCB

A recent report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that has listed the Musi river stretch among the most polluted rivers in the country and its water most dangerous, has taken the State Pollution Control Board by surprise. The Telangana PCB disagrees with the report and has decided to …

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