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 …
While most of the 167 Durga idols in the city were immersed in Daya and Kuakhai rivers on Sunday, the post-immersion scenario remained a matter of concern as no fully-guarded measures were taken to check waters of the rivers from getting polluted. Sources said the concerned authorities had not taken …
The campaign for eco-friendly Ganesha idols does not appear to have yielded the desired results. A study conducted by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has found high levels of heavy metals in lakes across the City, post immersion of Ganesha idols. The Board, in its study conducted before and …
Physicochemical investigation of water from public water supply schemes was carried out with the objective of assessing its potabiliy for drinking purpose. It was observed that, lowest BOD value of 5.3 mg/L and highest BOD value of 8.1 mg/L where as the lowest COD of 75.3 mg/L and highest COD …
The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the status of pollution in Pali caused by textile industries, as Pali is an important industrial area of Rajasthan where a number of textile industries are active.
KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) is yet to take action on a last year report that highlights high levels of pollution being caused by sugar mills. The report prepared by private consultants of the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority was part of the water sector improvement project phase-1. …
Past Checks On Other Parameters One-third of Lucknow drinks water from the river Gomti but it has never been tested whether that water is fit for consumption. Now, a high court order will make the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board do so for the first time. On Tuesday, the high …
The high court has directed UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to collect sample of Gomti river's water and furnish the test report before it within a month. The court wants to know whether the water is fit for consumption. The matter will next be heard after a month. A division …
After the Allahabad high court's ban on immersing idols in the Yamuna to save it from pollution, the Agra district administration is ensuring that the orders are strictly implemented and temporary ponds are created for 'visarjan'. The Agra municipal corporation has started work of creating artificial ponds at Yamuna's ghats, …
Factories In Vicinity Of City Polluting Water Table The state government is tightening the noose around industrial units in the vicinity of the city that are becoming a major source of pollution. For the first time a `rogues list' was prepared of 1,000-odd units located in areas such as Narol, …
With the pilot effort at cleansing the Mithi River using a microbial technology having purified a considerable amount of water and drastically reduced its odour, the city’s development authority has decided to continue the process and is scouting for newer technologies that may have come up in the market. In …
The water quality management is one of the many environmental problems in India. Increasing demand of water for human consumption, irrigation and growing industrial activities has impacted the water quality of rivers due to declining flows in rivers and depleting water levels of subsurface resources. Water quality data from 2500 …
Affidavit of the Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India and Mission Director, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in terms of the Supreme Court order dated 13/08/2014 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others
KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment conducted water quality test of three major rivers of Nepal by collecting samples in the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the ministry, the water quality test covered Koshi and its tributary Tamor in the east, Narayani and its tributary Trishuli in the …
Environmentalists have questioned the utility of sewage treatment plants (STPs) after the draft environment status report (ESR) of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) showed a rise in pollution levels in Pavana, Indrayani and Mula rivers. Vikas Patil, environmental activist and president of Nadi Vikas Manch, said there are many …
Most in Puri are contributing to water pollution flouting norms, officials of Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) here said. The board has listed 325 hotels for violating the Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 and served show cause notices to all of them. The board said the …
The environment ministry has identified 150 polluted stretches of rivers across India which need conservation work but interestingly nearly 1/3rd of those polluted river stretches are in Maharashtra and Gujarat alone. These 150 polluted stretches along various rivers were identified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India's apex body …
The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that it had identified 3,266 highly polluting industries and 150 polluted stretches along various rivers across the country in the past couple of years and had taken measures to deal with it. "The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 3,266 highly polluting industries …
Every year the state and union budgets raise hopes that the Yamuna may after all soon get a new lease of life. In fact, the Delhi government's budget has been making the exact same promise for seven years. Providing sewerage in urban villages and unauthorized colonies and laying interceptor sewers …
Even as Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced an ambitious Rs. 2037-crore ‘Namami Ganga’ project in his maiden budget to kick-start the process of cleaning up the holy river, a noted water expert has said the model adopted to rejuvenate the Thames in London could be “ideal” for freeing the …
Untreated sewage, open defecation from project sites and townships, dissolved solids and faecal coliforms (bacteria) have emerged as the largest polluters contributing to the deterioration of the Sutlej river water quality, a recent study has revealed. The study has also raised a question mark on the proposed Rs 515-crore lift …
