Seer pressure opens Ganga tap
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to release 5,000 cusec of water into the Ganga following the threat issued by the sadhus and saints attending the Ardh Kumbh Mela that they would take “jal samadhi’ if they did not get fresh water in the Ganga. The Ganga in Allahabad has …
Water contaminated in 161 borewells, wells
Water in 161 borewells and open wells in the villages around Vrushabhavati, Koramangala, Challaghatta and Hebbal valley is highly contaminated and unfit for drinking. A study conducted by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) following a direction by the lok adalat of the Karnataka High Court Legal Services Committee, …
Sadhus want cleaner Ganga
Thousands of sadhus on Monday threatened to boycott ceremonies at a weeks-long pilgrimage to wash away their sins in the river Ganga, saying the divine river was too polluted. The saffron-clad, ash-smeared holy men, gathered at the fair grounds in Allahabad to demand the State of the waters be improved …
Dark matter steps into light
One of the largest mysteries of the Universe is about to be unravelled with the first detailed, three-dimensional map of Dark Matter - the invisible material that makes up most of the cosmos. Astronomers announced that they have achieved the apparently impossible task of building every attempt to detect it …
Dyeing, bleaching units resume work
Dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur resumed operations on Monday after a weeklong stoppage of production. Some units were yet to commence production as workers were off to their native places, much ahead of Pongal, during the strike period. The units stopped production after the Madras High Court imposed a …
Ganges too polluted for religious gathering
Hindu holy men could boycott a ceremony at the pinnacle of their religious calendar because the Ganges, the focus of the festival, is too polluted to bathe in. Even the mighty Ganges struggles to soak up the pollution from India's population explosion and industrialisation. The Ardh Kumbh mela is held …
AG warns agains drawing water released for Ganga
After failing to ensure sufficiently clean water in the river Ganga for the first bathing of the Ardha Kumbha 2007, the Uttar Pradesh government initiated corrective measures. Advocate Gerneral SMA Kazmi, who has to face the High Court judges when the case comes up for hearing,issued strict insturctions that the …
Seer expresses concern over maili Ganga
Shankaracharya Vasudevanand Saraswati lamented the pollution in Ganga and said that if the erroneous policies of the Centre and the state govenment continued the Ganga would not survive till the next Kumbh. "The water in the Ganga is unfit for 'achman' and the saints and seers as well as lakh …
U.P. Govt. orders closure of tanneries in Kanpur, Unnao
Gesture to saints up in arms against poor water quality of Ganga at Sangam. With the saints up in arms against the poor water quality of the Ganga at the Sangam in Prayagraaj (Allahabad) during the ongoing Ardh Kumbh, the Uttar Pradesh Government has ordered closure of tanneries in Kanpur …
Melbourne's water sinks to nine-year low
Melbourne's water storage level had fallen to its lowest point in nine years, Acting Premier John Thwaites warned. Mr Thwaites, the state's water minister, appealed to Victorians to conserve water, with new figures showing the city's reservoirs were down to just 38.7 per cent of capacity. The 0.4 percentage point …
Melbourne's water sinks to nine-year low
States like Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, which are going on a big way for construction of irrigation projects — may find it difficult in the coming days to start a project first and then commence the process of getting various clearances like those under Central Water Commission, Forest Conservation Act, …
DJB promises to 'C'lean Yamuna by 2008
The Delhi Jal Board has taken up the Herculean task of making Yamuna a grade 'C' river at a meagre cost of Rs 3,150 crore by December 2008. Making this announcement on Wednesday Chief Executive Officer of the Delhi Jal Board Arun Mathur said the objective would be achieved by …
Host of announcements, but Yamuna still dirty
Despite being reprimanded by the Supreme Court for failing to implement the Clean Yamuna plan, Delhi is still dragging its feet. Sample this: civic agencies and Delhi government have not even started on their ambitious plan to fence Delhi's 18 drains and DJB would not be able to initiate its …
'Polluted' Ganga angers pilgrims
People take bath on the occasion of 'Purnima' at Sangam in Allahabad on Wednesday. The huge congregation on the opening day of Ardh Kumbh here included over 2 lakh "Kalpavasis" who will observe a month of penance at the sprawling mela ground of over 4,000 acres as well as pilgrims …
Jal board releases Rs 3,150-cr plan to clean up Yamuna river
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today released its Rs 3,150 crore plan for cleaning the Yamuna which includes large-scale construction of sewers and interceptors to prevent sewage from flowing into the river. The plan involves laying 115 km of sewer lines across Delhi. Arun Mathur, Chief Executive Officer of the …
Tiruppur dyeing units' strike may hit knitwear exports
Exports of cotton knitwear may severely be affected if the strike in the dyeing/bleaching units in Tiruppur, which started continues for a further one week, industry sources said. Speaking to FE, Tiruppur Exporters Association (TEA) executive secretary S Sakthivel said that Tiruppur industrial cluster exported knitted garments worth Rs 8,000 …
'No construction on C'Wealth village site'
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA), which is developing the 2010 Commonwealth Games village on the Yamuna riverbed, should have done its homework properly before choosing the site. The DDA has not taken prior permission from the Ministry of Water Resources for developing the games village. After the Ministry of Environment …
80 lakh to take dip at Sangam today
Thousands have thronged the holy city to wash away their sins in the Ganga during the Ardh Kumbh. But it remains to be seen whether they will be purified or end up needing medical treatment after their dip in the bacterial soup of indeterminate but inarguable toxic content. Nearly 80 …
University of Michigan to Toss Coke from Campuses
Coca-Cola Company said it was banned from another college campus this month when the University of Michigan halted purchases of the company's products following concerns about the soft drink maker's labor practices in Colombia and environmental actions in India. The move by UMich, which has more than 40,000 students, follows …
Vadodara-based NGO issues legal notice to GPCB
As no steps have been taken to shift the illegal dumping site at Vadsar, a local NGO has now sent a legal notice to Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for not taking any action against the civic body. The notice sent by Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS) asks the pollution board …
