Ganga fit for a holy dip now
The water of the Ganges is more fit for taking a holy dip than it used to be 20 years ago, despite unrelenting discharge of effluents by some of the rogue cities along its banks. Not only the holy river has become better for bathing but there is also more …
HC asks LAWADA to shift families living around lake
Expressing dissatisfaction over the steps being taken by the authorities to restore the previous glory of the world famous Dal lake, the state high court has directed Srinagar Development Authority to rehabilitate the families living in and around the lake to other places, thus reducing the supply of sewerage and …
Speed up cleaning of Yamuna, says panel
Observing that the target of cleaning the Yamuna was far from achieved, a Parliamentary committee said the government should pursue the programme diligently and finish it in a timebound manner. In a report tabled in the House, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Forests also said it has no …
Activist held for 'damaging' dustbin
S.P. Narayanaswamy, a 63-year-old social activist involved with public issues, including the protection of the Tirupananthaal Lake in Pammal, was arrested by police on Friday for "damaging a dustbin." He was remanded to 15 days judicial custody after being produced before a magistrate in Chengalpattu. Shankar Nagar police came to …
Govt. urged to correct flaws in Mithi project
The preparation of the correct map showing original flow of Mithi river by the city survey department; implementation of the CWPRS, IIT and the Chitale Committee report; completion of the widening, deepening, de-silting as per above demarcation; provisions for acquiring NOC from the MRDPA and MPCB must be made necessary …
Create fund to save Dal: HC
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the authorities to set up a Dal Conservation Fund and appealed to people to contribute to it to save this world famous lake from extinction. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Bashir Ahmed Khan and Justice Bashir Ahmed Kirmani also asked the …
Call for maritime cooperation among Indian Ocean Region nations
Maritime cooperation among the nations of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is essential for tackling piracy, terrorism and pollution of oceans, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command Arun Kumar Singh said on Wednesday. The need for cooperation assumed greater relevance in the context of the 9/11terror attack and …
MCD vigilance orders probe into mobile toilet van procurement
Even as the Government and judiciary has been making efforts to expedite the cleaning of Yamuna, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) stinks of yet another scam under the Yamuna Action Plan. The MCD vigilance department has ordered an inquiry into the procurement of 150 mobile toilet vans (MTV) "without …
SC audit on cleaning Yamuna upsets govt
Rattled by apex court committee's revelation that the water quality of Yamuna has not improved a bit even after spending nearly Rs 100 crore per kilometre stretch of the river, the Delhi government has made no bones of its dislike to further supervision by a court-appointed panel. In an affidavit …
Foreign care for arsenic affected
Help is at hand for arsenic-affected South 24-Parganas and some of the backward areas in Midnapore East. water for people, an international humanitarian organisation based in Denver, Colorado, are taking on projects in these areas.
Gas guzzlers set to win Brussels reprieve
Plans to close a legal loopholes that allows so called gas guzzling cars to avoid strict pollution controls are set to be knocked off course by European lawmakers. The European commission had proposed bringing these sports utility vehicles under the same standards as smaller vehicles when it updated the Euro …
Canal clean-up drive in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City's municipality has sought the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's assistance to clean some canals. Kestopur's canal and the Eastern Channel are being polluted by untreated sewage from the satellite township whose sewage treatment plant is idle.
Desilting of Mylapore Chitrakulam tank begins
Chennai Mayor M. Subramaniam inaugurated the desilting and cleaning of the Chitrakulam tank in Mylapore. Over 50 conservancy staff were involved in the work of cleaning the tank and ridding it of plastic, weeds and other rubbish. They used boats to move inside the tank. The Mayor said it would …
HC enlarges Ganga protection scope
The Division Bench of the Chief Justice, Mr V.S. Sirpurkar and Mr Justice Arun Kumar Mitra of Calcutta High Court today passed an order to issue notice to the Union ministry of environment and forest, asking it to add itself as party to the Ganga Action Plan matter, West Bengal …
Ganga clean-up
Calcutta High Court asked all the municipalities along the Ganga and nodal agencies to appear in court within three weeks with specific schemes to keep the river pollution-free. The directive came after environmentalist Subhas Dutta told the court that the government, the municipalities and the nodal agencies were yet to …
PWD plans improvement works in Porur lake
With a successful drive against encroachments in Porur lake, government officials have claimed a rare success of demolising illegal structures from one of the largest water bodies near Chennai. And the Public Works Department too has planned massive improvement works here. According to officials, the water spread of the lake …
Punjab, Haryana overusing groundwater
The Centre said that Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan were overusing their groundwater reserves, making them the most overexploited states in the country. As per a joint assessment of groundwater resources carried out by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and the states, a large majority of replenishable groundwater resource …
TNPCB assistance sought to free lake in Perumbakkam from contamination
Residents and panchayat authorities of Perumbakkam have sought the help of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to address the contamination of the lake in the area. Following a pungent stench emanating from the Perumbakkam lake, only source of drinking water to a few hundred families, officials of the panchayat …
