Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
POLLUTING industrial units in Cuncolim Industrial Estate, located about 10 km from Madgaon town in Goa, are beginning to feel the heat. On September 11, 2006, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (gspcb) issued closure notices to three units. Less than a month later, on October 6, it issued closure …
Visitors to Digha, the popular sea resort in West Bengal that plays host to around 16 lakh tourists every year, are in for a nasty surprise - the shimmering sea water there has been considered by experts as unfit for all activities other than gardening. "The shallow coastal water, highly …
Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal on Saturday unveiled a state-of-the art mathematical model that would make the Coast Guard, the ports and other authorities more effective in handling oil spill disasters in the seas around the country. The model, developed by the Ministry's Chennai-based Directorate of Integrated Coastal …
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Kerala Government and the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation on a special leave petition filed by the Association for Environment Protection challenging construction of a restaurant encroaching the riverbed of Periyar river, near Kaladi. A three-Judge Bench comprising Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Justice C.K. …
A sample survey conducted by the State Government on the quality of groundwater in all districts of the State has revealed high content of nitrate and fluoride in drinking water obtained from borewells and open wells. The study conducted by the Department of Mines and Geology has found that 22.37 …
Nations must make plans to help tens of millions of "sea level refugees' if climate change continues to ravage the world's oceans, German researchers said on Thursday. Waters are rising and warming, increasing the destructive power of storms, they said, and seas are becoming more acidic, threatening to throw entire …
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit admitted in the Delhi assembly that the Yamuna continued to remain dirty but once again blamed the multiplicity of agencies for the mess. She said that a Delhi government proposal to form a single agency responsible for the task of cleaning up the river was still …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal (BMC) gave a go-ahead to the Standing Committee to appoint the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Bombay as project consultants for the 11 km-long wall to be constructed along Mithi river.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has assured the Jammu and Kashmir government that a cushion will be created to absorb the enormous costs involved in the preservation and conservation of the Dal lake. Following the assurance, the state government is now bracking for an ambitious programme involving additional funds to …
Concerned over the death of fish due to contamination in the Sirsa river in the Baddi area, the Himachal Pradesh Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board has laid down guidelines to control pollution. The death rate of fish has increased even after the installation of effluent treatment plants by industrial …
The AP high court directed counsels for Hyderabad urban Development Authority, Outer Ring Road Project, AP Pollution Control Board and the petitioner to visit Himayatsagar to verify the allegation that ORR construction work was being carried out within 500 metres radius of the tank bed.
Indian Oil Corporation's Guwahati Refinery has been served a show-cause notice by the Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) for failing to meet a deadline fixed by the latter to stop polluting the Brahmaputra. PCBA chairman JL Dutta said the IOC refinery had already caused "serious harm' to the Brahmaputra river. …
Buckling under pressure from its own MLAs and worried about its public image, the Congress government in Delhi has developed cold feet over the amendment Bill on groundwater extraction. Despite specific directions from the Prime Minister and the Union water resources ministers, Delhi government has decided to defer the introduction …
Over Rs '1000 crore has been sanctioned to clean up Mithi River the plight of thane creek just a few kilometers away form it worsens every day. The problems for it are similar to those which plagued Mithi dumping of industrial effluents, untreated sewage and unchecked encroachment along the banks.
International environmental organisation Greenpeace lost a case against a Gujarat-based chemical manufacturing plant that it had accused of discharging harmful effluents into water. A Gujarat civil court has asked it to cough up damages totalling Rs 48 lakh to Chemie Organics, located at Vapi, one of the biggest chemical manufacturing …
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly proposes to recommend a Rs. 800 crore scheme to dispose of treated effluents from Tirupur into the sea, its chairman C. Gnanasekaran told a press conference. The committee has visited various places in the district including Tirupur. He admitted …
The depleting groundwater level in posh areas of Lucknow has compelled the Jal Sansthan to chalk out an action plan to combat the situation. In a duration of 15 years the governing body will phase out exploitation of groundwater completely in the city.
Comprehensive project of more than Rs 75 crore has been prepared for cleanliness of kali Bein and improving its environmental conditions by the Punjab government in collaboration with Eak Onkar Charitable Trust of Sant Baba Balbir singh of Seechewal.
The state government in association with Eak Onkar Charitable Trust of Sant Baba Balbir Singh of Sichewal has prepared an ambitious project costing over Rs 75 crore to clean the holy Bein (earlier known as Kali Bein) and improve its surroundings. In the first phase of the project, the flow …
