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 …
high price: A French court has imposed the highest-ever marine pollution fine of about us $980,000 for a 61-km fuel slick, off the French coast, in 2005. The captain and the owner of the container ship Maersk Barcelon had deliberately discharged contaminated water into the sea, while it was passing …
oxygen depletion in oceans, caused mainly by agricultural run-off and pollution, creates dead zones where sea creatures can suffocate. A recent study claims that dead zones can also lead to male-dominated fish population, which can drive a species to extinction. Researchers from the City University of Hong Kong raised zebra …
The 26 December 2004 tsunami caused widespread destruction and contamination of coastal aquifers across southern Asia. Seawater filled domestic open dug wells and also entered the aquifers via direct infiltration during the first flooding waves and later as ponded seawater infiltrated through the permeable sands that are typical of coastal …
The Delhi High Court directed the MCD to remove the unauthorised structures around the 32 ghats where last rites are performed. The bench headed by acting Chief Justice Vijender Jain said only ghats would remain on the banks of river Yamuna. However, structures around the ghats have to be demolished …
This paper is the result of a study conducted at the request of Sri Kisan Paryavaran Sangarsh Samiti, which is spearheading the cause of the farmers against the pollution of the Bandi river and groundwater in and around the town of Pali, by textile dyeing and printing industries. The Samiti, …
The Pentagon has stalled efforts to clean water supplies contaminated by a carcinogenic chemical despite evidence that it posed a significant health risk to millions of people, the Los Angeles Times reported recently. The Environment Protection Agency (epa) had conducted a study in the 1990s to assess the danger of …
This paper discussed the distribution of pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals in water, sediment and prawn from intensive prawn ponds (n = 8) near the Kolleru lake wetland, India and assessed the quality of prawn for human consumption and also discussed the possible effects of these pollutants …
Water is a big concern. Growing cotton is water-intensive at the best of times as is manufacturing textiles and treating the waste generated. In India, cotton guzzles more water than anywhere in the world
Industrialists and regulators are unclear on best practices in India's wastewater management in the textile sector, which generates 1,750 million litres a day (mld). Says Mangilal Gandhi, owner of Sankeshwar Fabrics, Pali: In Pali, though the common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) were designed for effluents from cotton processing, introduction of …
hc notice: The Andhra Pradesh (ap) High Court has issued notices while hearing a writ petition filed by two ngos. Dhimsa, based in Visakhapatnam, and Sakti, based in Hyderabad, had petitioned the court against hazardous bauxite mining in Araku and Sapparia areas of Visakhapatnam, which was infringing tribal rights. The …
regular exposure to lead dust and fumes reduces sperm density, motility and viability and lowers semen volume causing infertility among workers of lead acid battery factories, claim researchers at Kolkata's Regional Occupational Health Centre and Jadavpur University. "Sophisticated imaging techniques like scanning electron microscopy uncovered sharp depressions, membrane folding and …
The United Nations Environment Agency (unea) has warned that the spring thaw of ice in China's Songhua river may release toxins trapped from an earlier chemical spill. "Great care must be taken in the spring when the ice thaws out. The frozen pollutants in the ice will become liquid and …
quake fouls jhelum: Concerns are being raised over truckloads of debris generated by the October 2005 earthquake being dumped daily into the Jhelum river in Pakistan. Environmentalists say the waste contains many chemicals, which are polluting the waters of the river, disturbing its local ecosystem and threatening aquatic life. Since …
on february 4, 2006 bird carcasses were spotted in the Okhla bird sanctuary in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh (up). In the next three days, 58 bird deaths were reported in the sanctuary. Though the exact cause of the calamity has not yet been confirmed, bird lovers and forest officials …
expectations about the therapeutic potential of stem cells have suffered a setback with the revelation that a technique used for fraudulent research by Woo Suk Hwang of South Korea may still be granted a patent. "As long as an invention is not contrary to scientific laws
This article analyses the implementation of the Ganga Action Plan and the various reasons for its failure in the highly polluted villages of Jajmau, clustered near Kanpur city.
This case study reports on how the various stakeholders came together to alleviate the problem of effluents discharged by factories in the industrial estates on the eastern periphery of Ahmedabad into the Kharicut canal that flows into the Khari, a tributary of the Sabarmati.
After the richer locals leased land/water from the poor cooperatives in the 1970s in Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh, the land has remained in the name of poor "beneficiaries", while the real fisherfolk work on meagre wages. Ironically, those legally entitled to the benefits have been reduced to wage earners on …
Water conflicts in India have now percolated to every level. They are aggravated by the relative paucity of frameworks, policies and mechanisms to govern use of water resources. This collection of articles, part of a larger compendium, is an attempt to offer analyses of different aspects of water conflicts that …
