Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, (MoEFCC) on November 10, 2022, issued a notification to further amend The Environment (Protection) rules 1986. This will come into effect after one year from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. The following has been amended namely: In the …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vide notification dated 4th October, 2021 has issued the Environment (Protection) 115 Amendment Rules, 2021 further amending the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Through this amendment a new serial number 115 which deals with ‘Regulation on Use of Water Purification System (WPS)’ shall …
The investigated water quality analysis results of these (Sirhind Feeder Canal, Rajasthan Feeder Canal and Indira Gandhi Canal) canals from 25 selected locations are compared with the BIS 10500:2012 standards and CPCB standards for Designated Best Use. Surface Water samples collected from all the Canals were found within acceptable limit …
NEW DELHI: A day after the National Green Tribunal asked the Centre to ban use of reverse osmosis (RO) purifiers in areas where the TDS (total dissolved solids) in water is below 500 mg/l, Delhi Jal Board claimed that the water it supplies to the city does not need to …
Politician turned activist Suresh Mehta Monday alleged the Gujarat government has tweaked water purity standards, as a result of which more than four crore people in the state are forced to drink contaminated water. Citing a report of Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board (GWSSB), Mehta claimed that 10 out …
A report of groundwater pollution in Luna village accessed by an environment NGO has once again pointed to the alarming rate of groundwater contamination in the industrial belt in Padra in Vadodara. The report accessed through RTI found that that the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) level in groundwater was an …
The National Green Tribunal cracked the whip on the Rajasthan government Thursday by slapping a fine of Rs 20 crore for not performing its function properly to control pollution in the Bandi river by local textile industries. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore directed the Rajasthan chief secretary …
Team finds sea level rising and more than 80% of Ernakulam’s coast eroding The intrusion of seawater into groundwater aquifers, particularly along the coastal areas of Ernakulam district, could be slowly deteriorating groundwater quality, suggests recent research by a team from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. Though …
The following draft rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 which the Central Government proposes 10 issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act. 1986 (29 of 1986). is hereby published. as required under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 …
AHMEDABAD: Uranium — the heavy metal one usually associates with nuclear reactors — is contaminating Gujarat’s groundwater, finds an elaborate scientific study that covered 16 states. Uranium contamination was found to breach WHO limits of 30 microgram per litre in several parts of Ahmedabad district. Extensive use of groundwater for …
Rajasthan government requested the CPCB to asses the extent of pollution by joint monitoring of the rivers and their tributaries as well as the canals originating from Punjab at Harike. More than a year before the molasses spill in Beas River caused polluted water to be supplied to Rajasthan, the …
GURUGRAM: Environmental activists have suspected it for long, but now, they can place actual figures against their suspicion. The quality of Gurugram’s groundwater is deteriorating with each passing year, in what should be a major concern for public health, according to data for three financial years — 2015-16, 2016-17 and …
The much touted river revival initiative pushed foward by the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat appears to have had little impact considering recent findings regarding the level of toxic chemicals in the water of Rispana and Bindal rivers in Dehradun. The findings also elicit focus on governmental measures like the …
Tirupur: Following reports of dyeing units letting out effluents into Noyyal river, a team of officials from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board inspected the river and Manickapuram irrigation tank at Mudhalipalayam on Saturday. The team, led by TNPCB's joint chief environmental engineer, Coimbatore zone, Gokuldoss, tested the river and …
Sea water tested at Juhu beach, Charni Road were found consistently polluted Mumbai's most prominent river turned sewer, Mithi, has held the distinction of being the most heavily polluted water body in a row for nine consecutive month right from September 2016 up to May 2017, as per the Water …
Noida: Given the continuing problem of inadequate and substandard water supply across sectors, the RWA body sought for a concrete remedy to the issue in a letter to authority CEO P K Agarwal on Wednesday. Terming the situation as alarming, the RWA body threatened to go on a protest if …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely: These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2016. They …
Indore: To assess the impact of idol immersion on city's water, regional pollution control board in the first phase of survey has taken samples from different water bodies to check the quality of water before idol immersion. The samples are being taken as part of guidelines issued by central population …
INDORE: Ground water quality of Palda is worst among the 10 samples collected by regional pollution board last month. Experts expect industrial contamination to be the reason for inferior quality of water in Palda. Indore pollution control board has selected 30 locations in city from where ground water samples are …
Backed by two scientists, residents of Dwarka recently submitted their suggestions to the National Green Tribunal, saying that reviving waterbodies in Dwarka could ensure water sufficiency in the area. The team comprising Shashank Shekhar, assistant professor of geology at DU and JNU emeritus professor Vikram Soni found that just tapping …
