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 …
Orient Paper Mills, Amlai is an old integrated pulp and paper mill. There is a continuous effort to reduce water consumption per ton of paper produced. The plant is a pioneer in effectively using the treated effluent for its own plantation through HRTS and do not discharge any coloured effluent …
Nov. 29: To counter the effects of increasing oil spills in Indian waters, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOSIS) is in the developmental stage of forecasting oil spill trajectories which will help mitigating the hazards and cautioning locals. During a user interaction session on Monday, the director …
Experts and field workers have stressed promotion of household water treatment methods to evade any health crisis among the masses, especially in the flood-hit areas. The participants at the second meeting of household water treatment (HWT) working group at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on Tuesday decided to promote cost-effective …
Experts and field workers have stressed promotion of household water treatment methods to evade any health crisis among the masses, especially in the flood-hit areas. The participants at the second meeting of household water treatment (HWT) working group at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on Tuesday decided to promote cost-effective …
The government is unable to confirm reports of a miles-long plume of oil lurking beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico from BP Plc's giant oil spill, a government scientist said on Tuesday. The government confirmed on Sunday that BP had permanently "killed" its deep-sea well that ruptured in …
Great effort continues to focus on ecosystem restoration and reduction of nutrient inputs thought to be responsible, in part, for declines in estuary habitats worldwide. The ability of environmental policy to address restoration is limited, in part, by uncertainty in the relationships between costly restoration and benefits. Here, we present …
A survey done by Craft Council of Karnataka has indicated a 25 percent increase in sale of eco-friendly Gowri-Ganesha idols this year, at Malleswaram, Rajajinagar, Basavanagudi and Marathahalli in the City. N Shashidhar from the Craft Council said he found that people were opting for smaller and eco-friendly Ganesha idols …
Manthan K Mehta | TNN Mumbai: This Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees can immerse idols at 18 artificial spots across Mumbai. Last year, a total of 8,383 idols were immersed in artificial immersion ponds across Mumbai. Of these, 175 idols belonged to sarvajanik mandals, while 8,202 were household idols. This year, the …
Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Mumbai: It could be an eco-Ganesha everywhere next year, but that will depend on the results of the crucial experiment all set to begin soon. Immediately after the 10-day Ganesh festival is over, thousands of idolmakers across Mumbai and major cities in the state will have …
Sreekantswamy B, Mysore, Sept 5, DHNS With Gowri Ganesha festival around the corner, the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) is all set to launch a campaign on
SHWETA KAMAT PANJIM, AUG 30 Environmentalists in Goa have appealed to the people to opt for eco-friendly methods to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi this year. Charting out various ways that can help you have pollution-free Chovoth (Ganesh Chaturthi), the environmentalists feel that changing social ethos are increasingly casting its shadow over …
The government needs to focus on ensuring perennial environmental flow in the Ganga river instead of just setting up huge sewage and industrial effluent treatment plants which have failed to cleanse the river, a Parliamentary panel has said. The panel, headed by MP T Subbarami Reddy, which submitted its report …
Anand McNair | TNN Ahmedabad: Marine conservation initiatives along the India coastline are set to receive a major boost with the induction into the Indian Coast Guard, a pollution control vessel, which is one of its kind in Asia. The 77-metre-long and 4,300 tonne Sagar Prahari, the largest ship in …
Rishikesh: BJP leader L K Advani on Sunday launched the Uttarakhand Government's clean Ganga campaign here and asked people all over the country to play an active role in the conservation of the holy river. Speaking after the launch of the campaign christened
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is also the chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board, on Thursday gave her approval for the DJB's Plan outlay of Rs.1,624.37 crore for the financial year 2010-11. Of the sanctioned amount of the annual budget, Rs.905 crore has been earmarked for the water …
Until five years ago very few people in Mumbai were aware of the Mithi river running through it. Then, in the monsoon of 2005 it flooded, drowning 500 people. With the devastation it erupted into public consciousness, dark and stinking. Ever since the authorities have been trying to revive it. …
Until five years ago very few people in Mumbai were aware of the Mithi river running through it. Then, in the monsoon of 2005 it flooded, drowning 500 people. With the devastation it erupted into public consciousness, dark and stinking. Ever since the authorities have been trying to revive it. …
Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand: In a move aimed to save the Ganges from pollution and give its aquatic life a breather, a system developed by a researcher of Sardar Patel University (SPU) will be installed at Mathura. S N Jha, a technical assistant at SPU
$1bn WB Loan Also On Cards: Ramesh New Delhi: In a boost to the Ganga cleaning programme, the government has cleared projects worth Rs 1,394.11 crore for the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. While the Union government had allocated Rs 500 crore for the 2010-11 fiscal, …
Cleaning the Ganga has become the top priority of the government and projects have been put on a fast track. The second meeting of the Empowered Steering Com- mittee of the National Ganga River Basin, com- prising Union minister, the Central Pollution Board and the Central Water com- mission, has …
