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 …
Gurgaon: The Central Ground Water Authority will submit a report on the quality of groundwater near the defunct Bandhwari municipal waste treatment plant before the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday. The tribunal had sought the report after a city-based environmentalist filed a petition in May last year alleging that leachate …
BEIJING – More than 80 percent of China’s underground water drawn from shallow wells used by farms, factories and mostly rural households is unsafe for drinking because of pollution, a government report says. The Water Resources Ministry study posted on its website Tuesday analyzed samples drawn in January from 2,103 …
The permissible limit for nitrates is 40 milligrams a litre, but in most areas, the presence of nitrates ranges between 45 and 100 mg/ litre. Ground water in many parts of Bengaluru urban and rural may be contaminated with carcinogenic nitrates, warns the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). A senior …
An "ice wall" around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been turned on, Japanese authorities say. The wall will restrict the movement of groundwater, stopping it from becoming contaminated from the leaking facility which suffered a nuclear disaster in 2011. The project aims to freeze the soil underneath the …
Nuclear regulators gave their approval Wednesday to start freezing soil around damaged reactor buildings at the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 power plant to prevent groundwater from entering the highly contaminated facilities. The Nuclear Regulation Authority told Tokyo Electric Power Co., or Tepco, that it could activate the east side coolant-filled …
Ahmedabad: Industrial activities, coupled with unchecked pollution, would seriously affect the groundwater quality in Ahmedabad district, states a study by Mona Khakhar, an associate professor with CEPT University. Khakhar shared the findings in a conference on Wednesday. In her study titled 'Assessing Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination: A Case Study of …
Fluoride content high in areas depending on groundwater. Hyderabad: Rapid depletion of ground water levels in Hyderabad, resulting in borewells being dug deeper and deeper, is posing a fluoride risk. Chaemicl analysis conducted by the state groundwater department has shown that the fluoride content in water is above the permissible …
The tribunal is hearing a case on hazardous pollution caused by illegal e-waste disposal units located in NCR. The petition has been filed by non-profit organisation Law for Justice. The National Green Tribunal Monday directed the district magistrate of Ghaziabad to notify it about steps being taken to curb illegal …
Gaya: Groundwater samples collected from three different places falling under Gaya Municipal Corporation area were sent to Quality Testing Laboratory of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED). The test results show very high level of turbidity (presence of muddy content), iron and bacterial contamination rendering the water unfit for human …
Kolkata: Here's good news for the city where several pockets are contaminated with arsenic-affected water. The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur has developed an ultra-low cost eco-friendly laterite based arsenic filter for providing safe drinking water. The innovation has won Sirshendu De, the head of chemical engineering department, the Innovation Award …
Dumpsites exist throughout the developing countries present a threat to human health for the next several years; this is because most of these countries follow the practice of open dumping of solid wastes. Most of these dumping sites are uncontrolled and years old, having grown over time from small dumps …
Several residents of Ottaparai Panchayat staged a demonstration in front of Chennimalai Bus Stand on Thursday demanding closure of dyeing and bleaching units in their village. Effluent The protesters complained that the nearly 10 polluting units illegally diverted untreated effluent into the village tank causing contamination of ground water and …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contamination of Groundwater, 25/02/2016. The norms fixed for fluoride and other chemical contents in supply of water for various purposes including drinking water are given in Annexure I. Ground water quality data generated by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) indicates that ground water in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sumitra Devi Vs. CPCB & Ors. dated 25/02/2016 regarding groundwater pollution by the discharge of industrial effluent in Haryana by the state of Rajasthan. State of Rajasthan would file an Affidavit in terms of the previous order of the Tribunal …
Punjab is one of the most fertile regions in India, where wheat, rice, sugar cane, fruits and vegetables are grown and it is called the “Granary of India” or “India’s bread-basket”. Rice and wheat are double cropped in Punjab with rice stalks being burned off over millions of acres prior …
After one and a half years, MPCB yet to to devise a remedial action plan to restore groundwater quality in the Waluj Industrial Area in Aurangabad district he National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for not complying with its directions for preparing a remedial …
Overflowing and foul-smelling sewage, hazardous materials, weeds and shrubs, all infested with disease-causing mosquitoes. This is the state of most of the lakes in Greater Hyderabad, causing untold hardships to residents living near them. According to official statistics, there are about 169 lakes under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jai Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/02/2016 regarding groundwater pollution by industries in Punjab. The State of Punjab shall file status report on the construction of CETP including the steps taken for the construction of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sumitra Devi Vs. CPCB & Ors. dated 09/02/2016 regarding groundwater pollution by the discharge of industrial effluent in Haryana by the state of Rajasthan. NGT directed the Chief Secretary of the State of Rajasthan to file personal affidavit to show …
Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is in the process of selecting agencies that will collect environmental samples from the industrial areas of Asansol, Howrah, Haldia and Durgapur and send them to a laboratory for the analysis of the quality of the ambient air and surface as well …
