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 …
The residents of Jaffna and its vicinities could be adversely impacted due to the high volumes of pesticides and fertilisers used by the agricultural sector in the area, the Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS) warned. IFS Researcher Dr. Meththika Vithanage speaking to Daily Mirror yesterday said various chemical compounds contained …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency raised new concerns about TransCanada Corp's proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline that would bring oil sands crude from Canada to refineries in Texas. In a letter to the State Department, the EPA cited two small leaks on an existing Keystone line last month as …
This report by Strategic Foresight is a comprehensve analysis of India-Pakistan controversy over Indus Water treaty and provides recommendations that will assist water cooperation between these two nations in the future. Strategic Foresight Group has released a report called ‘Indus Equation’ that provides clarifications on the water issues between India …
Groundwater has played a significant role in the maintenance of India’s economy, environment, and standard of living. India is the largest groundwater user in the world. Through the construction of millions of private wells, there has been a phenomenal growth in the exploitation of groundwater in the last five decades. …
The government has started to try to build public opinion in favour of open-pit coal extraction from the deposits located in the northern districts, in particular the Phulbari coalmine. It has also started developing a mining town in Dinajpur close to the coal deposits in Phulbari and Barapukuria.
Bangalore, Improper disposal of solid waste, both by the public and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is causing direct contamination of groundwater, according to Dr M A Farooqui, scientist, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). Delivering a lecture on 'Ground water management in Bangalore Metropolitan region' at the Geological Society of …
Exxon Mobil Corp defended hydraulic fracturing at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, even as investors peppered CEO Rex Tillerson with concerns and questions about the technology. A shareholder proposal requiring greater disclosure by Exxon on the risks and impact of its hydraulic fracturing practices was voted down by about …
It continues to function without town panchayat's approval ERODE: A private weekly leather market has been functioning unauthorisedly at BP Agraharam here, causing huge damage to the environment, residents complain. The BP Agraharam town panchayat did not give any approval for the market, and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board …
ERODE: A total of 14 tannery units and 426 textile processing units that were found discharging huge amount of untreated effluents in water sources in Erode block had been shut down during the last three years by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). Out of the 426 textile processing …
The Punjab government on Tuesday informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) that Rs42 million had been transferred to the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) for installation of 150 filtration plants on tubewells in the city. Additional advocate-general Muhammad Hanif Khatana appeared before chief justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry, who was hearing …
Prolonged consumption of contaminated water may eventually lead to cancer Water in many newly added areas of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has high levels of nitrate. The phenomenon is attributed to heavy dependence on borewells coupled with lack of underground drainage system that has led to contamination of …
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H S Kapadia began the hearing of curative petitions in the Bhopal gas tragedy on April 13. While hearing the curative petition filed by the CBI to re-examine the 1996 Supreme Court's judgement, the five-judge bench questioned the CBI …
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H S Kapadia began the hearing of curative petitions in the Bhopal gas tragedy on April 13. While hearing the curative petition filed by the CBI to re-examine the 1996 Supreme Court's judgement, the five-judge bench questioned the CBI …
LUCKNOW: An ambitious groundwater recharge project in 116 parks of the city may end up contaminating the city groundwater. Experts feel that deep pits and wells being dug up in the parks under this project may work as an open passage for pesticides and other harmful elements. The project is …
Drinking borewell water can make you sick Groundwater in Byatarayanapura, Peenya, Jayanagar, Bommanahalli and Mahadevapura areas of the City has been found to be heavily contaminated with alarming levels of industrial effluents containing heavy metals beyond permissible limits. The State has failed in its duty to bring about groundwater regulations …
Kerala passes law on tribunal to secure compensation for victims of bottling plant. Just before the Kerala Assembly was dissolved for elections, the state’s Left Democratic Front government passed a law to secure compensation for people affected by Coca-Cola’s bottling operations at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The law, passed unopposed …
JUST before the Kerala Assembly was dissolved for elections, the state’s Left Democratic Front government passed a law to secure compensation for people affected by Coca-Cola’s bottling operations at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The law, passed unopposed on February 24, provides for a three-member tribunal which will adjudicate on claims …
The question of where to dispose the toxic waste lying at the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has come to haunt the government again. Yielding to public pressure, the government has finally decided not to dump the remaining 347 tonnes of waste at a disposal facility in Pithampur near …
MINISTER for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran, who piloted the Plachimada Special Tribunal Bill, 2011, in the State Assembly, said the High Power Committee (HPC) had found enough evidence to prove the presence of dangerous levels of cadmium and lead in the sludge distributed by the Coca-Cola unit at Plachimada and …
