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 …
groundwater contamination in Goa's Pilerne industrial estate has led to a drinking water crisis in its surrounding villages. By now, more than 300 residents from Orda and Saipem villages have been affected by drinking polluted water. The residents get their drinking water supply from a bore-well in Orda and four …
Warren Anderson, Chairman of Union Carbide Corporation at the time of the 1984 gas disaster in Bhopal is summoned along with UCC to appear before a court in Bhopal to face criminal charges of culpable homicide. Since 1992 he and the corporation have been refusing to appear and have been …
Geographic Information System (GIS) was utilized to apply a modified DRASTIC method to assess the aquifer vulnerability to pollution of English Bazar Block of Malda District, West Bengal, India. In the western, central and southern parts of the study area the aquifer is prone to contamination. Therefore, in these regions …
This manual deals with various aspects of investigation techniques for selection of sites, planning and design of artificial recharge structures, their economic evaluation, monitoring and technical auditing of schemes and issues related to operation and maintenance of these structures. Roof top rainwater harvesting, suitable especially for urban habitations is also …
This book represents an effort to make available a unified presentation of groundwater hydrology. It presupposes only a background of mathematics through calculus and an elementary knowledge of geology.
This book introduces to the reader all aspects of ground water i.e., its assessment, development, utilisation and management. Practical application of different formulate for field conditions, data collection and processing, test procedures and principles of design are worked out to illustrate the theory and design procedure. It includes case studies …
This manual deals with various aspects of artificial recharge of ground water including planning of artificial recharge schemes, artificial recharge techniques and design of structures, monitoring of augmented water levels and water quality, economic evaluation of recharge projects and issues related to operation and maintenance of artificial recharge structures. Roof …
the Gujarat High Court has issued notices to Alembic Ltd, the Gujarat government and Gujarat State Pollution Control Board (gpcb) over contamination of groundwater in Paneval village in Panchamahal district of Gujarat. The Vadodara-based Alembic, one of the oldest pharmaceutical companies in India, has a plant in the village manufacturing …
function table() { var popurl="image/20061115/13-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=200,scrollbars=yes") } villagers and townsfolk of Lalkuan, Bindukhatta, Pantnagar, Kichha, Bazpur and Kashipur in Uttaranchal's terai belt are beset by water and air pollution. The districts of Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar have a number of red-category (most polluting) paper and pulp units and …
POLLUTING industrial units in Cuncolim Industrial Estate, located about 10 km from Madgaon town in Goa, are beginning to feel the heat. On September 11, 2006, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (gspcb) issued closure notices to three units. Less than a month later, on October 6, it issued closure …
The study was carried out with a view to have an understanding about the pollution status of Kota city environment (water quality). Environmental studies were carried otu on ground and surface water, to find out the physico-chemical, toxicological parameter presence of heavy metals and physical parameters.
An attempt has been made in this study to assess the quality of ground water at the suburban area near Madurai airport by studying the physicochemical parameters and few metal ions of the water samples for a period of 1 year. It has been found that the quality of ground …
The intensive agricultural production by the over use of agro-chemicals in the state of Punjab has resulted in higher NO3-N concentration in ground water, which leads to ground water pollution. The LEACHM model developed by Wagenet & Hutson is used to predict nitrogen transport in multi layered soil profile under …
In collaboration with ngos, unicef has designed a unique greywater recycling pilot project for water-scarce hostels in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh. The project sanctions hand pumps to draw underground water, and put in place rooftop water-harvesting and greywater reuse systems. The idea is to improve school sanitation and reduce the demand …
Residents of the Madhanatha puram village on the outskirts of Chennai claim that the groundwater in their area is polluted and is depleting fast. And they blame Siva's Soft Drink Private Ltd, a local soft drinks manufacturing company, which produces two brands of soft drinks
indiscriminate use of copper chromate arsenate (cca), a wood preservative, is fraught with the risk of arsenic leaching and contaminating soil and groundwater, warns a study conducted in the us . T imber and plantation wood are commonly treated with cca, which has been in use for decades. cca increases …
The most influential process safety accident passed its 20th anniversary on Dec 3, 2004. At an international symposium to mark the event in Kanpur, India during the week of this anniversary, process safety practitioners from around the world assembled to discuss progress in resolving the Bhopal tragedy and in advancing …
A bus ride through Cuddalore's industrial belt is a nasal nightmare. Villagers outside this port town, 200 kilometres (km) south of Chennai, know different areas by their characteristic smell
