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 …
A U.S. appeals court will hold an expedited hearing for a small group of claimants in a Gulf spill settlement with BP Plc, with oral arguments set for the week of November 4, the court said on Friday. BP's settlement with individuals and businesses affected by the 2010 spill in …
Coral reefs facing threat from pollution, dredging and blast fishing A swelling population, land use change, unscientific waste disposal, mining of corals, coastal erosion, and unregulated construction are exerting pressure on the Lakshadweep islands, one of the most sensitive and fragile coastal environments in the country. A study on the …
Issue pertains to contamination of wells, borewellsdue to oil leak in north Chennai Members of the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday castigated the Union government for not taking any remedial measures in north Chennai, where wells and bore-wells were contaminated due to leaks from the pipelines of oil …
The State pollution control board will collect water samples from Tondiarpet on Wednesday to check the level of contamination from oil seepage. Groundwater in the northern neighbourhood has been contaminated for the past six months due to oil seepage from a pipeline belonging to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). “An …
Sri Lankan authorities today denied media reports that oil is leaking from a barge anchored at the Galle Harbor in the south. Sri Lanka media reported that an oil leak is suspected of taking place from an anchored barge that is reportedly sinking at the Galle Harbor. However, Sri Lanka …
The groundwater in sample-tested areas of Tondiarpet, where an oil leak from a pipeline was reported in July, is severely contaminated with petroleum products, an IIT Madras team has said in its preliminary report. The water could remain polluted for several decades if no remedial measures were taken, it added. …
“Presence of highly inflammable products can result in explosions in Tondiarpet” A preliminary investigation report on the recent oil leakage in Tondiarpet found that the groundwater in the north Chennai locality is severely contaminated with petroleum products. Calling for proper precautionary measures, the report warned that presence of such highly …
The groundwater in sample-tested areas of Tondiarpet, where an oil leak from a pipeline was reported in July, is severely contaminated with petroleum products, an IIT Madras team has said in its preliminary report. The water could remain polluted for several decades if no remedial measures were taken, it added. …
The Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas on Monday told the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal that the oil companies are contemplating shifting some of the pipelines from certain areas of North Chennai. Varadarajaperumal Street in Tondiarpet made headlines recently after residents complained that their bore well …
Chittagong Directorate of Environment has set August 18 for further hearing on oil leakage that occurred on July 30 at Kalurghat area adjacent to Karnaphuli river from derailed wagons carrying furnace oil for Dohajari power plant. General Manager from both Railway east and Dohajari Power plant appeared today’s hearing but …
Experts from IIT-Madras and engineers from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday collected water samples from Tondiarpet, where oil from pipelines has polluted groundwater. The 10 samples that were taken by the environment division of the civil engineering department of IIT-M will be subjected to gas chromatography-mass …
Taking a serious view of the oil leakage from pipelines maintained by oil companies in north Chennai, the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Wednesday ordered that top officials of Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas come and explain the steps taken by them to avoid any mishap. The …
Holding that contamination of drinking water by the oil leak in North Chennai posed serious environment and health hazards to the people, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the petroleum ministry to spell out the measures initiated to rectify the issue. “We direct the Union petroleum ministry to …
Residents at Konem-Farmagudi have resorted to an unusual test to resume consumption of water from a well that was contaminated with diesel for about eight months. The residents recently released fresh water fish in the well and after verifying that the fish was still alive, decided that the water was …
Nine Containers That Fell Off A Ship Could Damage Vessels The flora and fauna of the fragile ecosystem of Gujarat particularly that of the Marine National Park in the Gulf of Kutch are staring at an environmental disaster. At least nine huge containers of the total 17 that had fallen …
Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday called for setting up a corpus fund to help quick response to oil spills in the sea and protecting India's fragile coastal eco-system. In the recent past, there have been frequent incidents of leakages of crude from broken ships or from …
The mystery surrounding the surfacing of tar balls on Goan beaches has apparently been solved with the National Institute of Oceanography revealing that they originate from washing away of oil spills from crude oil carrying tankers which move from South East Asia to the Gulf region. The NIO study which …
PANAJI: The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) is in the process of drafting a contingency plan to protect beaches from tar balls. During last few years some of the Goa's beaches, are being tarnished with darkish oily material and tar balls that are washed ashore particularly, between May and …
The RSPB says the number of birds affected by the spill has now reached 4,000 Wildlife charities are calling for tighter regulations to protect seabirds from a group of chemicals that caused hundreds of seabirds to be washed up off the south coast of England. The number of seabirds affected …
PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued notices to transporters of hazardous waste oils, which are generated from barges, cruise ships, off-shore casino vessels and other ships docking in Goa for failing to submit the annual details regarding collection and disposal of waste oil. The notices have been served …
