Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Water has suddenly become a favoured subject for seminars and conferences all over the world. A common trend in most of the discussions is to proceed from projections of demand to supply-side solutions in the form of ‘water resource development’ projects; estimate the massive investment funds needed; take note of …
it is easy to identify pollutants found in water. But it is difficult to find the source of pollution because most tests can detect the presence of pollution but not the source. To solve this problem, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia, usa , have used dna from a bacterium …
The federal district court in Portland, Oregon, has ruled that the US government's operation of four dams on the lower Snake River violates the Clean Water Act. The court ordered the US Army Corps of Engineers, that is responsible for the management of the dam, to protect the river's water …
the Central Pollution Control Board's (cpcb) effort to come out with a new water quality reviewing criteria after a gap of 20 years has proved futile. Most of the states' representatives felt it was not important. The cpcb had organised a workshop for this purpose on February 19-20, 2001, but …
most brands of bottled water brands in Pakistan are either contaminated or unfit for human consumption, says the findings of government-run Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (pcrwr). The analysis of 17 water quality parameters reveal that all brands show drastic variations between labelled and analytical values. "Out of …
The melting of Arctic permafrost could accelerate global warming. Scientists from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned that carbon stored in the permafrost of Arctic lands, which accounts for an estimated 14 per cent of the world's total carbon, is getting released as rising temperatures cause the permafrost to …
Anybody can tell you they are essential for a decent way of life: safe drinking water and sanitation. Since the 1980s governments have made drinking water available to more and more people across the worldyetmillions survive without it even today. Sanitationon the other handis not a priority on the governments'
twenty states in India are endemic to fluorosis, a disease caused by excess intake of fluoride in drinking water that can result in various health hazards such as discoloured teeth and deformed bones. Several nations including Argentina, China and Japan are under the grip of this disease. It has spread …
The water you drink could be a concoction of sex hormones, sunscreen agents, antiseptics, painkillers, and antiinflammatory and antibiotic drugs, among other things. This comes out from studies conducted in Germany, Canada and the us. Drugs and personal care products excreted or washed off our bodies are finding their way …
clean drinking water is a fundamental right of all citizens, ruled the Supreme Court recently. The apex court said that Article 21 of the Constitution guaranteeing right to life also includes the right to clean drinking water and the state is duty-bound to provide it. The apex court has asked …
The Ramsar Convention of IUCN held in 1971 in Iran raised global awareness of the conservation and management of wetlands. Wetlands, the transitional zones that occupy an intermediate position between dryland and open water, regulate the flow of water and nutrients, thereby facilitating optimum functioning of the physical and biological …
Kolleru Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the districts of East and West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh. The major population centres in the Kolleru Lake region are the 148 villages of which 50 bed villages and 98 belt villages. All bed and belt villages in lake region have …
researchers have linked nitrate in drinking water with recurrent acute respiratory disorder in children. Research conducted by S K Gupta and colleagues at the Satellite Hospital, Bampark, Jaipur has found a relation between high intake of nitrates and symptoms of lung infection ( Environmental Health Perspectives , Vol 108, No …
cases of crippling bone deformities are emerging from four villages on the outskirts of Lahore. These villages are now known as the "fluoride belt'. Says Sajid Maqbool, project director of the Children Hospital in Lahore: "So far, 100-120 cases
with no government regulations in place , until recently, the bottled water industry in India was totally unorganised. Any one could set up a bottling plant, fill bottles with tap water and sell it in the market. There was a big question mark on the quality of water. This may …
respiratory ailments, soil and water contamination, thick blanket of dust, withering of cocunut trees and changes in land pattern use are some of the common features of the urban area around Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka. This is because of the mining going on since 1802, stated a study titled
• The highly endangered bird kharmore ( lesser florican ) has been sighted in village Tarkhedi, about 70 kilometres from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh. • India has joined an international programme aimed at helping scientists, teachers and students to study and research the dynamics of the Earth's environment. The programme is …
scientists at the Australia-based Commonwealth for Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( csiro) have developed a new technology that can clean polluted waterbodies. "The technique, known as the Filtration and Irrigated Cropping for Land Treatment and Effluent Reuse ( filter ), can solve the problems that are often associated with …
if an efficient water management system is guaranteed, people are willing to pay for clean water. According to a study carried out by Purnamita Dasgupta of the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, out of the 603 under-privileged families surveyed, 72.88 per cent said they would like to pay for …
" everyone in the house used to drink water from the tubewell, though we knew it had a very high iron content. Sometime ago, I got the tubewell water tested and found that it was arsenic positive,' says Abdur Razzak Mollah, a resident of village Dhuldi Rajapur in Faridpur district, …
