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 …
Varanasi: The temple town Varanasi and other cities and towns situated on the banks of the Ganga will have automatic water quality monitoring system on the river under real time data network for water management programme. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) cell of the Central Pollution Control Board …
A dozen wells used to pump oil and gas in California's Central Valley have been ordered to stop production to protect underground drinking water from contamination, officials said Tuesday. The operators of 10 oil wells in Kern County voluntarily stopped production, while two were issued cease-and-desist orders, said Steven Bohlen, …
It is one of the most toxic substances known to man and has been used to poison kings, emperors and even prize winning racehorses. But scientists have discovered one small population of people living in a remote part of the Andes in north west Argentina who have developed some resistance …
Shanghai has been raked the top mainland city for quality of living, according to a ranking report released on Wednesday. The ranking by the Mercer, a talent, health, retirement and investments consultancy services provider, is based on surveys of social conditions in the cities which cover economic development, health care …
Nowhere else on the planet have 28 countries agreed to binding legislation on areas including hazardous chemicals, water quality, waste management and greenhouse gases, argues Hans Bruyninckx Over the past 40 years Europe has developed the most comprehensive, ambitious and binding environmental legislation existing anywhere today. And with good reason: …
Maputo — The cholera outbreaks in central and northern Mozambique, which began in late December, have now claimed 41 lives, according to the deputy national director of public health, Quinhas Fernandes. Fernandes told a Maputo press conference on Monday that the number of confirmed cases in the four provinces affected …
The European Union will need radical new policies to reach goals for safeguarding the environment by 2050 after limited progress in curbing pollution and climate change, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on Tuesday. "We need to start now," Hans Bruyninckx, head of the EEA, told Reuters of a five-yearly …
Luanda — The Government of Japan has donated USS 103,088, to support a water purification system in Quindenuco in Uige Province, ANGOP has learned. According to a press release from the Japanese embassy that reached ANGOP, the donation is in favor of local Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Angolan Action in …
Europe's environment and climate policies have delivered substantial benefits, improving the environment and quality of life, while driving innovation, job creation and growth. Despite these gains, Europe still faces a range of persistent and growing environmental challenges. Addressing them will require fundamental changes in the systems of production and consumption …
Streams within approximately 40% of the global land surface are at risk from the application of insecticides. These were the results from the first global map to be modeled on insecticide runoff to surface waters, which has just been published in the journal Environmental Pollution by researchers from the Helmholtz …
Rio de Janeiro’s state environmental agency says it is investigating a fish die-off that has left thousands of carcasses floating in waters where sailing events are to be held when Brazil hosts next year’s Olympics. The dead twaite shad, small whitish gray fish, were discovered Tuesday by inspectors conducting routine …
KAMPALA - Ugandan health authorities said Wednesday that they have intensified efforts against the deadly typhoid outbreak in the capital and two central districts. As of Monday 513 cases fitting the case definition had been identified in Kampala and in Wakiso and Mukono districts, the Health Ministry said in a …
In this study, we assessed the efficiency and effectiveness of the Vrishabhavathy Valley Treatment plant (VVTP) in Bengaluru city, which is the oldest STP in the city. Since VVTP treats both raw sewage and polluted river water, with the latter constituting 80% of the influent, we sampled water quality at …
With landscape view of long paddy fields, lush green trees, bushes and clustered houses, the Baheratoli is truly representing a traditional village of rural Bangladesh. At a first sight anyone will have an experience of tranquility, serenity and peace at the village, located near the border of Indian hilly province …
A new UN report warns that without large new water-related investments many societies worldwide will soon confront rising desperation and conflicts over life's most essential resource. Presenting their report at UN Headquarters, New York, officials of UN University and the UN Office for Sustainable Development said unmet water goals threaten …
The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Technology, Environment and Forests have expressed concern over the deteriorating ground water quality, falling water table and the increasing air pollution in Punjab. The panel members highlighted these issues during a meeting with the members of NGOs and state and Union …
A ground-breaking report on biodiversity and health, launched at the 14th World Congress on Public Health, in Kolkata, India, shows the significant contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services to better human health. The report, Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health, demonstrates that the relationship between biodiversity and human health …
The senior officers like Chief Engineer and General Managers should attend the camps of Jal Sansthan at block levels to ensure that a financial clearance for the drinking water projects is expedited. The Education, Potable Water, Sanitation and Student Welfare Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani said this while addressing a review …
Aluminium (Al), an environmentally abundant and immobile element, has been studied for its mobility in the Gomati River Basin, a part of the Ganga Alluvial Plain, northern India. The dissolved Al concentrations in the Gomati River water and the Lucknow groundwater range over three orders of magnitude, from 14 to …
A study held by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit has found that the quality of water at Kalady panchayat was dipping at an alarming rate. The research study conducted by Brilla Balsamj, an MPhil Geography student, shows that the quantity of polluted hard water in the panchayat was too high. …
