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 …
KSCSTE studies samples collected from five river basins An environmental monitoring programme carried out by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology, and Environment (KSCSTE) in five river basins across the State has revealed sewage contamination as the primary cause for the deterioration of water quality. The study covering the …
If incessant sewage inflow, unchecked encroachments and poor maintenance threaten to kill the city’s remaining lakes, there is one big reason: Lake restoration efforts have become mere cosmetic beautification projects focussed only on the periphery and surface, ignoring the decay underneath. An entirely different approach is now on the horizon, …
Bangalore: The IT City tag has come with a heavy price tag, thanks to negligence in electronic waste disposal and recycling by public and private sectors. A recent international study by scientists of Ehime University, Japan in association with local experts, revealed that there are many informal backyards and scrap …
Twenty-eight Punjab hospitals have been selected for an international project aimed at effective management of bio-medical waste. Of these hospitals, four are big, eight medium and 16 small ventures. The initiative is part of a project being executed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Union Ministry …
State Pollution Control Board says water unsuitable for potable purposes The lake in Udhagamandalam, popularly known as Ooty, is, according to a study by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), one of the most polluted water bodies in the State. Its water quality, the study says, is unsuitable for …
Tired of agitating, Sukhdev Vihar residents ‘invite' officials, politicians Many protests, agitations and petitions later, the residents of Sukhdev Vihar – one of the most densely-populated residential colonies located next to the Okhla-Timarpur waste-to-energy incinerator – have a unique proposition for Delhi environment officials and politicians: “Come spend a day …
Despite sustained public protests and lawsuits against the Timarpur-Okhla waste-to-energy incinerator in Sukhdev Vihar, the beginning of trial runs this January 2 has invited the ire of the residents of this densely populated area. “The incinerator is located in a residential area which is surrounded by university, schools, hospitals and …
With a view to effectively deal with the menace of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in India and 10 neighbouring countries, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) formally inaugurated its Stockholm Convention Regional Center on POPs for Asia region in Nagpur on Monday. The Stockholm Convention on POPs is an …
The international phase-out of endosulfan with certain exemptions under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants will come into effect by the end of October next year. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary, has issued notification on October 27 asking parties to the Convention …
The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention has decided to invite the Food and Agriculture Organisation to undertake studies on integrated pest management alternatives to endosulfan. The decision was taken as a follow up to the decision of the Conference of Parties to the Convention in April …
The outcome of Stockholm Convention to ban endosulfan capping a long-drawn campaign against the pesticide on health grounds may have brought cheers to the opponents but the domestic industry is crying foul suspecting an European link aiming to capture the Indian market. India and a few other developing countries extracted …
Exemption for its application against 44 pests in 22 crops The Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention in Geneva on Friday approved the recommendation for elimination of production and use of endosulfan and its isomers worldwide, subject to certain exemptions. The decision will not be binding on India unless …
While it is still not ready to ban it in the immediate future, India has decided to agree to a global phase-out of the controversial chemical endosulfan, a common pesticide, over the next 11 years. The decision to phase out endosulfan is being discussed at the fifth Conference of Parties …
Geneva meet allows India to continue use for 11 years; setback for Left demanding ban India has agreed to phase out pesticide endosulfan. At the Geneva meet of the Stockholm Convention, currently underway, India
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is considering a worldwide ban on endosulfan, an insecticide which has been banned by a large number of countries. Many others are phasing out the insecticide. India, which accounts for half the global production of endosulfan, says the decision should be by consensus. …
The campaign to ban endosulfan is gaining momentum even as India is striving hard to persuade the ongoing conference of 172 countries to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to postpone this decision by another year. Endosulfan is a chemical widely used as an insecticide. India produces 70 per …
India is seeking a postponement of the decision on a global ban on Endosulfan to the next meeting of the conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention in 2013, according to observers. C. Jayakumar and Dr. Mohammed Asheel, observers from Kerala to the ongoing conference of parties to the Convention …
India is strangely reluctant to ban this pesticide despite mounting evidence of its collateral damage As the stage is set for the crucial meeting of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP), a global regime to protect human health and the environment from dangerous chemicals, to be held in …
