Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
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 …
at least 10 per cent more pesticides were detected in fruits and vegetables sold in Britain this year as compared to last year, says a uk government report. The report states that in 1.6 per cent of the samples surveyed the levels of pesticide were much higher than the permissible …
over 500 people living in the Safdarjung Hospital campus in New Delhi are faced with possible health hazards due to their proximity to a hospital incinerator. Among those at risk are construction site workers and hospital nurses. Both live in the vicinity of the incinerator, which burns approximately 1,400 kg …
the past few years have seen an alarming increase in the number of malaria cases. The World Health Organisation ( who ) puts the annual number of cases between 300-500 million, and deaths between 1.5-2.7 million. Controlling the disease has become difficult due to insecticide resistance in the mosquito and …
Tobacco-related diseases are likely to become the biggest killer in Africa in the next 20 years, according to the us -based Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ( cdc ). Tobacco will cause more deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, maternal mortality, automobile crashes, homicides and suicides combined, says Lawrence Green, a …
Vehicle emissions are the most important source of air pollution in Latin American cities. Each year air pollution is causing thousands of premature deaths. Therefore, the World Bank is trying to find out a workable solution to improve air quality in these cities. For this purpose a workshop was also …
chlorine gas leaked from a chemical factory at Udumalpet in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu recently. This led to at least 351 people, including 197 women and children, suffering from vomiting and eye irritation. Police officials believe that the gas leaked when the chemicals produced in the factory were being …
At least 80 people have died in Uganda due to the deadly Ebola filovirus. "The number of people known to be infected with the deadly fever rose to 251, said Francis Omaswa,' the director general of Uganda's medical services. The disease has left maximum impact on the town of Gulu. …
Children, in developing nations, face grave risk from air pollution. These are the findings of a report published by, the Washington-based, World Resources Institute ( wri ) . The report studies the risks to children from air pollution in urban outdoors. Nearly a year after the publication of the study, …
fine-particle pollution from power plants, especially those using coal, is responsible for the death of 30,000 people every year in the us . This was stated in a report entitled Death, Disease and Dirty Power prepared by Boston-based Clean Air task Force, an environmental group. The group is campaigning for …
It was long overdue. But when it did come, it was a disappointment. From November 3, fuel pumps in Delhi started supplying petrol with low benzene content
Researchers in Japan have recorded abnormalities in electrocardiograms (ECG) and increased incidents of miscarriages in mice that were exposed to diesel fuel exhaust fumes. The research was conducted by a team from the National Institute for Environmental Studies, the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. …
the Ebola filovirus, which left a trail of death and destruction in Zaire five years ago, has reappeared in Uganda. It has already claimed more than 40 lives. The virus is highly contagious and spreads through body fluids such as saliva, blood and mucus. Four days after exposure, flu-like symptoms …
The West Nile virus, that led to the indiscriminate spraying of pesticides to combat the virus, has claimed its first victim: an 82-year-old-resident of New Jersey. New York was the first to go in for extensive spraying, much against the protests of environmentalists. "The control measures are probably ineffective, unnecessary …
in response to an air pollution lawsuit filed against a Japanese public corporation, the Osaka high court has urged all the involved parties to overcome their differences and prevent the suit from continuing its slow passage through the courts. At least 379 residents of Amagasaki village, Hyogo district, are demanding …
your morning cup of Darjeeling tea could be lemon or honey flavoured. It could also be pesticide flavoured. That is because the tea estates in Darjeeling continue to use large amounts of pesticides to increase production. In turn, they perpetuate potential health hazards for the estate workers and the consumers, …
The Chinese government is likely to scrap a us $5.6 billion nuclear power project of Taiwan. The state-run Taiwan Power Company, Taipower has spent us $1.41 billion on the initial construction of the plant in the northern coastal township of Kungliao. Some government officials have stated that calling off the …
contrary to popular belief that city dwellers, who have access to better medical facilities, live longer than their country cousins, recent research has revealed that rural residents have longer lifespans. The life expectancy ranking of Tokyo residents, who outlived people living in other prefectures until 1980
