Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The Orissa government has resorted to announcing cash incentives for bringing cholera patients in Kalahandi to hospital as its declaration of a cholera outbreak in the district has failed to bring about the same. With 26 people dying of diarrhoea in the last month in the district, the state government …
Alipurduar, Sept. 1: Deaths caused by water-borne diseases continue to haunt the closed Dheklapara Tea Estate with a three-year-old girl dying of jaundice last evening. Pinki Kheria, a resident of Baider line of the garden, was suffering from jaundice and malnutrition, said Sujan Sarkar, the block medical officer of health …
BHUBANESWAR: Outbreak of diarrhoea in Kalahandi district has assumed an epidemic proportion with 26 villagers reported to have died in less than a month while scores of people have been admitted in different hospitals. Although several doctors
Rabindra Nath Choudhury Aug. 31: A team of medical experts from the Centre on Monday arrived at Bhawanipatna in the poverty-stricken district of Kalahandi in Orissa to take stock of the situation after an outbreak of diarrhoea which killed 24 people in the region over the past one month. The …
The health officer of Madarihat block along with two officials have visited tea gardens where workers have developed symptoms like vomiting, fever and headache. In the past 72 hours, 39 people have been hospitalised. The visit by block medical officer Sujan Sarkar, sabhapati of Madarihat panchayat samiti Bikash Das and …
BHUBANESWAR: As reports of more diarrhoea deaths trickle out of Kalahandi district, 38 till date, a Central team is arriving on Monday to take stock of the situation. The epidemic is sweeping the remote areas and still remains unchecked for the past one month and the administration seems to be …
Hyderabad, Aug. 28: The government has started distributing free chlorine tablets to residents, keeping in mind the increase in number of jaundice cases in the city. According to the district medical and health Officer, Dr Ch Jayakumari, jaundice cases have been on the rise since January this year. A total …
Seven die in one week Gandhian (Gurdaspur): Gastroenteritis has claimed the lives of as many as seven persons, including two children, at Gandhian village here in the past one week while more than 20 are still suffering from dehydration. The village is situated a few distance away from Gurdaspur. Though …
Udhampur : Epidemic-like situation broke out in Majalata tehsil of Udhampur due to supply of contaminated drinking water and has so far claimed two lives while as a number of people have been admitted to hospitals and primary health centres. Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Ajay Khajuria today deputed a tehsildar to …
Health, a state of complete physical and mental well-being and not merely the absence of diseases as defined by WHO, is the prerequisite of all-round development inclusive of socio-economic prosperity. Though stress has been laid on ensuring better health delivery system in rural areas but lack of proper sanitation has …
Twelve persons of Patrahalli village in Mulbagal taluk have taken ill after drinking contaminated water. The villagers on Monday complained of vomiting and diarrhoea. They are undergoing treatment in the government hospital. A recurring issue The taluk health officials said that the incidents of water contamination have been recurring in …
This article discusses the various components that impact effective water quality management in rural India. Experience suggests that redesigning of data management programme at village, district and at national level, upgradation of district-level laboratories and addressing technical, legal and institutional components should become the first steps in achieving effective water-quality …
The Chennai Corporation, other local bodies moving slowly in desilting stormwater drains and canals Set for repeat?: Will the city face similar challenges this monsoon? A submerged road in Valasaravakkam last year. Poor garbage disposal compounds the problem. Garbage being dumped in Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar.
New Delhi: A big challenge for the state health department during Commonwealth Games 2010 will be to ensure there is no outbreak of an epidemic of dengue and other vector-borne diseases. Instead of drawing up a combined action plan, the Delhi government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are busy …
The construction of dams in Africa is often associated with adverse malaria impacts in surrounding communities. However, the degree and nature of these impacts are rarely quantified and the feasibility of environmental control measures (e.g.,manipulation of reservoir water levels) to mitigate malaria impacts has not been previously investigated in Africa. …
Doubt has been cast on a much-lauded method of disinfecting water using only sunlight, after a study found that it doesn't reduce diarrhoea among children in families using the technique. Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS), a low-cost water purification method that uses only sunlight to disinfect water, is currently used by …
Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi, on Wednesday, said that according to estimates, water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases cost Pakistan's economy about Rs 112 billion per year, over Rs 300 million a day in terms of health cost. He added that out of this, the cost associated …
BHUBANESWAR: At least two persons have died and eight others have been affected by gastroenteritis in Prasanti Vihar slum of the State capital during past one week. The deceased have been identified as Srimati Hembram (45) and Badula Murmu (7).
July 23: Twenty residents of Vinayaknagar near Malkajgiri have been suffering from fever and stomach ache after drinking contaminated water, which was supplied in the area for the past two days. No cases of diarrhoea or other water-borne diseases were reported from the area. The victims went to Fever Hospital …
