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 …
No end to pollution of rivers Even if it had been an accidental oil spill from a pipe of the Ropar thermal plant, it would have been unpardonable, especially because the Punjab rivers and rivulets in general and the Satluj in particular are already so heavily polluted that any fresh …
At least 200 people were attacked with diarrhoea, pneumonia, jaundice and other water-borne diseases in nine upazilas in last three days. The diseases have broken out rapidly due to scorching heat in last few days, Civil Surgeon's Office sources said. Children and elderly people are the worst sufferers, they said. …
At least 200 people were attacked with diarrhoea, pneumonia, jaundice and other water-borne diseases in nine upazilas in last three days. The diseases have broken out rapidly due to scorching heat in last few days, Civil Surgeon's Office sources said. Children and elderly people are the worst sufferers, they said. …
Taking a serious note of increasing cases of water contamination in the city, Lucknow Municipal Corporation(LMC) and Jal Sansthan have decided to conduct a joint drive across the city.The civic authorities have also introduced several other measures to prevent the residents from several water-borne diseases. According to additional municipal commissioner …
Preventable diseases like diarrhoea, skin infections and conjunctivitis are still among the top 10 diseases in Bhutan, according to the annual health bulletin (AHB), 2009. Last year, 266,164 cases of common cold were recorded across the country, as compared to 54,781 in 2007. Diarrhoea cases also more than doubled in …
Thane: Contaminated water from four borewells in Bhiwandi has triggered a spate of gastroenteritis. The Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) has sealed the borewells. Two were dug by BNMC and the other two by a local resident, Mamuchi. Prakash Borse, civic commissioner, Bhiwandi said, "Laboratory tests of water sample collected from …
AHMEDABAD: Hirawadi area in Thakkarbappanagar has been hit by jaundice this year. In just a fortnight, the area saw more than 350 jaundice cases. Health officers from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) who have been attending to cases of fever in this area suspect that it is the illegal PVC pipe …
Despite efforts to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas, communicable diseases like meningitis, malaria and diarrhoea continue to haunt the tribal hamlets of Tripura. According to official figures, as many as 58 tribal villagers died of meningitis, malaria and diarrhoea over the past three months. The deadly meningitis has so …
One person died and seven others were admitted following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak because of suspected water contamination in Ward 20 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) over the past few days. Civic officials are yet to determine the cause of diarrhoea. The deceased, Pappu Ajay Varma, was a …
Ahmedabad: Bureaucratic red tape resulted in 100 children suffering from typhoid and one succumbing to it. Outbreak of typhoid was caused by contamination of water and lack of proper sanitation facilities at three villages in Bavla. It all began with complaints of the villagers about leaking pipelines and requests for …
Ahmedabad: It's a ticking time bomb. After water contamination triggered a typhoid outbreak in three villages of Bavla taluka of Ahmedabad district, it could well be the turn of 65 more in Sanand taluka alone. "Of the villages we visited in Sanand taluka recently, about 65 have no proper sanitation …
Kaushik Chakravarthy, Bangalore, DH News Service: Doctors and Public Health Bodies in the city are preparing themselves for summer outbreaks and have suggested a series of precautions. A Joint Monitoring Committee comprising health officers of the BBMP, executive engineers from the BWSSB and officials from the BMP has been set …
PARADIP: More than 25 persons of coastal villages of Balikuda block have been affected by diarrhoea following consumption of contaminated water. Sources said 20 to 25 coastal villages under Balikuda and Ersama blocks are reeling under acute water crisis as a result of which, people are forced to consume contaminated …
At least 200 people, most of them women and children, have been affected. Residents have attributed the disease to water contamination, as there are no proper drinking water facilities Water from the lake, which is sometimes brackish, is pumped into a tank, from where it is made available to the …
KOLKATA, Feb. 20: Unable to pull up its own people for their failure to prevent an outbreak of diarrhoea in areas of Garden Reach due to drinking water contamination, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to put the Garden Reach Waterworks, under Kolkata Metropolitan Water & Sanitation Authorities, a …
The civic body on Tuesday claimed that overflowing drains and use of mono-block (household) pumps in illegal buildings had caused the outbreak of diarrhoea in Garden Reach, while residents continued to protest water contamination in the area. A four-year-old girl had died on Monday, allegedly after drinking water contaminated with …
