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 …
A spill of toxic heavy metals into a river in northern Romania, some 60 miles from the border with Ukraine, has caused the latter to cut water supplies to five of its towns in the Transcarpathian region. According to an official from the regional environment authority, "A faulty hydro-transport pipeline …
Concentrations of trace metals in the flesh of nine fish species commonly found in commercial catches of a hydro-power reservoir in Sri Lanka (Victoria) were detected using the Neutron Activation Technique. High concentrations of Al (37.8 - 208.0 μg•g-1 dry wt.) and Rb (20.90 - 70.75 μg•g-1 dry wt.) were …
In Nagpur city, women gather outside a court. In broad daylight they lynch a local serial rapist. When four women are arrested, few hundred women own up to the crime. They say they killed Akku Yadav because the local police did little to stop his criminal reign of terror; they …
In October 2003, the managers of Kovalam beach near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, conceived a plan to create a zero-waste, eco-friendly beach. They targeted the waste tourists dump on the sands; that hasn't cleaned the beach up. The real problem lies
A sumptuous Bengali feast is incomplete without the hilsa . But very soon Bengalis in Bangladesh might well have to do without it. For, the population of hilsa
river water contaminated by heavy metals is the main reason why gall bladder cancer is widespread in the alluvial plains of Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar. These are the findings of a study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Water of the Ganga …
On April 29, the British High Commission donated Rs 13 lakh to non-governmental organisation (NGO) Sankat Mochan Foundation (SMF) to clean up a few ghats along Ganga river in Varanasi. Past experience in this holy city of Uttar Pradesh (UP), however, suggests that the money could end up going down …
the president of China's leading chemical companies' group has been forced to resign in connection with what is being touted at the worst ever water pollution case in the country's history. Xie Muxi, president of the state-run Sichuan Chemicals Group and chairperson of its subsidiary Sichuan Chemicals Co Ltd, recently …
cleanup campaigns notwithstanding, why does Yamuna river remain brimful with pollutants? According to the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), this is because only 45 per cent of the total sewage generated in Delhi gets treated. The board recently submitted a status report on sewage treatment plants (stps) to the Supreme …
"Our environment has been destroyed We seek answers to our questions What shall be the future Of the next generation?' (From a song by the Cordillera indigenous singing group) Singing doesn't come easy when the baton rests with the powerful and mighty. People of Cordillera, the Philippines are today seeking …
Major lacunae have been detected in the functioning of the Ganga Action Plan (gap). The public accounts committee (pac) of parliament came down heavily on the government for diverting funds earmarked for the river conservation programme, and suggested a number of measures to achieve the desired objectives of the plan. …
More than two years ago, the Union ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation (moud) issued a notification making wastewater recycling compulsory in Delhi. But the rules have not been enforced to date, with the capital's implementing agencies simply washing their hands of the job. According to the notification dated …
The Delhi High Court vacated the stay on eviction of settlers at Yamuna Pushta and cleared way for demolition of slums along the banks of the river. The division bench comprising Chief Justice B.C. Patel and Justice B.D. Ahmed, hearing six petitions that alleged lack of basic amenities at the …
The Delhi High Court has imposed a stay order till on the campaign by the city authorities to simultaneously evict and relocate encroachers from Yamuna Pushta, an illegal hutment colony along the river in the Capital. The MCD tried to demolish the illegal structures last month, but it could not …
The plan to beautify the Yamuna Pushta slum area and convert it into a into green belt, however, drew a cold response when only about 30 slum dwellers came forward for 'voluntary relocation'. Confusion prevailed among the slum dwellers and they were reluctant to give the Letters of Consent to …
They are all making a beeline for the Yamuna. After Union Tourism and Culture Minister Jagmohan announced plans to beautify the Yamuna Pushta, it is now the turn of Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Vijay Goel to revamp Yamuna's banks. An ambitious Rs 5-crore project is all set to be …
B y the looks of it, India is dipping into Vedic literature for more than just spiritual guidance. Experts want its message to be embodied in river cleaning schemes. In its observations on the Ganga Action Plan, the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forests has called …
