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 …
The Yamuna river has failed to show any improvement in its pollution level in the past one year despite gradual reduction in pollution load contributed by major drains in Delhi, according to an Union environment ministry report. According to the environment ministry’s annual report (2014-15), a Central Pollution Control Board …
The National Green Tribunal here has served notice to the Karnataka government on the issue related to Bengaluru’s sewage being let into its rivers and canals, including Cauvery. When the case came up for hearing, an expert team led by Justice M Chockalingam asked the Chief Secretary of Karnataka, the …
India plans to order 80 billion-rupees ($1.3 billion) of sewage plants before next June to clean waste water in 118 towns on the banks of the Ganges, its holiest river, according to the nation’s water ministry. The government, which is working on 50 treatment projects, will call for tenders to …
The Haryana government has constituted a committee and ordered it to come up with an action plan to check the discharge of toxic waste into the Yamuna via the Badshapur drain. The panel has been asked to submit the proposal to the urban local bodies department by Saturday. The decision …
Radio personalities, celebrities, government and environmental specialists visited Midmar dam and Mpophomeni township just outside Howick on Wednesday and witnessed first hand the raw sewage spilling into Midmar's tributaries. University of KwaZulu-Natal Master of Science student Sanele Ngubane said there was major concern with the water quality of Midmar dam …
KOLHAPUR: The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) may find itself in trouble because of its "inability" in curbing pollution in Rankala lake in the city. In a report sent to its higher office in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has recommended prosecution against the civic body for its inaction …
Ten Indian research leaders give their prescriptions, from better funding, facilities, mentoring and education to greater respect, fairness, autonomy and confidence. Sunita Narain: Manage waste frugally Hiriyakkanavar Ila: Support the bulk of students Yamuna Krishnan: Crack the cliques, enable visionaries Joyashree Roy: Train more energy economists Raghavendra Gadagkar: Solve local …
Many of the world’s top surfers are in Rio de Janeiro for a major surfing competition that kicked off on Tuesday amid persistent worries about the city’s polluted waters. Kelly Slater of the United States and Brazilian star Gabriel Medina were among those competing at the Oi Rio Pro event, …
With various agencies plan and prod one another over its cleaning, flowing Yamuna remains a dream. Every toilet in Delhi flows straight into the Yamuna, turning it into a public cesspool. While various agencies plan and prod one another over its cleaning, and thousands of crores are spent, a pristine, …
The Ministry of Housing signed an EGP 1.2bn loan with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), according to a ministry statement Sunday. The fund will be directed to developing sewage networks in 32 in villages in Giza, from villages contaminated by the Al-Rahawi drainage canal as a …
Varous organisations in Nashik led by Ganga Godavari Panchkoti Purohit Sangh in association with the Nirmal Goda Abhiyan staged an agitation on Tuesday. The agitators sat at the holy "Ram Kunda" (a sacred pond) near Godavari river, holding banners and posters, demanding that the river should be made pollution free, …
A sewage-filled Rio de Janeiro beach has been removed from the list of venues for a surfing competition in the city in May, the World Surf League said on Wednesday. A spokesman, Dave Prodan, said São Conrado beach had to be removed as a competition site “due to pollution issues”. …
Officials of various departments in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), along with green activists, on Tuesday visited a stretch of the Godavari to check for sewage from nullahs released into the river. It was observed that at present, sewage from none of the 19 nullahs was being directly released into …
More than half the total sewage discharged into the Ganga every day comes from six big cities with Kolkata, Kanpur and Varanasi leading the pack.They are three of the 118 townscities that fall in the vast basin of the national river. Other top cities are Patna, Allahabad and Moradabad. These …
Shimla: Unscientific disposal of sewage and solid waste is threatening the pristine environment and water sources of the Queen of Hills, as Shimla was fondly called by the British colonial rulers. Its wooded deodars, Raj-style structures and chuckling peaks on the horizon may lure you, but it's not an easygoing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Babulal Jajoo Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 10/04/2015 regarding pollution of river Chambal, Kota, Rajasthan. The Tribunal has directed the Chief Executive Officer of Kota Municipal Council to remain personally present with the full …
Agra: Union minister and local MP Ram Shankar Katheria has sought the Centre's assistance to prevent sewage discharge into the Yamuna from Mantola nullah, one of the major sewer lines of the city that is closely located to two world heritage sites: Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. In a letter …
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal, Western Zone, Pune on Tuesday gave an ultimatum of May 28 to the Trimbak Municipal Council to separate the Godavari water from sewage and install a biomethanation plant. A bench of Justice VR Kingaonkar and judicial member and expert Ajay Deshpande on Tuesday heard the …
Liangzhou district government on Monday denied a report saying that in cleaning up a polluted desert, the material, including sewage and sludge, were covered up instead of removed. Ronghua Industry & Trade Co in Wuwei, Gansu province, illegally discharged more than 83,000 metric tons of untreated sewage into a pit …
They may not be the most glamourous of scientific instruments, but tampons could help experts clean up polluted rivers. Engineers believe the super absorbent properties of tampons could be used to detect pipes that shunt sewage into streams instead of treatment plants. They found that the cotton products absorb chemicals …
