Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
Weeks after Chinese officials warned of a potential environmental catastrophe, the government has announced that it needs to relocate at least four million more people away from the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir area to protect the dam's "ecology'. The plan will displace all the people living on the bank of …
The Kerala government has initiated the process of filing criminal charges against Coca-Cola for water pollution. The Kerala State Pollution Control Board issued a notice in the first week of October to the soft drinks major's Indian unit, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, in this regard. The board has charged Hindustan Coca-Cola …
The Delhi government has cleared a Rs 1,950-crore project to tap drains carrying sewage from colonies not connected to the city sewers. Interceptor sewers to be used for tapping is seen by the government as a temporary solution to the problem of untreated water reaching the Yamuna. The government plans …
cleaning Colombo: The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in the second week of October has directed the attorney general to prepare a new action plan within a month to reduce air pollution caused by vehicles in the capital city of Colombo. Acting on a petition filed by the Environmental Foundation …
An Indonesian court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Newmont Mining Corporation against the New York Times over pollution accusations made in the paper. The lawsuit was filed in the Central Jakarta court. New York Times had, between September 2004 and February 2006, run several stories highlighting comments by …
The antibiotics we consume are now being found in effluents discharged by industrial estates in Andhra Pradesh. Shockingly, the quantities are not minuscule. Researchers who collected samples and then analysed them say the amount of antibiotics they detected has never been reported anywhere else in the world. These industrial estates …
Persistent organic pollutants found Rising sea level and erosion aside, the Sundarbans now face a new threat. An international research team has detected polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbde), a persistent organic pollutant, in the core sediment from seven sites in the wetland. pbdes are used as flame retardants in electrical equipments, …
The textile mill, run by the Assam Polyster Co-operative Society Limited (APOL) is situated at Rangia, Kamrup district of Assam and has an installed capacity of 8000 m cloth production per day from viscose, polyester and acrylic fibers. The mill releases its effluents into the agricultural land in the western …
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is considered to be one of the major problems being faced by municipalities in the developing countries around the world and National Capital Territory of Delhi in India is not an exception. Appropriate solid waste management of a city is crucial for public health and …
Residents staying in the vicinity of Deonar and Mulund dumping grounds in Mumbai can breathe easy now as the municipality plans to use deodorant-cum-insect repellents at the grounds. Complaints about the dumping yard from residents prompted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to resort to use of the repellents, which is …
Computers are not designed for recycling. It's not surprising, therefore, that in Europe and the us, a computer is thrown away every two years. And there are thousands of other electronic gadgets. 20-50 million tonnes of e-waste is generated annually worldwide. A lot of these castoffs are now finding their …
