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 …
green flag to blue lady: The Supreme Court, on June 5, 2006, gave the green light to the French cruise liner S S Norway, a k a Blue Lady, to enter Indian territorial waters and permitted it to anchor near the Alang coast in Gujarat. The ship allegedly contains 1,200 …
one child died and another had his leg amputated after exposure to toxic industrial waste dumped on a plot in Karachi, Pakistan. Two other children also sustained serious burn injuries in the incident that occurred in March. The plot is located in Abidabad in Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (site). Following …
The European Commission (ec) recently decided to take legal action against the uk, which for three years has repeatedly breached a European Union (eu) law that forbids the discharge of raw sewage into the sea and river. ec has issued a final warning to the uk, failing which it will …
spilling on oysters: The Far North District Council of New Zealand said it will spend US $3.6 million to reduce the risk of sewage spills in the environmentally sensitive areas of Paihia, Haruru Falls and Waitangi off its shores. This comes after local oyster farmers said they would sue the …
There is substantial evidence that organized crime controls much of the solid waste disposal business in New York and elsewhere in the us.' T his is an extract from the opening passages of a 1986 us Congress report, Organized Crime's Involvement in the Waste Hauling Industry. The report collated congressional …
what a waste: For the past two months, 11-year-old Tsheten Dorji is being treated for third-degree burns he received from chemical waste dumped by factories in Balujhora in Bhutan's Pasakha town. The town residents complain that factories dumped waste very near residential areas. "Children are always playing about the site. …
effluents spur boycott: Farmers from Kuppam village in Tamil Nadu's Karur district have declared a boycott of the assembly elections, scheduled for May 8-10, 2006. They allege that effluents from bleaching and dyeing units in Tirupur, upstream of the Noyyal, have seriously affected the village in the past few years. …
hazardous wastes from sponge iron plants in Goa, dumped in wildlife reserves of the Western Ghats, have put national parks in Goa and the reserve forests of Karnataka along the national highway 4, at risk. The matter came to light, after Paryavarni, a Belgaum-based ngo in Karnataka, spotted over 700 …
the Union finance minister's (fm's) announcement to restore a five per cent custom duty on the import of steel scrap for melting has given some hope to shipbreakers. The announcement has come at a time when the ailing shipbreaking industry in Alang was striving to get over the setback of …
flu attacks: Tests have confirmed bird flu cases in Pakistan and Afghanistan, reports the BBC. The virus has been detected in chickens in two farms in north-west Pakistan which have now been sealed off, officials said. The presence of the strain was confirmed by the European Union's Reference Laboratory for …
The Czech government has stepped up border checks and vowed to increase monitoring of remote farmland areas after officials discovered over a dozen sites that German companies were illegally using to dump their waste. The Czech environment ministry is now ascertaining the extent of the illicit waste disposal trade between …
maharashtra's Non-biodegradable Garbage (Control) Ordinance, 2006 has come into force with immediate effect, following the governor's approval on February 27. The ordinance, controls ways in which non-biodegradable materials are to be disposed. It also bans the manufacture, transport and use of polythene bags. Maharashtra is the third state to pass …
The Ramapough mountain tribe and other residents of Ringwood, New Jersey (nj), us, have filed a lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company and 12 other companies for property damage and personal injuries. Ford's former automobile plant in Mahwah, nj, was accused of improper toxic waste disposal. The lawsuit alleged that …
quake fouls jhelum: Concerns are being raised over truckloads of debris generated by the October 2005 earthquake being dumped daily into the Jhelum river in Pakistan. Environmentalists say the waste contains many chemicals, which are polluting the waters of the river, disturbing its local ecosystem and threatening aquatic life. Since …
effluents from a pharmaceutical unit have become a major cause of concern for Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu. Sterling Biotech (sb), located in Solayur village, produces gelatin and di-calcium phosphate from animal bones. It is owned by Rallis India Limited, which is a Tata enterprise. To wash the bones, sb …
a group of scientists at the Chennai-based Central Leather Research Institute (clri) has developed two cost-effective and eco-friendly techniques to remove chromium from the effluents discharged by tanning units. The metal exists in its highly carcinogenic hexavalent form (chromium vi) in the effluent. Currently, chemical precipitation methods are used to …
By the time you read this, the decision would have been taken: to allow or not to allow the French warship Le Clemenceau into India, so that it can be dismantled with unknown quantities of toxic substances in its structure. The decision could be to send the ship back for …
This article analyses the implementation of the Ganga Action Plan and the various reasons for its failure in the highly polluted villages of Jajmau, clustered near Kanpur city.
