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 …
officials and activists from government and non-government organisations ( ngo s) engaged in heated debate at a seminar held recently in Delhi on solid waste management in the city. Organised by the Institute of Social Sciences ( iss ), the meeting was attended by representatives from the Municipal Corporation of …
new and more effective methods are to be adopted for waste disposal in Madurai. According to Madurai corporation commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi, the corporation has decided to gradually phase out the use of bullock carts to transport solid waste from the city. There are also plans to involve private operators …
army ammunition plants release wastewater that can contain highly radioactive contaminants, hydrocarbons and dissolved inorganic solids. At the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in New Brighton, Minnesota, usa , this problem arises when water is used to mop and wax strip the floors of the plant. It is by no …
in an attempt to ensure that visitors did not dirty the famous Jim Corbett National Park, the park authorities have decided to provide handwoven waste baskets for all to use inside the park and return them when leaving. According to estimates, 10,000 tourists, including foreigners, visit the forest every year. …
Gujarat has more than 90,000 industrial units, according to the state government. About 8,000 of these units are polluting, also says the state government. Major polluting industries are located in the Vadodara Petrochemical Complex, Nandesari, Ankleshwar, Vapi, Vatva and Hazira near Surat. The Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (gidc) was managing …
It has been a long struggle for the people living in the villages of Sajod, Pungam, Matiad and Haripura in Bharuch district of Gujarat. The Amlakhadi river
"Industrialisation is a national priority and it has to take place. In Maharashtra we have demonstrated that industrialisation would bring prosperity,' says Sharad Pawar, former chief minister of Maharashtra who has been an important player in national politics as well. "We have been able to concentrate on industrialisation consistently and …
Dombivli is an industrial township in Thane district of Maharashtra. Any taxi driver can point it out to you from a distance. This small town with a big industrial estate, comprising some 50 chemicals units manufacturing dye intermediaries, is perpetually engulfed in smog. For the 100,000 residents, life is worse …
diverted for farm irrigation, dams and towns use of its waters, the once-mighty Murray river at present flows into the sea in a trickle. Worse, the river has a high level of pollution by the time it enters the sea near Adelaide, capital of the state of South Australia. At …
W e know that an almost dead river flows through Delhi, sullied by seventeen drains that pour toxins into it. Almost everybody who lives in Delhi knows this. The Yamuna is plagued both by industrial pollution and domestic sewage. In fact the river has become a sewer. It is also …
the Thames Water company was fined us $403,400 by a London court for allowing millions of litres of raw sewage and industrial chemicals to flow into the Thames before diverting it into family homes. Ten families in Erith, Kent, were evacuated as their houses were flooded with sludge in November …
in the second week of February, the vigilance squad of the Delhi government sealed seven automobile service stations and issued closure notices to three others. Among the service stations sealed by the, led by sub-divisional magistrate A V Prem Nath, were authorised service stations of companies like Ashok Leyland and …
fresh water is, perhaps, the most important of all natural resources affected by uncontrolled economic growth. In large parts of India, people face scarcity of water for both drinking and irrigation purposes. Take the case of Tamil Nadu. There are 34 river basins in Tamil Nadu. The Institute of Water …
for several months, villagers in parts of south Goa have been demanding a halt to construction work on Meta Strips, a controversial copper recycling and smelting plant in Sancoale village. Questions have been raised about the disposal of left-over waste scrap, the large volume of water the plant will require …
in an event hailed as a "major breakthrough" by Klaus Topfer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme ( unep ), a liability protocol which offers monetary compensation to victims hurt in the process of handling toxic wastes came into being in December 1999. While it is the first …
a study conducted by uk -based ici (Imperial Chemical Industries) on the long-term effects of dumping chemicals in quarries near Runcorn, Cheshire, uk has turned up some startling evidence. It has confirmed that some nearby homes have tested positive for hexachlorobutadience ( hcbd ). hcbd is considered responsible for kidney …
the disposal of plastics is proving a tough task for the city of Kawasaki in Japan. And the pile of crushed plastic bottles gets bigger every day at a municipal waste disposal facility near a road leading to the Tokyo Bay Aqualine expressway. Last February, the city began to separate …
