Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Japan will provide an assistance of Rs 2,557 crore (Yen 46.401 billion) to India for three projects, including cleaning river Yamuna in the national capital. The other two projects for which the soft loans will be provided are -- Himachal Pradesh Crop Diversification Promotion Project and Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation …
THERE is a good chance the leafy vegetables that make it to your salad bowls were irrigated using untreated or partially treated sewage. Each day an estimated 20,000 million litres of sewage is used for irrigation—five times what Delhi generates each day—but more than half of it is untreated. Faecal …
Ngong Ping is located on Lantau Island, the most important outlaying island of Hong Kong that is home to the famous Hong Kong Internatonal Airport and Asia's longest cable car system. Sewage discharge on Ngong Pong relied on distributed septic tanks and soakway systems that imposed severe limitations on the …
2.6 billion people all over the world lack adequate toilets and hygiene facilities. Good sanitation ensures public health and contributes to economic development by preventing loss of human days caused by ill health and deaths due to diseases like jaundice, cholera and diarrhoea.
Aquatic macrophytes in domestic wastewater treatment is receiving growing attention over last few years. Duckweed-based pond system my be a feasible option for organic matter and nutrient removal, particularly for country, like India where sunshine is available in plenty for photosynthesis.
Disinfection is a primary means to destroy/inactive waterborne pathogenic bacteria that could spread diseases in human. Disinfection process is a must in drinking water treatment, and we are all aware of this. In wastewater treatment, disinfectant process is equally important.
Pune While the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has to invest crores of rupees to set up a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), its own minor project on a nullah (drain) near Sinhagad Road is treating water not using electricity, but through natural methods. The civic body, local citizens and a research …
In October 2008 the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health invited international representatives from NGOs, government, academia and the UN to a meeting to discuss barriers and to identify breakthroughs to providing sanitation for all. This document has been compiled to summarize the discussions, place them within …
Pune Though the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) implemented a project that drew accolades for generating power from garbage, it has been found to be doing little to pull out enough power from a special turbine set up at the Naidu sewage treatment plant, which is able to generate power from …
Worldwide, cities and townships are facing many complex wastewater treatment issues. Although centralized sewers are seen as a preferred solution to wastewater problems, areas with centralized sewers discharding to surface waters, have been identified as source of many pollution problems. Lack of sufficient, even basic treatment is a risk to …
Two billion tons of human and animal waste and industrial pollution are dumped into waterways every day around the world, according to reports released in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 17th annual World Water Day
Uttar pradesh chief minister Mayawati reportedly complained recently of foul odour from an open drain with sewage near her Kautilya Marg residence in New Delhi. There was no formal complaint, just her word. The New Delhi Municipal Council had to act. On November 14, at Rs 8.5 lakh annually, it …
In a recent experiment, conducted May through July 2009, Kanpur Nagar Nigam invited WWF India to carry out a pilot project as part of its living Ganga programme under a 5-year WWF HSBC climate partnership. A 2.5 km stretch of a drain in Kanpur was handed over to J M …
Climate change, increasing demands on water due to global urbanization and the legal obligations under the EU's Water Framework Directive are making the water sector an attractive place for technologies that can help reduce costs and contribute to reducing the effects of climate change.
The article highlights basic UV disinfection concepts with discussions of considerations taken when comparing UV and other alternatives for wastewater disinfection.
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has given its nod to a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) proposal asking for radiation technology to set up a sludge treatment plant near the Rithala Sewage treatment plant here. The DJB move aims to convert waste sludge to act as an environment healer as …
This new CPCB study on water consumption and sewage disposal patterns finds that 70% of the total municipal sewage and effluent from over 900 cities and towns are being discharged untreated into rivers, which are a major source of drinking water. The status of water supply and sanitation significantly indicate …
Several aquatic macrophytes were evaluated for their metal accumulation potentials from sewage water of four sites of Ayodhya and Faizabad under laboratory conditions.
A new generation, of responsible entrepreneurs, that shares the common passion and dream of making our earth a carbon free and a safer place to live in, is taking the lead today. They are setting examples for others to follow by starting up their own ventures in the clean technology …
