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 …
in yet another indictment of incineration technology, the waste-to-energy plant at Vijayawada recently stopped operations. There is now no functional incineration-based waste-to-energy plant in the country. The closure of the 6-mw Shriram Energy Systems Limited plant in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district, raises serious questions about this technology, which …
Urban India produces 120,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste each day. Businesses want to burn this garbage to produce electricity, using government subsidies. Environmentalists say this is not viable, given Indian conditions—they also fear toxic emissions from incineration. KUSHAL PAL SINGH YADAV analyses the costs and benefits of India’s waste …
The present study deals with physico-chemical analysis, treatment and utilization of Deoband sugar mill effluent. The effluent is treated with alkaline solution of hexacyanoferrate (III). 2007
A pot experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2002-2003 in the net house of the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, to study the effect of city wastewater on lentil. (2007)
A three phase inverse fluidized bed reactor was used to treat the starch industry wastewater. Experiments were carried out at different initial substrate concentrations and for various hydraulic retention time. (2007)
This report highlights the environmental degradation at Daurala town in Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh, as a result of heavy metals contamination within agricultural soils. The report focused n the resulting serious adverse impacts on the health and well being of the local residents due to the leaching of these heavy …
the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (gpcb) served a closure notice to a plant of Alembic Ltd in Panelav village of Panchmahal district, Gujarat, on August 25, 2006. It manufactures bulk drugs and drug intermediates. The notice was issued after it was found that the plant was environmentally hazardous and its …
a team of Kolkata-based researchers mapping the microbial population of the East Calcutta Wetlands (ecw), has isolated 22 easy-to-culture strains that can help clean up toxic soil and water. The bacteria can help remove metals such as chromium and lead, while some of the strains can degrade oils like petrol, …
Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh (up), a major sugarcane production centre in the country, is in the grip of severe air pollution, caused by unlicensed sugarcane crushing units. Only nine of 21 mills with a license function leaving the field open to thousands of illicit units. There are almost 400 …
the Gujarat High Court (hc) has severely indicted the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (gpcb) for the Kharicut canal pollution. A division bench comprising justices D H Vaghela and D N Patel observed that the gpcb had failed to deal with the canal pollution "with the seriousness it deserves'. The bench …
the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (mcgm) recently issued guidelines for proper collection, transportation and disposal of construction and demolition (c & d) waste. Mumbai generates over 2,200 tonnes of c & d debris each day, which is 30-35 per cent of the total daily waste. At present, this responsibility …
The cement industry is India's ultimate sunshine industry. Up until the 1980s, it was not growing phenomenally. Now it is. After cement was decontrolled in 1989, the industry took off
Recently, certain Mumbai temples have become sites of an initiative that's not entirely religious. Nirmalaya, floral offerings made by devotees, is composted at these temples and the manure is sold for Rs 20 per kilogramme. Nirmalaya manure has become quite a hit among devotees. The project is the brainchild of …
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The government says that poor people living along the Yamuna are the problem. But the fact is that s/he who uses the most water also generates the most waste. The situation in India's capital city is shameful in this regard. The bulk of the water goes to the rich and …
• Ensure all waste, legal and illegal, is trapped and treated to keep the drain clean • Augment and optimise treatment facilities, where needed, to treat this waste. Appropriate technologies of scale (centralised or local) should be adopted • Ensure treated effluent is reused and not mixed with untreated effluent …
the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (mcd) has asked the capital's hospitality industry to own responsibility for the waste it produces. The industry has to establish a waste segregation system by putting separate garbage bins for biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste. mcd has warned more than 500 major hotels of the city, …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (mcd) has released the capital's first garbage master plan. It involves putting in place a mechanism of engaging private operators for collecting and transporting municipal solid waste, and implementing a waste treatment and disposal plan through public-private partnership. The estimated expenditure is Rs 3,700 crore. …
a simple innovation might bring respite to those struggling to manage medical waste in an ecofriendly manner. Vikrant Chitnis, a senior research fellow at Indore-based Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, has developed a system that disinfects medical waste by exposing it to the sun's rays (which are capable of destroying …
