Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 25/07/2018 regarding pollution in river Yamuna. On 13th January 2015 NGT had passed an Order for setting up and operationalising STPs to overcome the deficiency in treating the sewerage being discharged …
German Development Bank will provide financial assistance of Rs 960 crore for clean drinking water and cleaning of the Ganga a memorandum of which is likely to be signed in December this year. Experts from Germany will supervise the construction of 15 Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) and their 10 networkings. …
With lakhs of pilgrims thronging the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir annually, its management has turned to the latest eco-friendly technology to protect the environment around the cave shrine. With lakhs of pilgrims thronging the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir annually, its management has turned to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs State of Punjab dated 16/07/2018 regarding contamination of drinking water by heavy metals in Punjab especially in Districts of Amritsar and Ludhiana because of polluting industries. A Report of the Punjab Pollution Control Board …
Under the proposed project, the PMC plans to construct 11 new STPs of 396 MLD treatment capacity in total to cater to sewage generation for up to 2027, along with laying 113.6 km of sewers and construction of 24 community toilets. After a delay of two years since the Union …
There is a high correlation between urbanisation and the emission of greenhouse gases. Landfills and sewers in cities generate 15% of methane emissions; this sector offers immense possibilities for the mitigation of methane emissions in Asian megacities. Capturing methane by efficiency improvements in the working of both sewage treatment plants …
Punjab Environment Minister O P Soni today asserted untreated sewage of the cities will not be let into rivers and strict action will be taken against municipal corporations responsible for allowing polluted water into rivers. Soni presided over a meeting of the high-powered committee constituted by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh …
State Environment Minister OP Singh on Tuesday said that 80 per cent of the city’s pollution was due to the Municipal Corporation (MC). He was here to interact with industrialists of the city on the issue of environment. The minister said the department had decided to raise the issue of …
Haridwar: Namami Gange, the flagship scheme of the Union government meant to clean and rejuvenate the Ganga, is unlikely to be completed by March 2019, the deadline set for it despite the claims made by the government agencies engaged in the work. A spot visit by TOI to two major …
GURUGRAM: Environmental activists have suspected it for long, but now, they can place actual figures against their suspicion. The quality of Gurugram’s groundwater is deteriorating with each passing year, in what should be a major concern for public health, according to data for three financial years — 2015-16, 2016-17 and …
Ludhiana: In order to finalize plans for rejuvenation of Buddha Nullah, officials have started their exercise around the drain after a special plan was announced by the state government. On 6 June, the chief executive officer of Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Corporation (PMIDC), Ajoy Sharma, is likely to visit the …
It was in 2014 that the Namami Gange project was launched in Uttarakhand but four years down the line the project continues to be sluggish and is expected to miss the completion deadline of March 2019 set by the Central government. The construction of mandatory STPs continues to be slow …
The existence of the Rewalsar Lake is at stake due to the increasing pollution level. The lake has turned muddy. Locals are concerned about its conservation, which has religious importance. This is for the second time when locals have observed a big change in the colour of lake water. Last …
The report summarises water quality of the river during four rounds of biological testing in the Uttarakhand stretch, and reveals that at the Haridwar barrage biological water quality improves from slight pollution to clean. Biological monitoring of the Ganga has shown that two major tributaries, Pandu and Varuna, are increasing …
BENGALURU: Ulsoor Lake is back to looking green — and not from envy. A large part of the lake, one of the city's best known landmarks, is covered by water hyacinth, so much so that it resembles a lush carpet of green. Until a week ago, the lake sparkled with …
This policy announced by the Gujarat government will promote the use of treated wastewater and will see the setting up of sewage treatment plants (STP) in all major towns and cities of Gujarat. The Gujarat government unveiled its 'Reuse of Treated Waste Water Policy' which aims to reduce the state's …
The recent report of water pollution reported from river Beas leading to the death of countless fishes and aquatic species in the river has raised serious concerns over the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded Beas canal water project that would provide potable water from the river to the city residents. According …
Egyptian football star, Mohammed Salah recently made news off the field for his philanthropic work. The footballer bought land and paid for a sewage plant to be built, to supply his village with clean water. The remarkable deed by the Liverpool striker has been hailed by many across the continent. …
Government has secured €96 million (approximately 98bn) for putting in place the first ever Kigali Sanitation and Central Sewerage System, funds that will come from both the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The funding, which is in the form of a loan, was approved this …
Dehradun, Kedarnath, Srikot and Uttarkashi will now be part of the Namami Ganga Action Plan. This was announced on Wednesday during the tripartite consultancy meeting on Namami Ganga Project. Earlier, these cities and towns were not part of the Ganga action plan. With the inclusion, the activities like construction of …
