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. …
A report by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) submitted to National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the city's sewage treatment shows why it is highly unrealistic to expect a clean Yamuna anytime soon. The report states that against a generation of 4,200 million litres a day (MLD) of waste water, about …
Cost-intensive conventional sewage treatment plants have often stopped civic agencies from investing in treating effluents entering lakes. Now, the lake division of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in association with some private players has come out with a cost-effective natural osmosis technique to filter sewage. Using the corporate social …
Panic gripped a posh society in Bavdhan after one of its residents tested positive for dengue recently, which immediately triggered many others to make a beeline for their doctors' appointment. The society, Viva Hallmark in Patilnagar, houses 215-odd families who attributed the rise in mosquito-borne diseases to the society's poor …
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has drafted a time-bound plan to arrest sewage water flowing into the Panchganga river leading to its pollution. The plan was drafted after the state environment ministry slammed the civic authorities for failing to address pollution in the river. Civic officials met the state authorities …
Governor NN Vohra, Chairman, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), has appealed to pilgrims and all stakeholders of the Amarnath yatra to maintain cleanliness and sanitation in the entire area, from the base camps onwards, to preserve the natural environment. The Governor has particularly requested the stakeholders not to use polythene …
Nagpur: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has provided the much-needed push to rejuvenate the city's iconic Nag River and its tributary Pili. The ministry approved the Nagpur Municipal Corporation's Nag river pollution abatement project that also comprises north and central sewage zone projects at a meeting …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/06/2016 regarding cleaning up of Yamuna river in Delhi. Tribunal asks the Expert Committee consisting of Prof. A. K. Gosain, Prof. A. A. Kazmi, Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 06/06/2016 regarding cleaning up of river Yamuna. In the Order Tribunal observes that the water of Yamuna is highly contaminated and polluted which contain acidic, heavy metals and other high pollutants …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation & Others dated 06/06/2016 regarding water scarcity in Tehsil Kasauli, Solan District, Himachal Pradesh. NGT directs the State of Himachal Pradesh to file all annexures …
Dead fish were found floating at the Hebbal lake on Monday morning. dh photo Hebbal lake, one of the three historic lakes created by Bengaluru founder Kempegowda I has literally turned into a watery grave. Hundreds of dead fishes were found in the lake and along the shore. The incident …
Dehradun: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Uttarakhand government for non-implementation of its order on pollution in the Kosi river in Nainital. The green panel had directed that an action plan for the collection and disposal of sewage in the area along the river be submitted within …
Experts blame BWSSB for flaws in sewerage network This is evident in the fact that Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is unable to stop inflow of untreated sewage to the water bodies even in core areas, where sanitary network is in place. Mostly encroached and sewage-fed, Bengaluru’s still …
Irregularities have regularly plagued mega construction projects in Bengaluru. But the National Green Tribunal (NGT) verdict on the one linked to Mantri Tech Zone/Coremind could force a dramatic course correction. Could this mean the industry juggernaut that swallows up lakes galore be finally regulated? The line-up against the encroachment of …
Pointing out how the work of Ganga rejuvenation is getting delayed due to multiplicity of implementing authorities, the parliamentary Committee on Estimates - chaired by the BJP Lok Sabha member Murli Manohar Joshi - on Wednesday suggested setting up an apex body, headed by the Prime Minister, for better coordination …
The Committee on Estimates present this Fifteenth Report on 'Ganga Rejuvenation'. The parliamentary panel expressed its concern over Ganga being listed among the 10 most polluted rivers in the world. Renowned hydrologists and experts on river dynamics and water management testified before the Committee that the Ganga bears no comparison …
Often at loggerheads, the BJP-led NDA government and the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation on Saturday came together to launch a fresh “wholesome” action plan worth around Rs 825 crore to rid Yamuna of its filth within two-and-half years. Under the third Yamuna Action Plan (YAP), flagged off by Union water resources …
The National Green Tribunal in this landmark judgment imposed a new buffer zone of 75 metres for lakes and wetlands which will be a no-construction zone, as opposed to 30 metres of buffer earlier in Bangalore. The court also ordered Mantri Techzone Private Limited to demolish structures built on buffer …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Sewage Treatment Plants for Cleaning of Ganga Rivers, 02/05/2016. 41 Sewage treatment plants development / rehabilitation under 34 projects, having total capacity of 808.23 mld, have been sanctioned in the Ganga Basin States since inception of NGRBA Programme. The List of STP projects sanctioned …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Babu Lal Jajoo Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 02/05/2016 regarding sewage water and also storm water being drained into the Gandhi Sagar Lake, Bhilwara, Rajasthan. The Court has also been informed that at present …
Noida: Metro projects are not required to seek environmental clearance from the central and state governments, the environment ministry and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday. The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) and DMRC made this assertion in response to …
