Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Indicted for killing fish: Thames Water, the largest water and wastewater services company in the UK, was recently ordered to pay US $180,643 by a UK court for accidentally releasing sodium hydroxide into the Wandle river in south west London in September, 2007. It turned the river milky and more …
Toxic waste is a problem. Whose? RE 0.70 buys one of the cheapest paracetamol pills in the Indian market. An essential drug, it needs to be kept inexpensive. Manufacturing such drugs has a much bigger cost that is never factored into the pricing: pharma factories release large quantities of slurry, …
Ahmedabad: Workers and their families in Vatva, Pirana, Narol prone to skin ailment, water-borne diseases Lethal skin ailments and waterborne diseases are stalking thousands of workers and families in the industrial zones of Vatva, Pirana and Narol in the state. Field studies by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is implementing Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Project with the objective to support the development of institutional and methodological framework for implementing of pilots for rehabilitation of highly polluted sites resulting from rapid industrialization. Ministry of Environment and Forests, under this Project has …
KARUR: Safe disposal of sludge generated by the dyeing units in Karur district continues to be a problem as the Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility planned at Mathagiri village has not taken off despite getting all governmental clearance. There are hundreds of manual and machine bleaching and dyeing units in …
- Illegal mining and mushrooming sponge iron units spell pollution peril for Giridih SHAHNAWAZ AKHTAR Up in smoke: Iron and steel factory in Giridih Giridih, Feb. 24: For a getaway once famed for its uncontaminated ambience, this is a shocker. Rampant mining of coal and mica and poison fumes billowing …
Ahmedabad: After four days of breakdown in the mega pipeline in Vatva, neither Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) nor Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have tested samples of overflowing effluent water in low-lying residential areas in the region. And still residents staying in Vanjaravas, Vaghrivas and Barotvas of Vatva are forced …
Chandigarh: UT Administration replies to PIL seeking CNG, LPG be made mandatory for public vehicles In response to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to make mandatory use of CNG or LPG for public vehicles in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the Chandigarh Administration has said that there is no …
Records of hazardous waste generated by the unit were not maintained Hazardous waste was being produced during several steps in production of aluminium. Waste from pots, or vessels in which final chemical reaction to produce aluminium takes place, was found containing cyanide and fluoride beyond permissible limits Waste produced by …
People come to the Bhima river in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to rejoice. They leave behind a drain Pandharpur, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Bhima river in Maharashtra, hosts four religious yatras every year. Over two million people take part in these yatras, which celebrate, among other things, four …
WASHINGTON - Two oil refiners in Wyoming and Kansas have agreed to pay a total of $141 million to settle air pollution violations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday. Frontier Oil Corp is set to pay a $1.23 million civil penalty and spend about $127 million on pollution …
ISLAMABAD: There is a dire need for rehabilitation of Kasur Tanneries Waste Treatment Plant. The Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali expressed these views while chairing a meeting of stakeholders and government functionaries to review Kasur
Exposure to heavy metals may cause kidney damage. The population living near the Avonmouth zinc smelter has been exposed to cadmium and other heavy metals for many decades. The study aimed to assess Cd body burden and early signs of kidney damage in the Avonmouth population.
