Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, had funded the setting up of a Centre of Excellence in the area of Decentralized Wastewater Management, in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras in the year 2009. The scope of the project included: preparation of detailed implementation plan in …
A city-based NGO on Monday came out with 10 remedial measures to save water which it wants the BMC to follow. Observer Research Foundation (ORF), in a report prepared by its research fellow Dhaval Desai, recommended the corporation to focus on stopping leakages in pipelines on a priority basis as …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said today it is providing $300 million in loans to overhaul the quality, coverage, and management of water and wastewater services in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. According to a press release issued by the ADB today, the multi-tranche financing facility approved by the ADB …
Better late than never. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) on Tuesday took its first step towards addressing the growing demand for water in the City. The Board signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore Co-operation Enterprise (SCE) and Temasek Foundation (TF), an investment arm of Singapore …
As per the decisions taken by DPCC in its Board meeting held on 06.10.2012, Restaurants, Eating Houses,Sweet Shops, Dhabas and Hotels [RESDH Sector] & Banquet Halls /Party Lawns are required to comply with the Effluent Standards, provide Effluent Treatment System and also comply with other requirements as set by DPCC.
Irrigation with wastewater releases pharmaceuticals, pathogenic bacteria, and resistance genes, but little is known about the accumulation of these contaminants in the environment when wastewater is applied for decades. We sampled a chronosequence of soils that were variously irrigated with wastewater from zero up to 100 years in the Mezquital …
The Danish Minister for the Environment Ida Auken will visit China this week leading a delegation of Danish and consultancy companies to boost the commercial ties between the two countries' water industries. Promoting a new initiative called "Rethink Water" launched by the Danish water industry, Auken's visit to Beijing, Zhengzhou …
CSE in collaboration with Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), Chittagong, Bangladesh organised a briefing workshop on “New Paradigms of Urban Wastewater Treatment – Challenges and Options” at Chittagong, Bangladesh on September 24, 2012. The aim of the workshop was to introduce the concept of Urban Wastewater Management and Rethinking for Sustainable …
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) will provide round-the-clock treated water to builders from its sewage treatment plants (STPs), said Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner P. C. Meena on Thursday at a meeting to sensitise the developers on the recent Punjab & Haryana High Court barring use of underground water for construction …
PANJIM: At a time when every single drop of water has been termed as precious by the state government, which aims to provide 24x7 supply, up to 12,000 cubic meters (or 12 MLD) of water treated at the sewerage plant at Tonca is flushed out into River Mandovi every single …
The second version of the JNNURM must focus on putting systems in place that stop the extensive wastage of water in urban areas A population of 377 million, spread over 7,935 cities and towns, projected to grow to over 600 million in another 20 years, presently contributing more than 60 …
All construction activity has been stalled in Gurgaon till the builders make arrangements to use recycled water from the Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) of Dhanwapur or Behrampur. The district administration has sent notices to 81 builders to produce a confirmation that they are no more extracting ground water and would …
The objective of this study is to evaluate contamination in groundwater due to distillery effluent irrigation. A study was conducted from 2008 to 2009 at 2 different times in a year, that is in March and October for 10 pre-identified locations at Gajraula and its suburbs of J. P. Nagar …
India needs to focus on treating waste water from the industries to meet the rising demand for fresh water. According to Pinaki Bhadury, Vice-President, Strategy Consulting (South Asia, Middle East, North Africa), Frost and Sullivan, while 30 per cent of industrial waste water in tier-I cities is recycled, the amount …
‘Water water everywhere; nor any drop to drink,’ said English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. That it could come true very soon if we do not do something about it was the main theme at the critical urban talk ‘Our Water’ organised …
Global leaders have called for substantial increases in private and public sector investment to enhance water efficiency in agriculture and reduce food waste. The announcement was made at the opening session of the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm, as politicians, CEOs and leaders of international organisations from more than …
AHMEDABAD: Even as 14 of Gujarat's 26 districts reel from a deficient monsoon, the babudom in Gandhinagar is consuming the most drinking water per capita in the country. The capital consumes 310 litres per capita per day (LPCD). Most of this water comes from the Narmada network. You'd be mistaken …
Say Govt. must focus on making the most of available resources As Delhi gets ready to implement public-private partnership models in the city to plug water and revenue leaks and ensure round-the-clock supply, water conservation experts want the Administration to look beyond dams and private companies and focus instead on …
A mega cement manufacturing plant and a 50 MW captive power generation unit will be set up at Burigpally and Ghanapur, in Chincholi taluk. The decision was made after Shiva Shankar Minerals Limited approached the government on establishing a factory to produce 3.5 million metric tons of cement each year. …
Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation has issued 1,002 challans against city residents wasting water as compared to just two last year. With the amount of fine being increased to Rs 2,000 this year, an amount of more than Rs 20 lakh was collected by the civic body. The Municipal Corporation holds …
