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 …
Although India is set to become water scarce country by 2025 due to demand-supply mis-match, the water sector is expected to see investment of $13 billion from overseas players in the next few years, a new study has said. “With increasing household income and increasing contributions from the service and …
Although India is set to become water scarce country by 2025 due to demand-supply mis-match, the water sector is expected to see investment of USD 13 billion from overseas players in the next few years, a new study has said. "India's demand for water is expected to exceed all current …
California water regulators on Wednesday adopted a new uniform permitting process for seawater desalination projects expected to expand in number as the drought-stricken state increasingly turns to the ocean to supplement its drinking supplies. Action on the desalination rule, which puts key decisions for such plants in the hands of …
Hebei province has fined six wastewater treatment plants nearly 20.48 million yuan ($3.3 million) for discharging excessive pollutants. A plant in Zaoqiang county was ordered to pay more than 6.8 million yuan, the highest fine among the six, for not taking requested corrective measures, according to the Hebei provincial Environmental …
Shijiazhuang - Fifty-six major enterprises in Hebei, considered one of the most polluted provinces in China, signed environmental protection commitment letters in a meeting hosted by the provincial environmental protection department on Wednesday in Shijiazhuang. The letters define the enterprises' responsibilities as the main players in environmental protection, and specifically …
This report focuses on the urban water management challenges facing cities across OECD countries, and explores both national and local policy responses with respect to water-risk exposure, the state of urban infrastructures and dynamics, and institutional and governance architectures. The analyses focus on four mutually dependent dimensions – finance, innovation, …
The word mismanagement sums up Delhi’s annual water crisis. The national capital was declared as the world’s second most populous city in the year 2014 by United Nations (UN). Delhi is home to some 25 million people and the cleavage between demand and supply for water keeps growing at a …
The State government plans to make recycling of water mandatory for major and medium industries, Water Resources Minister M B Patil said on Saturday. Speaking after inaugurating a workshop - Mirco Irrigation: A Way Forward - he said the existing industries will be given three years’ time to set up …
Cairo — A flagship of South-South Cooperation, the UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme completed its second phase with a report launched during the 15th session of African Ministerial Conference on the Environment. As a flagship of South-South Cooperation, the UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme completed its second phase with a report launched during the …
(Bloomberg) -- India is spending 59 billion rupees ($956 million) on sewage and waste treatment to begin cleaning its biggest and holiest waterway, the Ganges River. Of the 80 effluent treatment and water-monitoring projects planned by the National Ganga River Basin Authority in five states, 25 have been completed, Sanwar …
Rapid industrialization is adversely impacting the environment globally. Pollution by inappropriate management of industrial wastewater is one of the major environmental problems in India as well, especially with burgeoning small scale industrial sector in the country. To address the pollution coming out from industries, adoption of cleaner production technologies and …
However, Bill Gates has backed a new hi-tech water plant than could bring clean water to Africa - and has even drunk it. The Microsoft founder has backed a Seattle firm's radical machine that uses a combination of steam and filters to convert human waste into water the firm says …
India has 18% of the world’s population, 1.15 billion people, but access to only 4% of world’s fresh water resources. In the recent past, the dependency of Indian agriculture on ground water resources has increased upto an enormous extent due to several factors including increased demand of food, erratic behavior …
Launching the trans-Ganga scheme in Kanpur on Thursday, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said the state's first-of-its-kind initiative will house green, non-polluting industries on 350 acres of the total project. Akhilesh, who launched the project on Thursday, also directed authorities for four-laning of the Unnao-Shuklaganj-Kanpur stretch of the highway, with special …
Women in rainfed areas in Dharmapuri are switching over to kitchen gardens, which provide nutrition to the family as well as money. By recycling the limited water available, these women have shown that it is possible to grow vegetables all round the year. Original Source
The Delhi Jal Board’s interceptor sewer project has been listed in the KPMG’s list of 100 most innovative infrastructure investment projects in the world. The KPMG is one of the largest professional services companies in the world and a major auditor. “The list is an end-result of a careful scrutiny …
MINISTER of State in the Vice-President's Office ( Environment) Dr Binilith Mahenge, has commended North Mara Gold Mine for conforming to the highest environmental protection standards. "I am impressed to see that North Mara Gold Mine has heavily invested in environmental programmes and I believe other mines will take a …
Lahore—The Punjab government on Wednesday approved 11 development schemes of different development Sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 15,827.446 million. These schemes were approved in the 10th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of current fiscal year 2014-15 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Muhammad …
This report provides an overview of global experiences in water reuse. The primary objectives of this report are to: review a range of drivers, barriers, benefits, and incentives for water reuse and wastewater use outside of the United States; outline the state of, and geographic variation in, water reuse and …
Volkswagen Group is looking to make its production factories "wastewater-free" and has revealed that it is close to achieving this at a number of sites. The car maker has a goal to reduce freshwater consumption across its brand portfolio by 25% by 2018. It has since identified that virtually all …
