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 …
Quantifying rates of primary production and respiration is fundamental to understanding ecosystem function. This study utilized high-frequency time series, buoy-based sensor data to estimate daily primary production and respiration rates during the summers of 2012–2015 in southern Green Bay, Lake Michigan. Highly coherent diel oscillations of dissolved oxygen concentrations in …
Rampant dumping of waste and encroachments on Arthala Lake located close to Hindon River in Ghaziabad on Thursday came under the lens of the National Green Tribunal which sought response from the Centre and UP government on the issue. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices …
BENGALURU: Even Voracious African Catfish Struggling For Survival It is 10.30am and Lokesh M is hauling his coracle out of Varthur Lake's filthy water. He has spent four hours in the water body searching for fodder for his cattle. "Imagine trying to swim in a pool. It's even more taxing. …
The high court refused to grant divorce on the grounds of 'irretrievable breakdown of marriage', saying that only the Supreme Court has the power to do so.The high court refused to grant divorce on the grounds of 'irretrievable breakdown of marriage', saying that o... Read More HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad High …
Nagpur: Immersion of idols of Lord Ganesh commenced on Tuesday. Immersions continued in lakes excluding Sonegaon despite a ban, thanks to negligence of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) towards their own bylaws of prohibiting immersion of idols in water bodies. The civic authorities are supposed to …
More than 300 million people in Asia, Africa and Latin America are at risk of life-threatening diseases like cholera and typhoid due to the increasing pollution of water in rivers and lakes, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said. Between 1990 and 2010, pollution caused by viruses, bacteria and other …
Water pollution has risen across three continents, placing hundreds of millions of people at risk of contracting life-threatening diseases like cholera and typhoid, UN Environment warns. The worrying rise in the pollution of surface waters in Asia, Africa and Latin America also threatens to damage vital sources of food and …
Kolhapur: The National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has warned the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) against executing its project to revive historical Rankala lake, which involves clearing up of the sediment. NEERI tabled a report regarding its findings to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) presented on Friday. The report was …
HYDERABAD: What was a clean water body not long ago, Ibrahim Cheruvu in Rajendranagar has now been reduced to a filthy lake -- a picture of neglect and apathy. The curprit? Foul water from septic tanks let into the lake and indiscriminate garbage dumping, say members of city-based NGO Save …
Steps should be taken at the earliest to de-silt and deepen Sembakkam lake, remove encroachments that have eaten into it, and arrest the discharge of sewage into the sprawling waterbody,” said M. Ravi, secretary, Sri Sarvamangala Nagar Residents Association, Chitlapakkam. The Association is waging a battle for the lake’s restoration, …
A division bench of justice Abhay Oka and justice Amjad Sayed has directed the collector while hearing a public interest litigation filed by social activist Shiv Shankar Joshi. The Bombay high court has asked the district collector suburban to verify and submit a report by September 20, on whether dumping …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution in Rivers/Lakes, 19/07/2016. The programmes of NRCP & NGRBA (till 31/07/2014) have so far covered polluted stretches of 43 rivers in 200 towns spread over 21 States at a sanctioned cost of `12202.59 crore and sewage treatment capacity of 5169 million litres per …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution in Rivers/Lakes, 19/07/2016. The programmes of NRCP & NGRBA (till 31/07/2014) have so far covered polluted stretches of 43 rivers in 200 towns spread over 21 States at a sanctioned cost of `12202.59 crore and sewage treatment capacity of 5169 million litres per …
KANPUR: Thousands of fishes of different species including 'Chilwa' and cat fish died in the lake of Kanpur zoo following dip in the level of dissolved oxygen in the lake water. The dead fishes were found floating on the water surface in the lake spread in an area of 10 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Vetri Magalir Mandram Vs Department of Environment and Forest, Government of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 13/07/2016 regarding dumping of municipal solid waste, including Bio-medical and hazardous waste and burning the same in Koladi Lake, Thiruverkadu.
About 12,000 tonnes of rubbish dumped on the edge of Lake Tai continues to pose a contamination risk to drinking water in Suzhou, but local authorities and residents still can’t agree on exactly what the garbage contains, mainland media report. In one instance, Suzhou police discovered on July 1 that …
Kolhapur: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) will hear the petition about pollution in the Rankala lake on Friday. The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has already submitted an action plan to curb lake pollution using central funding and is expected to get directives from the tribunal in …
Fly ash helps in the treatment of polluted water even with 10,000/20,000 parts per million (ppm) sewage and industrial effluents, says a researcher. dh file pic Several agencies may have come forward to clean Bellandur lake, Bengaluru’s biggest sewage-filled and highly polluted water body, at crores of rupees, but researchers …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday promised to extend all help to rejuvenate the lakes in Bengaluru and asked the Karnataka government to complete the task in a time-bound manner. Reviewing the progress of the lake revival programme in Bengaluru, along with the officials of the …
NGO Plant and Animals Welfare Society (PAWS-Mumbai) complained to the civic body about unauthorized sewerage and effluents being released into Powai lake. The activists said pollutants are affecting the lake's biodiversity. "We have submitted a letter to the S ward office. We also plan to meet senior officials to stop …
