Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The first time professor Sherri Mason cut open a Great Lakes fish, she was alarmed at what she found. Synthetic fibers were everywhere. Under a microscope, they seemed to be “weaving themselves into the gastrointestinal tract”. Though she had been studying aquatic pollution around the Great Lakes for several years, …
Victims of a toxic waste spill scandal in Ivory Coast won a High Court case on Thursday against their British law firm. The claimants complained that solicitors Leigh Day failed to ensure a compensation package of USD 8.6 million in damages reached them. In 2009 the oil company had agreed …
One of the first announcements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi pertained to cleaning the Ganga. But this is not the first time an attempt has been made to clean the river. River cleaning schemes initiated in 1974, 1985, 1993, 1996 and 2008-09 have been monumental failures. While the Prime Minister's …
CHENNAI: Activists are concerned over the high mercury levels in the ecologically sensitive Pambar Shola reserve forest due to the Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) thermometer factory at Kodaikanal. Sediment samples collected from two stream beds within the forest range has clocked mercury levels that are much higher than previous samples. …
Cuncolim locals have demanded that the government carry out an inspection of the hazardous waste dumped at Cuncolim industrial estate, waste from steel factory and pollution caused by the fish meal plants. They have demanded that the authorities take care of the hazardous waste left behind in a plot by …
Kolhapur: Sugar factories in Panchganga basin will face action if they had crushed excess sugarcane than the stipulated limit during the 2015-16 season. S Chokalingam, Pune divisional commissioner, has asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to check the limit of each factory and the actual sugarcane crushed. The inquiry …
KANPUR: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has allowed two tanneries of Kanpur Nagar to operate on certain conditions. NGT in its order has directed management of these two tanneries to operate their units for two weeks only, as during this period a team of experts would examine the equipment and measures …
Senior Minister in the Raghubar Das Cabinet and in-charge of Food and Civil Supplies Department Saryu Roy has come down heavily on Chairman of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) for turning a blind eye to pollution and encroachment into important rivers of Jharkhand. He is on a tour of …
China has released an ambitious plan to make 90 per cent of its polluted agricultural land “safely usable” within four years, as it addresses a longtime problem that affects food security and public health. A survey published in 2014 estimated that 20 per cent of China’s arable land was contaminated …
SRIKAKULAM: A spike in the number of whales getting washed ashore on the eastern sea coast is possibly an indicator of the high pollution in these waters, experts said. In this district of Andhra Pradesh, two whale deaths were reported in May. The carcass of a baleen whale washed up …
SURAT: The Ambika River Bachao Janhit Raksha Abhiyan, a non-government organization (NGO), has raised an environment appeal in the public interest to save the rivers flowing from Navsari district from the indiscriminate sand and gravel mining, and the release of untreated polluting water from the nearby industries. An appeal-cum-memorandum in …
Kochi: Rejecting the explanation given by Sree Sakthi Paper Mills Ltd, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has ordered the company to close down the unit and halt all process/production activities resulting in effluents and discharging the same into Periyar. According to PCB notice, the mill has to remain …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to monitor the ambient air quality, stack emission and waste water discharged from a polluting plant at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. Hearing a petition filed by five villagers of Udayabata in Paradip on April 27, the tribunal …
For a devotee, a visit to Atariya temple in Rudrapur was seldom complete without a dip in the sacred Kalyani river. The river, which flowed at a small distance from the temple, invited believers and residents alike, who came either to take a bath or to simply walk along its …
TNPL has sanctioned Rs. 49.16 lakh for conducting the study Tamil Nadu Agricultural University – Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute at Navalur Kuttapattu near here has been assigned the responsibility of ascertaining the environmental quality following the setting up of the paperboard industry at Mondipatti area near Manapparai …
The National Green Tribunal has directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to close ceramic industries operating without approval and not adhering to mandatory pollution norms in Khurja city. The green panel also directed the UPPCB to prosecute ceramic industries, which have failed to comply with the Environment Protection Act, …
Kochi: Periyar is turning out to be hell for fish this summer, with the yet another 'kill' reported from the river near Pathalam on Tuesday afternoon. The river has seen frequent incidents of fish kill over the past few months, resulting in public uproar and little else. According to locals, …
MEERUT: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide the list of industries which are said to have contributed to the pollution of rivers and groundwater sources in six districts of western UP. The state government, on its part, has asked for three weeks' …
Aurangabad: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has served closure notice to three industries in the Waluj industrial zone for violating environment norms. It has also directed the authorities concerned to disconnect water and electricity supply to these industries. The Aurangabad division of the MPCB issued directives to Pooja Engineering, …
New norms for abatement of pollution and stringent action against the violators helped bring down wastes from industrial units flowing into the Ganga by nearly 35 per cent over the past one year, the government said on Sunday. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar told PTI his ministry "concentrated" on 764 "grossly …
