Industrial Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Futala lake pollution, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 05/06/2025

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 …

Environment Ministry planning to use real time violation alerts

Aiming to bring in better adherence to environmental pollution norms, the Prakash Javadekar-led Environment ministry now plans to use real time violation alerts as evidence against defaulting industries. To ensure there is legal backing to this "technology backed evidence" of violating environmental norms, the Environment is also set to amend …

With 19 more sewage plants in City, lakes set to come to life

Bengaluru’s numerous lakes that are full of sewage are set to see better days. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will set up 19 more Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) at Rs 2,500 crore over the next four years to keep sewage away from the lakes. Once that happens, …

NTPC Lara plant’s periphery to have 100-metre ‘green belt’

NTPC Ltd has made a provision of '100 metre width green belt' around its upcoming 1600 MW Lara Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. In, addition, extensive plantation will be undertaken in and around the project site, officials stated. NTPC's upcoming Lara Super Thermal Power Project …

Unauthorised dyeing units warned against discharging effluents into river

Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy has warned unauthorised dyeing units functioning in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam against discharging effluents into River Cauvery and polluting the river. The Collector said that many small and medium sized processing units are functioning in the two places of which many are unauthorised. A total of 569 unauthorised …

PIL on industrial waste dumping sites

Ahmedabad: An NGO Shree Mahila Charitable Trust filed four PILs in Gujarat high court (HC) on Wednesday against the government's decision to choose spots within 500 metre of habitation as industrial dumping sites. The PIL claims that this is in violation of the guidelines issued by the HC with regard …

Personal care products pack toxic microbeads

As we finish using an aesthetically designed tube of toothpaste, face wash or face wash, thousands of microbeads and microplastics would have mixed with the water systems, thereby causing serious environmental damage. More than 455 billion plastic microbe ads and 749 billion microplastics have been released into the Indian ocean …

Ottaparai residents demand closure of polluting units

Several residents of Ottaparai Panchayat staged a demonstration in front of Chennimalai Bus Stand on Thursday demanding closure of dyeing and bleaching units in their village. Effluent The protesters complained that the nearly 10 polluting units illegally diverted untreated effluent into the village tank causing contamination of ground water and …

State govt rapped for giving wrong information to green panel

DEHRADUN: National Green Tribunal pulled up the state government for giving false information before it in the matter of beach camps still continuing on Ganga and its tributaries. In the hearing , the Tribunal had also asked TOI to be present, regarding the paper's report on beach camps operating on …

42 polluting units along Hindon shut

Ghaziabad: Forty-two industrial units have been closed down in six districts of UP for polluting the Hindon, according to a report of an inter-departmental committee set up to rejuvenate the river. In fact, a total of 265 polluting industries - primarily dealing in fabrics, tannery, paper, sugar and distillery - …

Bawankule does a U-turn on Vena River pollution

Nagpur: Guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule seems to have lost his zeal for reducing pollution of water bodies in the district. After first refusing to accept the clean chit given to industries on Vena River pollution by the tehsildars, he has now accepted their report. On January 8, the minister had …

More than 600 Unilever sites reach zero waste to landfill status

Unilever has today (9 February) revealed that more than 600 of its sites across 70 countries have achieved zero waste to landfill status, after the company identified alternate routes for non-hazardous waste streams in its operations. The consumer goods firm – recognised as one of the most sustainable businesses on …

NGT imposes Rs 30 lac fine on U'khand unit for polluting Ganga

Cracking the whip on an industrial unit in Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal today imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on it for discharging effluent directly into the drains joining river Ganga. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed a fabrication and trailer manufacturing unit in …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding groundwater pollution by industries in Punjab, 10/02/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jai Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/02/2016 regarding groundwater pollution by industries in Punjab. The State of Punjab shall file status report on the construction of CETP including the steps taken for the construction of …

Greedy mint money by polluting

Ahmedabad: Poisonous vapours from the sewage line in house killed Shyama Kumawat, 26, a resident of Silver City Society on Vastral Road, and her daughters Sangeeta and Lalita in March last year. In the subsequent probe, the Ramol police found that the deaths were caused by illegal dumping of toxic …

Rise in cancer cases due to lifestyle, pollution

On the eve of World Cancer Day, health experts blamed increasing urbanisation, lifestyle changes, high levels of industrial and environmental pollution and inadvertent entry of chemicals in the human food chain for an alarming rise in incidence of cancer in the country. The experts claimed that urbanisation contains several accompanying …

Eight central ministries join hands for the ambitious clean Ganga mission

Seeking to use different arms of the government in pursuing the gigantic task of Ganga cleaning, the Union water resources ministry has signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) with seven ministries to carry forward multi-sectoral activities for minimum three years to rejuvenate the river. Under the MoU, which was …

Strict pollution check in industrial pockets

Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is in the process of selecting agencies that will collect environmental samples from the industrial areas of Asansol, Howrah, Haldia and Durgapur and send them to a laboratory for the analysis of the quality of the ambient air and surface as well …

NGT direction to UP government on Ganga pollution issue

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh government and its state pollution control board to apprise the public about pending proceedings as it may order shifting of polluting industrial units located on the banks of Ganga. The green panel also asked ministry of environment and forests and ministry …

Water Scarcity, Pollution Uppal's Major Problems

HYDERABAD: Drinking water is a major problem in Uppal area. It is supplied on alternate days or once in three days. Even the quantity of water supplied is meagre. As a result, people living in about 30 colonies in the area are worst-hit. When we explained about the problem to …

Environment Ministry Notifies Stricter Standards for Sugar Industry

The Government has notified stricter environment standards for sugar industries operating in various states in the country. The primary aim of these standards is to minimise water pollution. The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has notified the standards on January 14, 2016, in Gazette of India. Specific wastewater …

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