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 …
Growing mounds of electronic scrap can mean profits or scandals. Poor countries have long been a popular destination for the rich world’s toxic trash. In 1987 an Italian importer sparked international outrage by dumping 8,000 leaky barrels in the Nigerian village of Koko. On January 9th Nigeria fined importers $1m …
Taking notice of increasing contamination of water in the Keenjhar lake by the release of toxic waste via Kalri-Baghar (KB) feeder, the district administration of Thatta requested the Sindh government on Wednesday to set up a high-level committee to devise concrete strategies to prevent further contamination of lake water. Relying …
Harmful chemicals like lead, arsenic, poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organic carbon and elemental carbon, besides an alarming level of particulate matter (PM) of 2.5 and 10 aerodynamic diameter, have been detected in the industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) in a latest study conducted by IIT Kanpur. These findings have been …
Ahmedabad: Ram Singh Ranawat, 40, a resident of Gordhannagar near Narol, and his 19-year-old son bid final farewells to their family members on Thursday evening. Earlier in the day, Ranawat’s wife Sugan, 38, and their two teenaged sons — Sharvan, 17 and Surendra, 14 were asphixiated by a mysterious gas …
BHUBANESWAR: Hospitals generating large amount of biomedical wastes would soon be able to dispose them of without emitting toxic chemicals. Non-burn technology in the state's selected hospitals, would soon replace the old practice of burning biomedical waste in an incinerator, which emit toxic chemicals. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board …
Clouds of smoke billow from the chimneys at a Chinese chemical plant rumbling with activity, more than a year after authorities closed it following protests by thousands of people. The factory in Dalian was ordered to halt work and relocate 17 months ago after local residents took to the streets, …
People living in peripheral villages of Sewa Paper Mill, Gangapur, have threatened to lock the mill as the unit is releasing toxic water into their areas. "Farmlands have been damaged by the toxic water released by the paper mill. We have to sustain heavy losses because of this. Many times …
An abrupt release of toxic chemicals into the Kalri Baghar (KB) feeder through its link canal has resulted in mass deaths of fish and other wetland species in Thatta district, sources told Dawn here on Monday. However, the Kotri Association of Trade and Industry denied it was releasing chemicals into …
Many industrial units functioning near Kalingarayan Canal Farmers in the Kalingarayan ayacut areas in the district are now forced to use water from Kalingarayan Canal that is mixed with untreated effluents and waste water discharged by textile processing and tannery units. The Public Works Department stopped on December 20 the …
Italy's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant going during a two-year clean-up to resolve environmental concerns. The Chamber of Deputies approved the decree by 421 to 21 votes. It will now move to the Senate for final approval. The future of …
They were found to be discharging effluents into waterways The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board demolished 11 unauthorised textile processing units, here, on Monday. The units, located in Surampatti dam, Kasipalayam, Kollampalayam and Choolai areas, were found pumping huge amount of untreated, toxic effluents into the waterways, causing irreversible damage …
The Brahmani river here is facing pollution threat. Release of ash water and other wastes from the 460-mw Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) here into the Brahmani has ended up severely polluting the river. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board and the State Government have allegedly remained a mute spectator …
Bhopal, December 2 : The 28th anniversary of the world's worst industrial tragedy falls on December 3, but the toxic chemical waste at the Union Carbide plant premises here has not been disposed of and is unlikely to be done soon. “The Madhya Pradesh government's efforts to dispose of the …
The 28th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial tragedy falls on December 3, but the toxic chemical waste at the Union Carbide plant premises here has not been disposed off and is unlikely to be done soon. “The Madhya Pradesh government’s efforts to dispose off the waste so far has …
Across the former Soviet Union harmful agricultural chemicals were either buried or improperly stored. Now the process of clean-up has begun At Tegul'det (population 3,000), a village in the south-east corner of Tomsk oblast, it takes a lot to upset the residents, busy hunting, fishing and preening their vegetable patches, …
South Korea is to hold public consultations on where to store waste nuclear fuel as storage capacity at its reactors is reaching full capacity, the government said on Tuesday. The plan to set up an independent consultative body comes as South Korea grapples with its worst nuclear crisis ever after …
The chairman and managing director of Bathinda Chemicals Limited (BCL) Rajinder Mittal claimed that his distillery located near the Machhana village was not creating pollution, as had been claimed by the members of the NGO, Association for Democratic Rights (AFDR). Mittal claimed his unit was among the best managed distilleries …
British regulators filed charges against the owners of the Sellafield nuclear waste site on Thursday on allegations of illegal dumping of radioactive waste, adding to the plant's history of controversy and complaints. The nine charges relate to the dumping of low-level waste in a landfill in 2010, the latest in …
Boxes Don’t Bear Pollution Labels, No Quality Checks For Crackers: Experts New Delhi: Two days to Diwali and Sadar Bazar’s market for fireworks is teeming with people. Bright colourful boxes of crackers blazoned with wide smiles are flying off the shelves. In the crush of people, there’s hardly enough time …
Jaipur: A Central government study conducted earlier this year concluded that not a single firecracker available in the market was within the prescribed noise level limits set by the Supreme Court. A test of 846 firecrackers made by 144 manufacturers in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu – the hub of firecracker production …
