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 …
Following strong protests by the Maharashtra government, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed that hazardous waste at Bhopal's Union Carbide chemical plant, now owned by Dow Chemicals, will be incinerated at a facility at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh. Replying to a calling attention motion in the Assembly …
NEW DELHI: The union budget has failed to take steps to stop the misuse of diesel subsidy by private cars, said advocacy organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Saturday. Calling the budget as a mixed bag, Anumita Roychowdhury, head of CSE's sustainable mobility team, said they supported the tax …
A team of officials from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) demolished 11 unauthorised textile processing units in Erode town and its suburbs on Tuesday. The units were found functioning in Rasampalayam, SSP Nagar, and Kongampalayam and dumping huge amount of untreated, toxic effluents in the water sources. Officials demolished …
The Bhavani Municipality has a quick-fix method to clean up the holy site of Kooduthurai. It removes the waste from the holy site and dumps it into the Cauvery River. So, the more spruced up and clean Kooduthurai is, the dirtier Cauvery will be. Kooduthurai, where the Rivers Bhavani, Cauvery …
MUMBAI: Holi revelry took on a nightmarish hue in parts of the city on Thursday as "colour poisoning" caused the death of a child and led to the hospitalization of scores of others. About 195 people were admitted to Sion Hospital and another 12 to Rajawadi Hospital, beginning in the …
Over 160 people from Dharavi, many of them children, were hospitalised on Thursday as they took ill after playing Holi allegedly with toxic colours. While some children fainted or felt giddy, others went blue as the contaminated colours were ingested, witnesses and doctors said. Four children and one adult are …
Act now or it will be never! Three species of south Asia’s vultures are critically threatened with extinction in the near future. Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction (SAVE), a group of international experts — in its first meeting on saving the endangered raptors has strongly recommended legislations to stop the …
With Lambapur-Peddagattu uranium mines in Nalgonda district next in line for excavation, nuclear physicists from Osmania University, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology have established ‘baseline data’ for background radiation in villages in this uranium-rich belt near Nagarjunasagar reservoir. The expert team has found that mean …
A China battery unit of Johnson Controls was ordered to halt production by the government after the plant was linked to incidents of lead contamination in Shanghai that had sickened some children. Shanghai Johnson Controls International Battery Co came under the spotlight after children in the Kangqiao area of Shanghai …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has demolished a total of 11 textile processing units operated illegally in different parts of the Erode block during the last seven days. The board, along with the Revenue Department, re-launched the drive against the polluting textile processing and tannery units in the …
Garbage dumped in the open near a popular temple on Mussoorie Road has not only damaged the local environment but is also encouraging monkeys to settle in this area. Pollution caused by the dumping of garbage in the open in an ecologically sensitive area is not only posing threat to …
Canals in Erode district not maintained properly Farmers in the district have appealed to the district administration to initiate criminal action against the owners of polluting textile processing and tannery units in the district. Many farmers, who spoke at the grievances redressal meeting, wanted the administration to step up its …
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have promised death penalty for those involved in the "gutter oil" scam involving unhygienic recycling of edible oil used in restaurants. "Courts must give full consideration to suspects' subjective malignance, the amount of money involved and the harm done to public and the market when ruling in …
Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday extended the tenure of the Union Carbide Toxic Gas Leak Probe Commission by an year, sources said. The term of the committee, headed by Justice SL Kocchar, was to get over on February 25, they said. The decision in this regard was taken by the …
TNPCB's drive against polluting industrial units on Five textile processing units, found functioning illegally in Erode, were demolished on Tuesday.Continuing the drive against polluting industrial units for the second day on Tuesday, officials from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board identified four unauthorised textile processing units operating in Muthalithottam area …
Steady release of mercury into the air, soil and water poses a significant health risk. But, it appears, not for policymakers in India. Annually, a large amount of this toxic, complex metal is simply dumped into municipal landfills or released into the air from a “green” source — the millions …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined Jamuna Denim, a sister concern of Jamuna Group, Tk 52.6 lakh for dumping untreated toxic wastes into the river Turag. A DoE team paid a surprise visit to the dyeing factory at Konabari of Gazipur last Tuesday and found the factory discharging untreated …
Untreated Industrial Effluent Dumped On Yamuna Floodplain New Delhi: The next time you stop along the Yamuna to buy those fresh leafy vegetables, think twice. A study carried out by The Energy Research Institute (TERI) has found that the continuous dumping of untreated industrial effluent and sewage into the river …
Effluents and toxic fumes from factories and refineries and high concentration of vehicles on roads, besides the Deonar dumping grounds (now partially closed) contribute to pollution in Chembur, one of the most polluted suburbs in the commercial capital of the country. A joint survey by the Ministry of Environment and …
