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 …
R SRIKKANTH The stinking stretch of polluted water that separates the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh is the historic Hussain Sagar lake situated in the heart of the 400 year old Hyderabad city. The lake which once received unpolluted water from upper reaches of river Musi, …
UDAIPURDefiled Udaipur's five lakes depict the saga of degradation and the apathy of the state government and citizens P L AGARWAL udaipur is a beautiful city surrounded by the Aravalli hills and five lakes - Pichola, Fatehsagar, Rangsagar, Swaroopsagar and the smaller Dudh Talai. Though outwardly Udaipur looks serene with …
• Finalisation of master plan of Udaipur city, setting apart adequate areas for construction of hotels and prohibiting new construction within 200m of the lakes. • Diversion of all sewage and waste water from the lakes to a fully functional sewage system, which has one or more sewage treatment plants. …
ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE when I received the invitation to release your report on the pollution of the Yamuna and its effect on Delhi's drinking water supply, I was a little hesitant. I cannot claim any expertise in this field. But since pollution control and preservation of the environment is central …
the Supreme Court's (sc) warning to senior officials of the ministry of environment and forests to enforce laws banning industries from using and dumping prohibited noxious chemicals or face the consequences, is laudable. In the order passed on a public interest litigation (pil), which noted that industrial waste was being …
in september 1995, 84 nations met in Geneva at the third conference on the Basel Convention and agreed to ban the export of toxic wastes. The convention will come into force on January 1, 1998, if 63 of these 84 states including 24 oecd (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) …
A TEAM of scientists from Norway, Finland and Russia are studying one of the most polluted areas in the world, the Kola peninsula in Russia. The pollutants emitted out into the atmosphere from the smokestacks of Russian smelters get deposited on the region's soil here. The level of these pollutants …
officials from 87 countries met in Nairobi last week under the aegis of the United Nations ( un) , to deliberate on framing a global convention on the trade of hazardous chemicals and pesticides. The meeting which took place between September 16-20 at the un environment programme ( unep ) …
foreign vessels carrying hazardous wastes are fast turning India into a global dumping ground. Investigations made by the international environmental group Greenpeace and Shrishti, a Delhi-based non governmental organisation, revealed that international waste traders dump toxic wastes here in violation of all local and international laws framed in the Basel …
that wealth provides the means to correct environmental damage; that wealthy people are environmentally more conscious because they can afford to care for the quality of life; and that poverty is one of the main causes of environmental degradation, are politically correct beliefs. However, for many ecologists from the South, …
The Tarawera river in New Zealand was once an abundant source of food for the locals and the region's wildlife, but today, it is known as the black drain, thanks to the tonnes of toxic effluents being pumped into it. The chief culprit is the Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill …
IRE is mounting globally against a technology that has existed for more than a 100 years now. Although it is not in good taste to get up one fine morning and start protesting about what has been going on for ages, it is certainly rational if done to ensure good …
The Danish study on declining sperm counts worldwide has finally been challenged. It had to be. Two articles have just been published in the journal Fertility and Sterility which show that men in several us cities might have more sperm today than men 20 years ago. The alarm about sperm …
A mining company in Marinduque, 160 kin South of Manila in Philippines, has invited criminal charges from the government for leaking toxic waste into a 25-kni river. The Marcopper Mining Corporation had flouted mining, water and environmental norms by spilling tons of waste into the Boac river in central Philippines, …
THE Indian judiciary has done it again. Taking on the mantle of protecting the environment from further onslaughts, it has issued its most far-reaching order yet - the ban of toxic waste import on Indian shores. The Delhi High Court ordered on April 15, 1996, the ban of toxic waste …
ATTEMPTS to industrialise the district of Bidar in Karnataka have backfired because they seem to have brought in more misery in the form of widespread pollution than prosperity to the region. The struggle launched by the locals is targeted at some drug factories in the area that have inundated it …
The problem with the nose is that in the case of radioactive materials and toxic waste once you're close enough to smell it, you're too close. Tufts University professors John Kauer and David Walt may have solved that dilemma. Their patented artificial nose technology combines fibre optics and a computer …
The latest progress reported in the quest for a toxic waste-free environment comes from researchers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, US (Alternatives Journal. Vo122. No 1). Chemist Michael Hoffman and his colleagues have used high frequency ultrasound waves to break down samples of several toxic chemicals. Tiny …
