Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sunita Pandey & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/07/2015 regarding arsenic in the ground water of District Ballia and Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh.
The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to the state government and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board for their "inaction" against a company which has been allegedly polluting wells, farmland and the Sukhna river since long. According to the petition filed by Vaishnaw Rameshwar and Atmaram …
The economic value of unconventional natural gas resources has stimulated rapid globalization of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. However, natural radioactivity found in the large volumes of “produced fluids” generated by these technologies is emerging as an international environmental health concern. Current assessments of the radioactivity concentration in liquid wastes …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Digvijay Singh Vs. The State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 01/07/2015 regarding closure of polluting textile units in Balotra, Bithuja, Jasol and Baetu of Barmer District, Rajasthan. Counsel appearing for the applicant’s trust respondent nos. 8 …
Data from 11 000 public supply wells in 87 study areas were used to assess the quality of nearly all of the groundwater used for public supply in California. Two metrics were developed for quantifying groundwater quality: area with high concentrations (km2 or proportion) and equivalent-population relying upon groundwater with …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs. Govt. of NCT, Delhi & Ors. dated 19/06/2015 regarding water supply in the city of Delhi. The Tribunal noted that stinking and dirty water flows through the water supply lines …
Polluted water bodies in Malwa and Doaba regions continue to pose a challenge to the government, The Tribune reports Buddha Nullah, the toxic vein of Ludhiana, was once a stream of sparkling water. This seasonal water channel is now a dirty drain that reeks of putrid smell. As the nullah …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Digvijay Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 15/06/2015 regarding the discharge of toxic industrial effluent by the textile industries in Barmer District, Rajasthan.
GUWAHATI: Researchers and experts, who gathered in the city on Wednesday for an awareness programme expressed concerns at the deteriorating condition of groundwater pollution. Urging the government to carry out proper studies and surveys, the researchers advocated the need for working together for a better tomorrow. "Despite heavy presence of …
The official figures of water supply seem at variance from the ground reality raising doubts about the utilisation of grants to strengthen the delivery system in the district. While figures by the Public Health Engineering Department reveal a supply of 70 - 135 litre per capita per day (LPCD) to …
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is planning to slap closure notices on three prawn processing units at Mancheswar Industrial Estate here for functioning without the mandatory 'consent to operate' (CTO). "The units were served notices and asked as why they did not apply for CTO. The replies were …
Apparel makers in China are facing growing pressure from regulators and high-profile brands to tackle wastewater pollution from their factories. The textile industry has long been one of China’s largest polluters. One Chinese government estimate puts the amount of shallow and deep groundwater that is severely polluted in the North …
Tribal villages of Sukinda block and Badachana block in Jajpur district are facing acute water scarcity since the month of April. Since temperature is going up, the problem will be compounded. The villages like Dubikhala, Mangalpur, Ambadula, Lembu , Rankia, Bandhaga, Bamanagar, Pimpudia, Kharadi, Kaliapani and Chingudiapal, etc with a …
Seoul City has accelerated its probe into the suspected pollution of the U.S. military base in the capital as part of its efforts to seek the source of oil leaks, officials said Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it obtained 18 underground water samples among 32 boreholes in Yongsan Garrison …
The present study on geochemical evolution of groundwater is taken up to assess the controlling processes of water chemistry in the Western Delta region of the River Godavari (Andhra Pradesh), which is one of the major rice producing centers in India. The study region is underlain by coarse sand with …
A federal appeals court has revived San Diego's $250 million groundwater contamination lawsuit against Kinder Morgan and other firms for alleged pollution of an aquifer and 166 acres of city land around Qualcomm Stadium. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a nonprecedential decision on May 21 reinstated most of …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served notices on Alwar district authorities and the Rajasthan Government in connection with effluents being released by its Bhiwadi industrial units in Dhaaruhera town and nearby villages located on the Haryana-Rajasthan border. The NGT has fixed July 14 as the next date for hearing …
The Bellandur lake in Bengaluru drew the attention of national media recently after its polluted water caught fire. The development created panic among the local residents and environment activists of the city. When the Deccan Herald team visited the lake on Tuesday, the fire was still burning under thick layers …
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stuck to its earlier order directing the Pollution Control Board to close down all polluting textile units working without a no-objection certificate (NOC) in the Sanganeer block. Effluents from these units have been polluting the Draviyawati river (Amanisha Nulla) and ground water in the …
Effluents released from industrial units at Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) in fields and residential areas of Dhaaruhera town in the district have become a cause for concern for locals. Both Dhaaruhera and Bhiwadi are neighbouring towns on the Haryana-Rajasthan border. The liquid waste not only gets accumulated on main roads and streets …
