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 …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board is holding weekly discussions with the traffic police and the transport department on how to penalise those causing vehicular noise pollution, the KSPCB chairman Vaman Acharya said on Monday. DH photo The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board is holding weekly discussions with the traffic …
Hit by the indiscriminate discharge of industrial effluents, the farmers in Arulpuram, Pachamkuttaplayam, and a few other hamlets have threatened to quit agriculture. “We will have to hold agitations for getting rehabilitation package if the situation continues in this manner as our repeated pleas to authorities pointing out the unabated …
MORIGAON (Assam): A large number of fish were reported dead due to water pollution of three major rivers — Kolong, Kopili and Kiling — in Morigaon district, causing concern among environmentalists. According to information received by the revenue department, arsenic poisoning from the ground water was suspected to have mixed …
BAREILLY: A recent survey by the Jal Nigam has found high levels of arsenic in ground water in 19 villages in Bareilly district. The survey was conducted after over 25 cancer-related deaths were reported from Bahrauli village in Meerganj tehsil in five years. A team of health department officials will …
IISc study at 19 locations near water bodies reveals high level of contamination The City's mounting garbage has resulted in largescale pollution of large and prominent water bodies such as Varthur, Madivala, and Yelemallappachetty lakes (K R Puram). The level of contamination is alarming as the presence of nitrate has …
At least 428 people have been detected with arsenicosis, a slow poisoning disease leading to various complications, as massive arsenic contamination affects underground drinking water in different areas of the district. Of the over 1,45,250 tube-wells installed in nine upazilas of the district to lift water from underground, 62,119 tube …
A report `Rajasthan Action Plan on Climate Change' drafted recently by various departments of the state government with the help of TERI has also pointed out that the quality of ground water was a major issue The quality of ground water is a major concern for the state. At least …
The sweet tea served in the tidy kitchen of Joanne Thomas' antebellum home comes with an ominous warning. "It's made with bottled water," says Thomas, a spry 71-year-old. "But the ice comes from our well." For more than 80 years, the Thomas family has lived on a farm that abuts …
Pennsylvania accused oil companies of polluting the state’s groundwater with a gasoline additive, joining states including New York, Vermont and New Hampshire that have brought similar lawsuits. Two complaints filed today in state court seek damages for cleaning up groundwater tainted by Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, or MTBE, Pennsylvania Governor …
Of the 341 blocks in the State, 81 blocks have water with more arsenic than the permissible limit and 49 blocks with more fluoride than the standard value. North 24 Parganas district, where about 20 blocks are affected with arsenic contamination, is the worst affected and is followed by Nadia, …
Experts and medical professionals expressed their concern over the prevalence of arsenic, saying arsenicosis was a silent killer Bangladesh has been conducting arsenic mitigation programmes since 1993 but more than 22 million people are still exposed to arsenic contamination, said speakers at a seminar yesterday. Nearly 43,000 to 56,000 people …
Sweden called on the European Union to act against a harmful form of chemicals that contaminated its drinking water, saying the issue is bound to affect other member states. Highly fluorinated chemicals, which are regularly used in fire extinguishers at airports, by fire departments and the military, have polluted Swedish …
Each year, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) releases a “state of the environment” report (PDF); it’s a rather grim annual ritual. For all the talk about China’s new “war on pollution” and money pouring into wind farms and river cleanup campaigns, the reality is that, according to most metrics, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Circuit Bench at High Court of Meghalaya, Shillong) in the matter of Threat to Life Arising Out of Coal Mining in South Garo Hills District Vs. State of Meghalaya & Ors. dated 09/06/2014 regarding illegal mining activity resulting in loss of life. Previous Orders
The National Green Tribunal refused to revoke its interim order banning illegal, unregulated and indiscriminate rat-hole mining in Meghalaya. Read text of this order issued on 9 June 2014 by NGT’s special circuit bench, Eastern zone, comprising Justice (retd) Swatanter Kumar and Ranjan Chatterjee related content Workshop: CSE workshop on …
KOCHI: In 2012, when National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, Kochi, undertook a survey, Kochi stood at the 24th position among the highly polluted cities in the country. But the comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI)is more shocking - Kochi’s index is …
KSCSTE studies samples collected from five river basins An environmental monitoring programme carried out by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology, and Environment (KSCSTE) in five river basins across the State has revealed sewage contamination as the primary cause for the deterioration of water quality. The study covering the …
Nearly a third of all private wells in Ireland are contaminated with E. coli and contain water that is unsafe for consumption, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said. Recent studies revealed that Ireland has the highest incidence of VTEC (Verotoxigenic E. coli), a particularly nasty form of the bacteria, …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered closure of Bareilly Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) plant for operating without environmental clearances. The principal bench of NGT headed by its chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said it was clear that Bareilly MSWM had not obtained the requisite consent and authorisation from the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs National Ganga River Basin Authority & Others dated 31/05/2014 regarding releasing of harmful effluent from Simbhaoli Sugar mill and Distillery and Gopal Ji Dairy into Simbhaoli Drain and finally into the River Ganga. The …
