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 …
Rural communities where residents rely on wells are at particular risk, as contaminants in the groundwater become more concentrated with less water available to dilute them, top state health officials said at a legislative hearing on the drought. "The drought has exacerbated existing conditions," said Mark Starr, deputy director of …
China plans to spend 2 trillion yuan, or $330 billion, on an action plan to tackle pollution of its scarce water resources, state media said on Tuesday. China has a fifth of the world's population but just 7 percent of its water resources, and the situation is especially precarious in …
Seers and sants from the city of temples on Tuesday visited the Hirli dam built on river Kshipra where 4 lakh litre chemical- mixed water being released to the holy river by 350 industries of Dewas. A delegation of Dharmacharya Parishad Kalyan Samiti, led by State general secretary Dr Avadheshdas …
Residents of Keezhmadu, where groundwater has been found contaminated with ammonium perchlorate, will get 500 litres of water every day to meet their daily requirements, District Collector M.G. Rajamanickam has said. The Collector, who visited the affected area on Tuesday, has also ordered a health screening on Sunday for residents. …
A team of experts from Israel on Tuesday reached Bhubaneswar to study groundwater pollution in the city. The Chilika Development Authority (CDA), which is managing the wetlands at Chilika, is facilitating the team's visit. The team will conduct a study called 'phytoremediation', meaning use of plants for the removal of …
High levels of iron, nitrates and chlorides and turbidity in groundwater in 80 villages of trans-Ganga and Yamuna areas is playing havoc with the health of thousands of unsuspecting villagers. Alarmed over the rise in ailments related to heart, kidney and blood, the district administration has deployed 10-12 tankers to …
The Ramanagara Zilla Panchayat has submitted a proposal to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to take immediate steps to supply Cauvery water for drinking purposes to a few villages in Bidadi hobli where hazardous chemicals and bacteria have been found in the groundwater. The decision to submit …
Volunteers removed silt from the tank a few months ago Discharge of effluents into the Ukkadam Big Tank was polluting the water there and also affecting the groundwater, said Vanitha Mohan, Managing Trustee, Siruthuli. The effluents entered the tank through the two inlet pipes on the northern side of the …
Stating that the untreated solid waste were dumped in open causing environmental hazardousness, a resolution was passed in the Grama Sabha meeting at Chettichavadi Panchayat here on Sunday seeking closure of the private company and also removal of the dumped waste, both inside and outside the plant premises. The City …
DIRTY DROPS: 285 Deaths In State From 2010 To 2013 | Studies Find City Scene Alarming In the first two weeks of May 2011, more than 30 persons took ill due to water contamination in Bangalore’s Dasarahalli zone. A year earlier, Mudda Gangamma, 62, of Doddaballapur died after consuming filthy …
Hyderabad, where one-third of the country’s drugs are manufactured, is unfortunately being referred to as the “city with the most polluted lakes”, thanks to the pharma industry. Over 300 bulk drug units in and around the city limits are violating the safe discharge norms of effluents. Topping the list of …
The district surveillance unit of the health department had taken note of accumulation of nullah water in the lake of the Kanpur zoo which is a breeding ground for the various bacterial diseases. The district epidemiologist (medical scientist) has been entrusted the responsibility of preparing a report regarding the prevailing …
Madhya Pradesh government has on Monday agreed to conduct trial run to dispose toxic wastes dumped at Union Carbide factory premises, Bhopal at the TSDF facility operated by Ramky Enviro Engineers at Pithampur. Union government presented a schedule in the Supreme Court and the state government would submit a timeline …
A detailed environmental assessment by IIT-Madras found that despite the cleanup by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in north Chennai, the volume of oil contaminating drinking water has not decreased significantly. Since July 2013, 947 barrels of oil-water have been pumped out in Tondiarpet. The study follows complaints from residents …
JAIPUR: After rendering the agricultural land infertile, the huge amount of ground water being used for dyeing industry on the banks of river Bandi in Pali is fast depleting the groundwater and adversely affecting the dwindling forest resources of the area. "For cloth dyeing, huge amount of water is required …
This report was prepared for grant of Environmental Clearance to ONGC's project titled 'Development Drilling of 40 wells in KG Basin in East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna Districts of Andhra Pradesh' in Godavari Onland and West Godavari PML Onland blocks.
Vadodara: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued notices to the Union government, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and 19 other states including Gujarat on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Farmers Action Group (FAG) and the Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS). The organisations had sought implementation of pollution norms …
All drinking water samples taken here by the Health Department last month have failed. All 275 samples of potable water sent for a laboratory test have been found to be below safety parameters. The average rate of failure of water samples in the industrial hub has been between 80 and …
Scientists from Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi working on city's drainage master plan don't think it's a good idea to cover storm water drains. While there may not be any harm in covering drains carrying only storm water, most of Delhi's storm water drains carry sewage water that emanates noxious gases …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Kumar Misra & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 16/12/2013 regarding lining and covering of drainages by South Delhi Municipal Corporation. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/300-2013(OA)_16Dec2013.pdf
