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 …
Latest proposals by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to curb air pollution in the US has kicked up a lot of dust. The proposals are aimed at tightening air quality standards and reducing deaths and illnesses resulting from air pollution. But US citizens are not happy. In order to breathe …
A recent monitoring of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in Kathmandu, Nepal, by a Japan-based agency has alarmed the government. According to N H Rajbhandari, a senior meteorologist, the annual average SPM level in Kathmandu in 1994 was 202 microgrammes/cu m, 226 in 1995, showing signs of a further climb. Monitoring …
As per the naaqm data for the year 1992, which covered 290 stations in the country, the annual values (minimum, maximum and annual average) for so2 , no2 (nitrogen dioxide) and spm
our ancestors seemed to have taken air quality more seriously than we do today; for example, in ancient Indian villages, the location of kilns was compulsorily some distance from human habitation. Formal smoke control regulations in several Indian towns date from as far back as the middle of the 19th …
in a significant development in the fight against air pollution, a group of 14 Japanese companies have agreed to pay us $27.2 million to 438 people who were suffering from illnesses related to air pollution. The companies accepted an out-of-court settlement, terminating a 14-year-old dispute. The first suit in the …
On October 16, 1996, Prime Minister (PM) H D Deve Gowda, had called a meeting of chief ministers and power ministers in New Delhi to discuss the problem of power shortage facing the country. While the PM's speech emphasised that without power, advances in agriculture or industry were impossible, it …
Planning for a mega-city in a poor developing country like India is not easy. Large investments are needed to keep the environment clean and to provide basic services like clean air and water, schools, hospitals, proper transport and road space. If the political leadership does not have adequate financial resources …
Air pollution in this country has plagued its residents for over a decade now. in spite of the many measures initiated to tackle the problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked the air of Mexico City as the most contaminated in the world. In each of the six categories …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on Taj Mahal dated 30/12/1996 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others. The judges noted that the Taj is threatened with deterioration and damage not only by the traditional causes of decay, but also by changing social …
STUDIES carried out on newborns in the heavily polluted regions of Eastern Europe have given more cause for concern about the ill-effects of air pollution. At a recent conference in Budapest, organised by the American Association for Cancer Research, Frederica Perera of Columbia University, New York, announced that Polish babies …
Epidemiological studies on asthma in India have been few and far between. Two landmark pilot studies (1965 and 1975) were carried out in Delhi and Patna by R Vishwanathan, the founder-director of Delhi's Patel Chest Institute. These studies revealed a 2.7 per cent incidence in rural and 1.6 per cent …
vehicles spewing forth noxious fumes are the bane of even the fittest amongst us, but for asthmatics, they are an open invitation to disaster. Recent reports from across the globe suggest that while cases of asthma are on the rise, individuals suffering from the ailment are keeping a watchful eye …
To study the association between ambient air pollutants (AAP) and respiratory symptoms complex (RSC) in preschool children, a cohort of 664 children between the ages of 1 month to 4.5 yr were randomly selected from 28 slums (anganwadi centres) of Lucknow, north India. They were followed up fortnightly for six …
The objective of the study is to study the relationship of hemoglobin to exposure to motor vehicle exhaust. http://tih.sagepub.com/content/12/5/629.abstract
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Water availability has emerged as the most important element for peace, Habitat II secretary-general Wally N'Dow told conference delegates. Addressing a panel on the growing water needs of cities, N'Dow said lack of water is one of the "most critical factors' that caused conflicts. Urging the Habitat players to act …
with the broad consensus over the need to address the world's burgeoning urban crisis, much was expected of Habitat ii, the second un Conference on Human Settlements held June 3-14 in Turkey's very own
Concerned by high levels of smog in the Washington area, the Sierra Club and three other groups have sued the environment protection agency (EPA) of the US to force Virginia, Maryland and the District to take better steps to clean up the smog. The environmental groups said in their lawsuit …
