Problem only where borewells are being used’
NEW DELHI: A day after the National Green Tribunal asked the Centre to ban use of reverse osmosis (RO) purifiers in areas where the TDS (total dissolved solids) in water is below 500 mg/l, Delhi Jal Board
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Guj govt tweaked Central water quality norms: Suresh Mehta
Politician turned activist Suresh Mehta Monday alleged the Gujarat government has tweaked water purity standards, as a result of which more than four crore people in the state are forced to drink contaminated
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Gujarat Pollution Control Board joint report found groundwater worse than treated effluent
A report of groundwater pollution in Luna village accessed by an environment NGO has once again pointed to the alarming rate of groundwater contamination in the industrial belt in Padra in Vadodara.
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Pollution in Bandi river: NGT slaps Rs 20 cr fine on Rajasthan govt for inaction
The National Green Tribunal cracked the whip on the Rajasthan government Thursday by slapping a fine of Rs 20 crore for not performing its function properly to control pollution in the Bandi river by local
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Groundwater quality along coast deteriorating: study
Team finds sea level rising and more than 80% of Ernakulam’s coast eroding The intrusion of seawater into groundwater aquifers, particularly along the coastal areas of Ernakulam district, could be slowly
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Environment(Protection) Amendment Rules, 2018: standards for discharge of effluent from tannery industry
The following draft rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 which the Central Government proposes 10 issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment
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Heavy metal: In Gujarat, water uranium level highest in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: Uranium — the heavy metal one usually associates with nuclear reactors — is contaminating Gujarat’s groundwater, finds an elaborate scientific study that covered 16 states. Uranium contamination
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Rajasthan flagged polluted water from Punjab last year
Rajasthan government requested the CPCB to asses the extent of pollution by joint monitoring of the rivers and their tributaries as well as the canals originating from Punjab at Harike. More than a
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Gurugram’s groundwater quality worsening every year
GURUGRAM: Environmental activists have suspected it for long, but now, they can place actual figures against their suspicion. The quality of Gurugram’s groundwater is deteriorating with each passing year,
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Tests reveal toxic chemicals in Doon's rivers
The much touted river revival initiative pushed foward by the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat appears to have had little impact considering recent findings regarding the level of toxic chemicals in