OSPCB slaps closure notice on three Puri hotels
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Wednesday slapped closure notices on three hotels along Puri sea beach for violating pollution control norms. Similar notices were earlier served to
Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
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NGT order to make Delhi drains pollution-free
If the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) judgment on Yamuna and stormwater drains in Delhi is implemented, drains, that are eyesore now, will transform to recreational green spaces. NGT, while pronouncing
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SC asks govt. for update on Ganga clean-up projects
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the NDA government if there was any chance of cleaning up the Ganga river during its current term in power. Solicitor-General Ranjit Kumar submitted that a consortium
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Centre to Supreme Court: Ganga will be totally clean by 2018
Ganga will be totally cleaned by 2018, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court, which had sought to know whether the government was serious about completing the clean-up exercise during its current
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BWSSB plugs leakage at STP, checks flow of sewage into Jakkur lake
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) officials on Monday plugged leakages at the sewage treatment plant (STP) which was the main cause of sewage water entering Jakkur Lake and leading to huge
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VA Tech Wabag bags order for Ganga Action Plan Project
Wabag will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the sewage treatment plant VA Tech Wabag has bagged a Rs 220-crore order to design and construct
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CPCB gives nod to zero liquid discharge plant at Jajmau
Central Pollution control board has given its consent for the installation of a zero liquid discharge plant at Jajmau to save the river Ganga from pollutants in discharge of tanneries. The CPCB, during
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Performance evaluation of prevailing biological wastewater treatment systems in West Bengal, India
The present study has been undertaken to evaluate the performance of wastewater treatment systems (WWTS) in three different districts (Kolkata, Howra and Hugli) in West Bengal, India. Performance of these
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Ramgarh Lake and Rapti River, Gorakhpur, 22/12/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs. Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Ors. dated 22/12/2014 regarding discharge of sewage in the Ramgarh
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Integrated management of wastewater through sewage fed aquaculture for resource recovery and reuse of treated effluent: A case study
India has 18% of the world’s population, 1.15 billion people, but access to only 4% of world’s fresh water resources. In the recent past, the dependency of Indian agriculture on ground water resources