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Ganga and Yamuna funds touch lake splurge
Parallels in spend on cleaning up of Ganga, Yamuna and 10 lakes of Bhopal and their conservation, in many ways, are too striking to ignore. If the sum involved to clean Ganga and Yamuna each was over Rs
Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
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Curb groundwater use by industries: NGO
A Gautam Budh Nagar-based NGO has asked Noida Authority and UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to impose restraints upon industries from reckless extraction of groundwater so that rapidly declining tables
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MPCB proposes tougher sewage treatment norms
Stringent and uniform standards for sewage treatment in residential buildings and industries with more than 20,000 sq m built-up area is in the offing. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has proposed that all sewage treatment plants should meet inland freshwater discharge standards to promote recycling and reusing of treated waste. The pollution control board has invited suggestions for and objections to the proposal.
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Nagpur Municipal Corporation gets a breather, Centre clears JNNURM funds
The cash-strapped Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has got a boost. The central government has approved Rs22.76 crore for the sewage treatment plant (STP) project, which would help expedite the work.
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MCC proposes two additional garbage plants
The city will get two more solid waste management plants for better disposal of the garbage generated daily at the tourist hub while the plans to shift the existing plant to the outskirts has been dropped.
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Maharashtra Pollution Control Board forfeits civic body's bank guarantee of Rs 18 lakh
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has forfeited a bank guarantee of Rs 18 lakh of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) for failing to check pollution in the Panchganga river. The pollution
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Centre okays projects worth Rs 28,000 cr under JNNURM
The urban development ministry on Monday approved three new projects worth Rs 28,000 crore for Punjab under the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission. The move is expected to give political
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Centre approves 3 projects for state
The Union Government has approved a sewerage treatment plant and water supply scheme in Amritsar and integrated municipal solid waste management facilities in Ludhiana under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding checking the direct discharge of sewage and effluents into the river Narmada, 25/02/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of AKhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad Ors Vs Union of India Ors. dated 25/02/2014 regarding cleanliness at Sethani Ghat in
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National Green Tribunal summons Odisha government officials over Puri pollution
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the principal secretary, department of environment and forests, Government of Odisha, the chief executive officer and the executive engineer of Puri Municipality