Mineral water found contaminated
Supply of contaminated water is not just confined to rural areas and urban slums, it can happen at star hotels too. A top executive of a company took medication after reportedly drinking contaminated
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal encroachments, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 11/09/2020
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Ajay Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/09/2020. Grievance in the application was that land reserved for park and open space as per
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Water management in the Noyyal River basin: a situation analysis
The Noyyal sub-basin, which is 3510 sq km in area, is part of the Cauvery basin that lies in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a rapidly urbanizing sub-basin that includes the Class I cities of Coimbatore
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Overview of recent land‐cover changes in biodiversity hotspots
<p>Between 1992 and 2015, nearly 148 million hectares (Mha) within biodiversity hotspots – biologically rich but threatened terrestrial regions – worldwide underwent land‐cover changes, equating
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Now, plastic bag users can be challaned
With an attempt to bring more people who use polythene bags under the ambit of challan, the state government has brought in an amendment to the garbage control Act. According to the finance commissioner
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Organic foods: Are they safer?
Organic agriculture is increasingly under the spotlight for being a promising approach to address the challenges raised by the increasing demographics and urbanization as well as climate change. In the
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding degradation of environment in Kullu and Manali areas of Himachal Pradesh, 19/09/2018
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramesh Chand Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 19/09/2018 regarding severe degradation of environment in Kullu and Manali areas of
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of trees by Delhi Municipal Corporation, 07/07/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Greater Kailash-II Welfare Association Vs. South Delhi Municipal Corporation dated 07/07/2014 regarding restoration of
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Krishna-Tungabhadra proposed
Former Bellary Urban Development Authority chairman and senior farmer leader N R Suryanarayana Reddy on Sunday suggested linking of Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers so that farmers of eight districts -
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A purge for choking cities
TODAY, the gloomy scenario of blurred faces framed in countless tenement windows seems to have wafted right out of an Eliotsian elegy into the equally foggy reality of urban existence in the
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Urban growth poses challenge
The world's urban population is likely to rise from three billion to five billion in the next 30 years, according to a UN report. NO wonder then, that policy pundits initially responded to the global
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State of air pollution in Indian cities
Air quality data generated by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for 2007 under the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) presents deadly facts about air pollution levels in Indian cities.
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Minister for use of treated sewage
the Union Minister of Environment and Forest, Mr. T R Baalu today said that the absence of holistic planning for safe disposal of waste water generated in urban settlements had resulted in severe
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1/3rd of polluted river stretches in Maharashtra and Gujarat
The environment ministry has identified 150 polluted stretches of rivers across India which need conservation work but interestingly nearly 1/3rd of those polluted river stretches are in Maharashtra and
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Water Woes
The spectre of a great thirst is looming ahead of us. Most parts of urban India are threatened by depleting groundwater resources. In 286 districts across 18 states, water levels have fallen by four
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Live in Dhaka or leave Dhaka: Environmental facts
Dhaka is the place which was made as point of attraction for all kinds of human activities since four hundred years back. Since then it has been growing with urban characteristics but in little planned manner. The rate of growth was not that much steeper than other surrounding growth centres.
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South Africa Emergency Appeal for the Impact of Covid-19 (May- November 2020)
<p>South Africa reported it fist case of COVID-19 on 5 March 2020. While the first cases were imported, local transmission has led to a rapid increase in the number of cases. As of 21 April 2020, more
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Promoting green urban industrialisation in Ethiopia
African economies are looking to achieve high levels of economic growth in the next few decades, predominantly in growing urban centres. By 2035, roughly half of Africa’s population will live in its rapidly
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Dynamics of urban mobility: a comparative analysis of megacities of India
This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. It investigate the quantity of energy use in 23 metropolitan regions for the period 1981
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A water harvesting manual for urban areas: case studies from Delhi
This manual is built out of CSE's experience in providing technical advice to implement rainwater harvesting in the urban context.