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 …
In 1995, a study published by the World Bank had concluded on the basis of 1992 data that 863 people were died prematurely due to air pollution in Chennai every year. Chennai had a population of about two million then. Now, just seven years down the line, a new study …
Repairing of Phnom Penh's roads and drainage system has led to the doubling of the city's air pollution, recent tests reveal. "Tens of thousands of residents of the Cambodian capital are suffering from respiratory problems because of the renovation activities,' said Veng Thai, the city's municipal health director. But the …
For a nation that invented the zero and is so proud of its prowess in information technology, we seem to be completely clueless about the difference that one zero or two zeroes can make to a number. Take the confusion, deliberately created, on the alternative to CNG - the wonderfully …
Rajasthan, which is facing a severe drought for the third consecutive year, has decided to start a social audit system for its relief operations. The state government, which has undertaken its largest-ever relief operation this year, claims that the work is free from any financial leakages. The audit system is …
In a bid to curb air pollution, the Philippine government is implementing an us $1.41 billion mass-transit project in Metropolitan Manila. The project would help in tackling the traffic problem in Metropolitan Manila. The place has one of the worst traffic problems in Southeast Asia and its air quality is …
the us has another issue to grumble about. The European Commission has introduced its long-awaited proposals on the labelling and traceability of foods containing genetically modified organisms (gmos). But this has evoked a sharp response from the us, the world's largest producer of gmos. Washington has termed the plans as …
As the deadline for converting all public passenger transport to cng by September 30, 2001, gets closer, the Union minister for petroleum and natural gas Ram Naik, in charge of gas supply in the country, is out to raise more uncertainties to undermine consumer confidence in the cng market. The …
Kalakhoont village's spin out of the poverty cycle began on a rainy day in June this year. Four days of rain filled up to the brim the long-forgotten tank in this nondescript village of Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh ( mp ). Now almost the entire village is encircled by …
A large sum of money will be spent on the installation of 10,000 tubewells in different parts of Pakistan. The move is aimed at combating drought that has affected many parts of the country for several years. In the Sindh province, 5,000 tubewells will be installed, in Punjab 3,000, while …
Emissions from diesel engines in the us account for 78 per cent of the total added cancer risk from hazardous air pollutants. This was revealed during an analysis of Environmental Defense, a conservation society. The analysis is based on a us Environmental Protection Agency's study that provides detailed estimates of …
Human-made wetlands do not act as good water filters suggests report that connects a restored coastal marsh in California, USA, with the contamination of a nearby beach. Persistently high levels of faecal bacteria forced the temporary closure of Huntington Beach in southern California in 1999 and led to a hunt …
retail petrol outlets have been identified as sources of atmospheric air pollution by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board ( tnpcb ). A tnpcb directive states that hydrocarbon vapours are emitted into the atmosphere from the large underground tanks of these outlets during storage. It is also emitted at time …
Many parts of Malaysia have been engulfed by a thick smog resulting from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, where trees are burned to clear land for cultivation. Though the Malaysian government has admitted that air quality readings are at unhealthy levels in many areas, it has refused to reveal data …
The Kyoto Protocol can enter into force only when the protocol is ratified by: l at least 55 countries which are parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including l industrialised countries with emissions reduction commitments, called annex I countries, whose total emissions account for at least …
Researchers at Newcastle University, UK have found that global warming is indirectly causing damage to highways in Iceland. Metallic studs and chains on tyres of vehicles are intended to increase grip on snow-covered roads. As a result of global warming the snow now thaws for part of the winter, allowing …
Respiratory problems among children have risen threefold in the city of Bangalore during the last 20 years. The rise has been directly linked with the increase in the pollution levels in the city. The study is based on correlating the respiratory ailments of 20,000 children below the age of 18 …
In a bid to combat air pollution, the Indonesian government has banned the use of leaded petrol in Jakarta and its surrounding areas. "From July 1, 2001, vehicles in Jakarta and surrounding areas will use only unleaded petrol,' said Purnomo Yusgiantoro, the country's mines and energy minister. The government is …
When roads become an extension of living rooms When Hannes Linck moved in August 1999 to Quartier Vauban, a newly-built neighbourhood in the southern German city of Freiburg, he decided to sell off his car. Hannes lives with his wife and two children in a flat built by a housing …
