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 …
coils, mats, oils, creams and other forms of mosquito repellents may help keep the gnats away, but they do not come without a price. Studies conducted by the Malaria Research Centre (mrc), New Delhi, reveal that they can cause several ailments, including bronchitis, respiratory problems, eye irritation and nausea. Very …
A clean air activist listens to a police officer during a demonstration held outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council recently. They were protesting the government's slow progress in improving the territory's air quality
the Kerala government has requested the Centre to provide at least half of the estimated Rs 87 crore needed to fight and control widespread mite attack that is threatening to wipe out coconut holdings in the central and southern regions of the state. According to reports, around 223.3 million coconut …
The National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba, Japan, has begun testing the amount of radiation received by 43 people, suspected or confirmed to have been affected after the September 30 nuclear accident in Tokaimura. Eight out of 150 people who underwent tests are believed to have suffered severe dna …
It is well-known that it is very easy to siphon off funds from earthwork projects, says D K Mishra. Perhaps this was the reason why politicians in the 1950s pushed hard for embankments to be built along rivers in Bihar. The money siphoned off from such projects was used to …
The residents of Kuil Thothom, a slum tenement in Santhome, Chennai, have a lot to be thankful to the Rotary Club of Madras Central, especially R Jeyakumar, its chairperson. The club helped in bringing clean water to their homes. The need to explore the possibility of rooftop rainwater harvesting in …
• The embankments of Kamla Balan have been breached on several occasions. In 1963, when the river burst its embankments near Ramghat, it submerged villages such as Kharbar, Gangapur, Gunakarpur and Belhi. In 1964, the left bank on the Lakhnour block was breached near Daiya Kharbari. • In 1965, innumerable …
the deadly smog that engulfed the capital in winter last year is back, and much earlier too. "Due to a drop in temperature during winter, the Earth's surface cools faster than the atmosphere. In such conditions, the layer of air between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere
In a bid to cut down pollution and improve fuel consumption, Germany has urged the European Union (EU) to introduce sulphur-free diesel and petrol from 2007. Germany said measures agreed to by the EU in its 1998 "Auto-Oil' programme, which include reducing the sulphur content of vehicle fuels to 50 …
two scientists at the University of California in the us have developed a molecule that acts as an artificial muscle. They have synthesised a bio-molecule that, they claim, has the property to react to an electrical impulse by changing shape. The applications of such a molecule could be widespread; from …
In yet another instance of animal-human conflict, wild elephants in Meghalaya's West Garo hills are giving the farmers in the area sleepless nights. The pachyderms are descending on the village in hordes and trampling the crops that are ready for harvesting. The Bishnoi community protested against the killing of 25 …
Despite the opposition from political heads and hydropower companies against dam destruction, the emphasis in usa is firmly on restoration of salmon population, even if it means razing the dams. Environmental degradation by dams is also kept in check by monitoring the renewal of dam licenses and also by refusing …
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is drafting a new strategy to formulate the nation's first comprehensive regulations for combating airborne toxic substances. The new regulations will force people who use diesel-run vehicles, especially trucks, to switch to alternative fuels. Diesel engines, and not factories, are responsible for …
the Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company ( telco ) filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court in the case regarding air pollution in Delhi on October 4, 1999. It appeared to misrepresent the World Health Organisation's view that there are no safe levels of particulate pollution, and undermined the seriousness …
far from being a festival of lights, Diwali has gradually become a nightmare for the residents of Delhi. In a report on the ambient noise level survey, the Central Pollution Control Board has recommended the bursting of crackers at one place instead of at individual houses. It has said that …
a new study has revealed that whale and dolphin products are contaminated with high levels of mercury, dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs). The study, which was conducted by a group of researchers from Harvard University in the us and the University of Greenwich in the uk, claims that prolonged consumption …
