Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Prasad Gupta Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. Counsel appearing for the state of Uttar Pradesh submitted that the action plan to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents in river Ganga is ready …
The "hot spots' of heavy metal pollution in India are places where extraction, processing and use of metals are intense. Some of these "hot spots' are:- Mining belts and metal smelters such as Khetri and Zawar in Rajasthan, Malanjkhand in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar copper field and Agnigundala in Andhra Pradesh …
THE Ganga Action Plan (GAP) which began in 1986 has been attracting constant flak for the manner in which it has been implemented. Critics have pointed out basic flaws in the plan. The plan is ill-suited for Indian conditions, as most schemes are heavily dependent on a constant supply of …
Concentrations of butyltin compounds (mono-, di-, and tri-butyltin) were determined in dolphin (Platanista gangetica), fish, invertebrates and sediment collected from the River Ganges, India, in order to understand the contamination levels, sources, and potential for biomagnification in freshwater food chains. Total butyltin concentration in dolphin tissues was up to 2000 …
KANPUR, the legendary Cawnpore of the British Raj, has been re-christened time and again in it's 300 years of existence. Better known as the "Industrial Graveyard" and the "Capital of Tuberculosis" in recent years, the World Health Organisation has added another feather in its cap by declaring it one of …
the river Ganga may not flow for ever. Studies show that the source of the river the Gangotri glacier is shrinking at an alarming rate. If the trend continues, the river may dry up in about thousand years. Deepak Srivastava, director of glaciology division, Geological Survey of India (gsi), says …
The Allahabad High Court has ordered closure of all industrial units on the banks of the river Ganga in the state which had not installed effluent treatment plants. A division bench comprising Justice K D Sahi directed the State Pollution Control Board to report compliance of the order to the …
an independent study of the Ganga Action Plan (gap), Cost benefit analysis of Ganga Action Plan, says that gap has in fact led to some improvement in the overall water quality of the Ganga. The study was supervised by Metroeconomica, a uk -based research group. "The study shows that the …
Ever since the inception of Bangladesh in 1972 its politics have been featured by several types of seemingly endemic conflict, some of which have been associated with either periodic outbursts of violence or prolonged relatively low-key armed confrontations. The objective of the present study is that of placing the different …
The basin area of the Ganges river in Bangladesh is extremely dependent on a regular water supply from upstream to meet requirements for agriculture, fisheries, navigation, salinity control, domestic and industrial sectors. In 1975 India commissioned a barrage on the Ganga river at Farakka to divert significant portion of the …
Even as Kanpur's administrators gear up for the delayed Phase-II of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP), work left over from Phase-I has stirred up an agitation. On World Environment day, June 6, environmentalists protested at Bhairoghat, the city's main point of water collection. They made their ire felt against an …
The Himalayan mountains constitute an ecological system naturally primed for disaster. The deep gorges through which the Himalayan rivers flow convey the impression that the Himalayan valleys would never face floods. Yet these very channels often fail to contain the fury of disastrous floods. Among the most affected valleys are …
Environmental squads to monitor and control pollution may soon make their appearance all over the country, as per a recent Supreme Court order. The squads will mainly play the role of watchdogs, keeping an eye on vehicular and industrial emissions. They will also be empowered to decide and act on …
"At least we have now begun to talk "to" each other, rather than spitting venom "at" each other in public," says BG Verghese of Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. Verghese, a veteran on the changing trends of Indo-Bangladesh relations, was commenting on the recently held talks between the foreign …
Scientists at the Central Inland Capture Fisheries Research Institute (CICFRI) at Barrackpore near Calcutta have successfully achieved artificial fertilisation of hilsa, whose numbers had dwindled following the construction of the Farakka barrage in 1975. The barrage had led to the collapse of the commercially important hilsa fishery in the upper …
THE Supreme Court of India has ordered the Ganga Project Directorate (gpd) and the state governments concerned not to disburse funds for the Rs 421-crore 2nd phase of the Ganga Action Plan (gap) and has also called for a fresh evaluation of the first phase. On September 30, the Court …
THERE will be few who will disagree with the Supreme Court judgement that over Rs 420 crore have been washed away in the first phase of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Without any significant results. This left little optimism about how the Rs 350 crore marked for the second phase …
The Ganges: A Dying River (13 minutes, directed by Nazneen Azmi) is a condemnation of India's control over the Ganges waters, thanks to the the Farakka barrage. It has been produced by Hasna Moudud, team co-ordinator of the NGO Women for Water Sharing, with the help of the Foundation Pour …
DOES THE ago-old belief in Ganga's incorruptibility hold water? Yes, says environmental engineer D S Bhargava of Roorkee University, who believes that this is what has led to apathy towards the Ganaga. Unlike other rivers, the Ganga's water doesn't putrefy even after long periods of storage. Unfortunately, very few, if …
Kanpur -- the second most polluted city on the Ganga after Calcutta -- has come under the microscope during the first phase of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP). However, the city's residents will have to wait for another two years before the river water quality improves because the effluent treatment …
FREEING a river from bondage might seem preposterous. But that is exactly what the Ganga Mukti Andolan (GMA) set out to do in 1982 in Bihar's Bhagalpur district by mobilising fisherfolk, peasants and boatpersons against the infamous panidari -- the exclusive rights of zamindars (landowners) to fish and run boats …
