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 …
despite a well-funded river-conservation (clean-up) programme set up by the government over a decade ago, our rivers are in terminal condition. Let's take a look at the progress we have made. An increasing number of clean rivers have changed course to join "polluted' stretches. Government is continuously repeating its mistakes. …
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (gpcb) has uncovered at least 10 ghost pipelines in the Ankleshwar and Panoli industrial areas through which industrial units were discharging their untreated and highly acidic effluents to underground drainage lines. A special drive was carried out on April 22, 2006, with joint operations conducted …
Considering the multitude of pollution problems at Chandrapur, MPCB took a review of the current status of the pollution from various sources in December 2005. It was noticed during the review that the industrial and other activities at Chandrapur have extensively contributed to pollution and there is a considerable rise …
A flock of pigeons wearing mobile phone-style backpacks are to be used as air-pollution monitors in the us, reports New Scientist. The 20 pigeons will each carry a Global Positioning System satellite tracking receiver, air pollution sensors (capable of detecting carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide) and a basic mobile phone …
Remedial action taken quickly prevented a major oil spill in Mangere, New Zealand, from causing serious environmental damage. Around 2,000 litres of oil was recently spilled from a fuel storage site of Transport Dynamics into a tributary of Waokauri Creek, which flows into the Manukau harbour. The Auckland Regional Council's …
the Punjab Pollution Control Board (ppcb) has issued notices to about 500 industrial units in Ludhiana over groundwater pollution in the area. The units allegedly discharge their effluents into soaking pits, some of which are 70 feet (just over 20 metres) deep. The industries in question include manufacturing units for …
Increasing air pollution in the Iranian capital Tehran, forced its government to announce a two-day holiday in an attempt to reduce traffic on the city's streets. An official tv broadcast urged people not to drive to work but use public transport, since air pollution had reached dangerous levels. The authorities …
the Supreme Court on December 12, 2005, appointed yet another committee to look into controlling the pollution of the river Yamuna in Delhi (see box: Committes flow). The
This paper examines the impacts of measures to reduce emissions from passenger transport; specifically, buses, cars and two-wheelers. These include the possibility of converting diesel buses to compressed natural gas (CNG), as the Indian Supreme Court required in Delhi, which would necessitate an increase in bus fares to cover the …
The deluge that caught Mumbai by surprise on July 26, 2005 has sent warning signals to areas situated along Dahisar river. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai's (MCGM's) staff in R-north ward of the Dahisar area, its councillors and residents have woken up to the danger, but some proposed solutions …
INDIANS ELECTED: Two Indian scientists, Goverdhan Mehta and Anupam Varma, have been elected to the International Council for Science (ICSU) regional committee for Asia and the Pacific. Mehta, former director of the Indian Institute of Science and vice chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, has been elected president of the …
MUMBAI'S medical waste mess got further complicated after a public interest petition was filed by A M Mascarenhas of the Consumer Welfare Association, a voluntary organisation. The petition, filed with the Bombay High Court (HC), hopes that "government and authorities concerned (should) construct and install incinerators in all hospitals/nursing homes …
IT'S BEEN four months since the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF), on behalf of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on Hazardous Wastes, sent a strongly worded letter to the chief secretaries of all states and Union territories in India. Referring to the Supreme Court (SC) order dated …
gujarat Pollution Control Board (gpcb) served a second closure notice on August 10, 2005, to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ongc) unit at Piludra, Ankleshwar
the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) has tied up with a Canadian government agency to try out a new gas kit expected to give greater mileage, increase fuel efficiency and reduce pollution through emissions. Since two weeks 25 autos in the city have been fitted with these. "We are …
indian scientists have found the bark of widely grown eucalyptus can help solve one of the most gruelling industrial problems: removing chromium from effluents. The bark not only reduces chromium content in industrial waste to safe levels, but also enables the toxic metal's recovery for reutilisation, claim researchers at the …
Neighbour's worry: Sri Lanka has set aside an estimated US $300,000 to study and evaluate India's Sethusamudram canal project, environment minister A H M Fowzie said recently. Sri Lankan environmentalists oppose the project, saying it would harm marine resources and also adversely impact the country's northern coastline. The Sunday Leader …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has finally ordered the closure of 38 hotels in the twin hill stations of Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani, located in an eco-sensitive zone. Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani together generate 3,960 cubic metre sewage per day and discharge most of this in untreated form in Venna Lake …
the Supreme Court (sc) recently ordered the Delhi government to study a proposal to install sewage treatment plants (stps) at the outfall of open drains that carry Delhi's sewage to river Yamuna. The order, issued on September 7, 2005, was based on recommendations made by Anil Baijal, secretary, Union ministry …
