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 …
gasmasks were first introduced during the First World War as precautionary measures for soldiers. And though weapons have become much smarter, advanced and lethal since then, gasmasks still remain where they were almost a century ago. Most gasmasks available today use one or several filters to purify the air the …
A 195-metre cargo ship carrying nearly 1.5 million litres of oil was set on fire by explosive experts in Coos Bay, Oregon, usa. The action was taken in anticipation of a fierce storm which threatened to break the freighter and worsen the oil spill. The state and federal authorities decided …
discarded oyster shells are to be used to clean household wastewater in a prototype plant being built in Japan. The plant will purify water that would otherwise pollute local beaches. "Oyster shells harbour large numbers of anaerobic and aerobic microbes on their surfaces,' says Toyokuni Asahina, one of the plant's …
population explosion and technological progress has been accompanied, among other things, by an increase in waste generation and pollution. But, in India, the efforts to find a sustainable way of treating waste have failed to deliver. Thus, Soli J Arceivala's Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control, assumes significance as it examines …
if the recent Supreme Court (sc ) judgements are anything to go by, the judiciary in India is increasingly playing the role of the policymaker. Take the case of air pollution in Delhi. First sc ordered closure or relocation of polluting industrial units operating in the capital in July 1996. …
Born in Yamnang, a sleepy little in Sikkim's west, Chamling got involved in rehabilitation of landless people after completing school. "In fact, I donated some of my own land to settle landless people" he says, recalling his days as an activist. Transition from social work to politics came naturally, more …
ADMIRERS He may not be sophisticated enough to view environmental problems like a trained activist, but he understands them in his own way. His solutions may sometimes look roughshod but his willingness to learn is his greatest asset. What more can one expect from someone who took over after 14 …
RAWAN KUMAR CHAMUNG Do you think environmental issues are important?, No development process can exclude environmental manage- ment. I grew up amidst natural beauty. So when I see it being degraded in the name of development, I feel very disturbed. In southwest Sikkim, thereffias been large-scale deforestation. Streams are now …
Seventy-year-old Aitamai has lived in Sichey Basti on the outskirts of Gangtok for over 40 years now. "But I have never seen such a bad landslide," she says, referring to the one that devastated her house in 1996. Aitamai remembers with horror the day the otherwise-calm jhoras (rapids) that criss-cross …
MADHYA PRADESH (MP): Digvijay Singh(Congress) (Came to power in December 1993) • Encouragement to voluntary organisations to take up watershed improvement. Effectively resisted the Sardar Sarovar project. • Encouraged participation of NGOs and other institutions in environmental management. Launched JFM scheme. New environmental policy proposed in 1996. The Rajiv Gandhi …
In an attempt to combat pollution in Beijing, the city municipal government has decided to issue special environmental protection licences for vehicles that meet the emission standards set by the government. Those vehicles which do not meet these standards would be seized and destroyed. The government has also decided to …
A solution to Beijing's air pollution problems will require cooperation from the whole society, as well as the government, said a local environmental official. In an interview with China Daily, Yu Xiaoxuan, deputy director of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, said that environmental awareness has spread among the government officials …
Environment ministers of Korea, Japan and China have agreed to boost cooperation among the three countries to prevent further environmental pollution in Far East Asia. "We shared the view that the three-way cooperation in the field of environment is extremely important and indispensable, because dynamic economic development has been deteriorating …
noise from aeroplanes in the us has reduced considerably and will reduce further, says the Federal Aviation Administration, usa . A law passed by the Congress in 1990 says that airlines will have to reduce the number of noisy planes they fly. By 1999, these planes will make up less …
The Chinese government is taking steps to accelerate the development and use of electric and alternative fuel vehicles. Vice-minister for science and technology Deng Nan said initial results have been achieved in developing automobiles which run on clean fuel. "Developing environment-friendly motor vehicle technology in line with China's resources is …
the Tata Power Company Ltd has been issued notices by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (mpcb) for alleged violation of environmental norms at the company's Trombay station in Mumbai. According to the mpcb, the temperature of the water being discharged in the sea is much higher than the consented limits. …
the newly-appointed chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, soon after assuming office met Union minister for environment and forests Suresh Prabhu to examine the progress in the implementation of the white paper on environmental pollution in Delhi. In what can be said as the first serious effort made by the …
Aeroplane passengers may no longer have to yell at each other to be heard. Ultra Electronics of Cambridge, UK, has designed a passenger seat that halves the perceived ambient noise inside most aircraft cabins. The trick is done through a sound-cancelling device built into the headrests. A microphone samples sound …
The Madras High Court has given an interim order directing the plant of Sterlite Industries in Tuticorin, Chennai, to close down. Allegations of environmental hazards posed by the plant, reports of gas leaks and deaths have dogged the copper smelter plant since its inception in 1997. The court orders were …
