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 …
the horizontal wells can be effectively used to clear up heavily polluted industrial sites. The method pioneered by the oil industry is cheaper and quicker than conventional methods. Drilling vertical holes or excavation are the usual methods of clearing heavily polluted sites. But horizontal drilling causes less disturbance on the …
A division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered the closure of six polluting industries in Kattedan Industrial area. The industries are Vijayanand Textiles, Ramachandra Refinery, Anil Refinery, Bhavani Industries, Supreme Pigments and Jayadurga textiles. The closure was ordered on the basis of a report submitted by the …
Court has extended the time for setting up effluent treatment plants in the industrial estates of Vatwa, Naroda and Odhav in the outskirts of Ahmedabad till July 31. The extension was, however, applicable to only those industries which had paid Rs 2 per litre of effluent discharged towards the cost …
A PILOTLESS aircraft, that should be able to stay in the air for weeks, circling the globe to monitor the state of the earth's atmosphere and to keep an eye on pollution levels is being developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Pathfinder, as it is galled, is …
• More than 40 people were killed and hundreds injured when a massive earthquake hit Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district in the earthquake- prone Narmada valley on May 22. The earthquake, which measured six on the Richter scale, was felt in several parts of northern and western India. • Only two …
On his experience in dealing with polluting industries in West Bengal: It is easy for us to instruct the public sector units ( psu s). But it is not always so easy with the private sector. Their only concern is profit. But if they are convinced that pollution control activities …
THIS book has come at a time when humankind the world over is grappling with the challenge of providing a cleaner environment. However, the continuing high levels of pollution, especially in the developing countries, is rapidly taking humankind to the brink of disaster. The authors of this book feel that …
• The Thar desert is fast witnessing a steady decline in its groundwater level. In a recent symposium on "Recent Advances in the Management of Arid Eco-systems" held in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, scientists suggested artificial recharging as a corrective measure. • The first ultraviolet radiation technology-based sewage disinfection treatment plant has …
All foundries located in the primary residential area of Coimbatore city were told to close down immediately by the green bench of the Madras High Court on March 8. The court directed the state pollution control board (PCB) to take immediate steps to implement the order within a month. In …
skyscrapers could soon be one of the solutions to urban pollution problems. A proposal to that effect has been introduced by Melvin Prueitt, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, us, who has been awarded four patents for several tower configurations. These towers will transform hundreds of …
the ministry of environment and forests (mef) has taken strong exception to the free import of fertilisers by the industry, encouraging foreign countries to dump toxic wastes on Indian soil. The mef has drafted a prohibition on the import of wastes that comprise mainly asbestos dust and fibre, chemicals like …
some day in the near future, airplane wings may flex themselves like fish tails, changing shape to modify, lift or drag by themselves. Bridges and telephone poles could
cost effective, energy efficient and non-polluting electric cycle rickshaws invented by Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (nari), Maharashtra, could substitute petrol-powered two-wheelers and three-wheelers. At present 18 million two wheelers and 1.5 million three wheelers pollute Indian cities, growing at a rate of 15 per cent per annum. The existing cycle …
in a December 1996 ruling on a public interest petition, the Supreme Court ordered 292 coke coal-based industries in the trapezium zone of the historical Taj Mahal to either close down, pull out or switch over to gas-based fuel by April 30, 1997. In a strictly-worded verdict, the court ruled …
THE Habitat ii conference held in Istanbul, in June this year, had one message broadcast loud and clear: cities could be cleaned up and managed sustainably if only communities chose to do so. Twelve communities who have already demonstrated this were given the Best Practices Award by the UN. One …
NATIVE REMEDY: Pune-based Bio Ved Pharma (BVP) is all set to make its mark in the Indian pharmaceuticals market, with the launch of its first Ayurvedic drug artrex in February next year. BVP is a 100 per cent subsidiary of the US-based Ayur Core Inc. Artrex, an arthritis drug, will …
A study conducted for the department of the environment in the UK shows that the introduction of catalytic converters has been accompanied by a sudden and unexpected rise in concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, one of the most dangerous components of urban smog. This report comes as a surprise to many …
