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 …
Lays emphasis on long-term monitoring Groundwater resources in Kerala have come under increasing stress from rising levels of exploitation and pollution, the first aquifer atlas of Kerala has revealed. The atlas, compiled by the Central Ground Water Board, estimates the net annual groundwater availability in the State at 6.01 billion …
District houses thermal power plants, coal mines, chemical factory The Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh is precariously perched on the threshold of an environment disaster with a new study having found high levels of mercury in the environment as well as in the bodies of local residents. Sonbhadra, which is …
Bhutan has decided to crack down on illegal mining of dolomite along the Indo-Bhutan border in an attempt to curb pollution of groundwater in the foothills of Eastern Himalayas that has affected productivity of the tea gardens of Dooars in West Bengal. The 150-odd gardens in the region produce nearly …
Hussainsagar suffered a condition called hypoxia on September 29! Sources said that analysis of samples drawn from the lake by the State Pollution Control Board to study the effect of immersing Ganesh idols in the lake on September 29 revealed that the dissolved oxygen (DO) count (the amount of oxygen …
Fresh evidence has emerged about prevalence of endosulfan residues in the groundwater of Kasaragod district and recent use of the pesticide in the area. A study by P.S. Akhil and C.H. Sujatha of the Department of Chemical Oceanography of Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) reported that organochlorine insecticides, …
High levels of nitrate, lead and nickel have been found present in the groundwater samples collected by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research at the Union Carbide site in Bhopal. Submitting a report of its study before the Supreme Court which is hearing a PIL in this regard, the IITR …
Protests in Germany have ensured that the refuse cannot be taken to Europe either It’s back to square one in the mission to get rid of toxic waste from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal, with German agency GIZ backing out of a proposal to airlift 350 tonnes of waste …
On August 30, relay hunger strikes by villagers against a proposed 2,640MW coal-fired thermal power plant at Sompeta in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh would touch the 1,000-day mark. Another strike at Vadditandra, about 70km from Sompeta, where a similar power plant is being planned, would cross the 750-day mark …
In what is being seen as a disturbing trend, studies have revealed that the drinking and groundwater in Chittoor district is polluted with high concentrations of uranium, 135 times more than the safe limit fixed by the World Health Organisation. Research studies in Vagalla and nearby villages in the district …
The objective of this study is to evaluate contamination in groundwater due to distillery effluent irrigation. A study was conducted from 2008 to 2009 at 2 different times in a year, that is in March and October for 10 pre-identified locations at Gajraula and its suburbs of J. P. Nagar …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday was irked by the blame game between Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), which was tasked to test ground water around the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal and file a report. The Lucknow-based institute, which was …
MARGAO: Sample testing of well waters in the vicinity of the Sonsodo waste dumping site by the Goa State Pollution Control Board has revealed high levels of coliform. Well water sample of Vishal Gude, a resident of Amrutnagar-Sonsodo put the total coliform to 490 as against the permissible limit of …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), following the recommendation from the District Collector, has issued orders to close down and disconnect power supply for six glue factories in Pernambut for causing environment pollution by discharging untreated effluents. Collector Ajay Yadav has sternly warned industries polluting the water bodies and …
As a part of regular activity of ground water regime monitoring, Central Ground Water Board under Ministry of Water Resources carries out chemical analysis of ground water samples once a year. These samples are collected from the network of ground water monitoring wells during pre-monsoon period (April/May). As per the …
A cruel joke has been played out at the expense of the Bhopal victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster. The Supreme Court had ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file a report on the status of the ground water contamination at the Union Carbide plant site in …
Traces of uranium and other radioactive, heavy metals have been found in the groundwater in Punjab, the Government has said. The Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Jairam Ramesh, said a study conducted by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, has found traces of uranium …
Plan to expand coal mines and power plants in China's arid provinces threatens to drain water supply, report shows China's plan to rapidly expand large coal mines and power plants in its arid northern and western provinces threatens to drain precious water supply and could trigger a severe water crisis, …
The first-ever official test to find out toxicity level in groundwater around Bhopal’s Union Carbide plant since the leak of poisonous gas in 1984 will be soon conducted with the Supreme Court on Monday issuing notice to Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) asking it why it had not …
The draft mining policy stated that a suitable framework will be designed to ensure mining along with suitable measures for restoration of the ecological balance that had been disturbed so far due to mining. The draft Goa mining policy (Major Minerals), 2012 further stated that the closure of mines has …
