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 …
A recent study discovered that many Tel Aviv wells are polluted beyond suitability as drinking water sources. Data collected by the Health Ministry and Water Authority showed that 96 of a total 166 wells in the Tel Aviv area were closed due to contamination. Nearly two-thirds of the wells have …
Passengers on an unusual train journeying the through the thick of Punjab polls discuss their ailments afflicting an entire generation. Strangely, for the state's politics, which is as much blinded by materialism as the people there, these problems just don't exist.
Tired of agitating, Sukhdev Vihar residents ‘invite' officials, politicians Many protests, agitations and petitions later, the residents of Sukhdev Vihar – one of the most densely-populated residential colonies located next to the Okhla-Timarpur waste-to-energy incinerator – have a unique proposition for Delhi environment officials and politicians: “Come spend a day …
Study finds 75% of wells contaminated A study of groundwater conducted across the district has found that 75 per cent of the water resources in 22 grama panchayats along the banks of the Kadalundipuzha and the Chaliyar are polluted. Apart from the usual pollutants, the rivers in these panchayats are …
Residents on outskirts of city face danger Residents of the villages on the outskirts of the city have become mute spectators to pollution of lakes and ground water, which they use for domestic purposes and cattle. The pollution is due to sewage water discharged from the nearby quarters into the …
People have now joined hands with the farming community protesting against the indiscriminate discharge of untreated, toxic effluents into the water sources in Erode district. Residents Over 500 residents from Suriyampalayam and Kongampalayam observed a fast on Wednesday condemning the textile processing and tannery units in Erode town and its …
45 wells in Candolim, situated at the base of the Pilerne Plateau are polluted mostly due to discharge of chemicals by industrial units at Pilerne in storm water drains. It was meant to promote industrial development of the region, but the Pilerne Industrial Estate (PIE) has instead promoted animosity among …
The farming industry in the United States is second to none around the world. There are many reasons why US agriculture is so productive such as increased mechanization and refined practices to increase crop yields. Another major reason has to do with the nutrients added to the soil. Unfortunately, the …
Effluents from KMML (Kerala Metals and Minerals Ltd), a public sector unit based at Chavara in Kollam, are polluting water sources, degrading the environment, and posing a public health hazard, a study conducted by the Department of Geology, University of Kerala, has revealed. The study found that the plant manufacturing …
People in Bangladesh exposed tohigh levels of arsenic in drinking water were more likely to report shortness of breath in a new study than those who drank water with safer arsenic concentrations. Though researchers didn't try todiagnose the study subjects with any specific illnesses, they noted in theEuropean Respiratory Journal …
With Dow Chemical being a London Olympics sponsor, an unapologetic Union Carbide prospers On the eve of the 26th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster, survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy protested in the Madhya Pradesh capital by setting on fire effigies of Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London …
Development of representative conceptual groundwater flow model is an important step before translating it into a numerical model. In this paper, a methodology for development of conceptual groundwater flow model has been presented in which spatially distributed values for groundwater recharge has been utilized instead of lump sum average values …
Despite 26 years implementation of programmes to control pollution, water in our rivers remains critically polluted says CAG in this first ever performance audit of water pollution in India. This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2011 containing the results of the …
The research group at Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh did studies related to presence of uranium in drinking water from the Malwa belt. The analysis technique used is Energy dispersive X-ray Fluorescence, which is capable of detecting many elements simultaneously. The detection method is further improved by analyzing the residue …
Ground water in areas up to three km radius around garbage disposal sites of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is highly alkaline and unfit for human use. According to a joint research study by the city-based National Geophy-sical Research Institute and the dep artment of applied geochemistry, Osmania University, the …
Collector orders official to take action Farmers participating in the monthly agriculturists' grievances redressal day meeting here on Friday complained of indiscriminate mining of sand in the Palar and Ponnai rivers, which resulted in the depletion of the ground water resources in the rivers. D. Gopalakrishnan, a farmer of Sathambakkam …
Vishwa Vijay Singh, Congress candidate from the Sahjanwa constituency in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, knows little about politics. Associated with the party for only one year, Singh is the face of a campaign to save the Ami river from pollution — a river on which 250 villages are dependent …
Bhopal : Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur inaugurated 43rd annual conference of All-India Mayors’ Council at Indore today. Gaur said that planned work has to be undertaken to provide all the facilities to people coming to cities from villages. He said that with this in view, work is …
Halliburton Co faces lawsuits over groundwater pollution near a now-closed facility in Oklahoma that cleaned missile casings for the U.S. Defense Department during the Cold War, the company said on Friday. Halliburton, which now specializes in oilfield services, said one of its units cleaned solid fuel from missile casings between …
