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 five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H S Kapadia began the hearing of curative petitions in the Bhopal gas tragedy on April 13. While hearing the curative petition filed by the CBI to re-examine the 1996 Supreme Court's judgement, the five-judge bench questioned the CBI …
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H S Kapadia began the hearing of curative petitions in the Bhopal gas tragedy on April 13. While hearing the curative petition filed by the CBI to re-examine the 1996 Supreme Court's judgement, the five-judge bench questioned the CBI …
LUCKNOW: An ambitious groundwater recharge project in 116 parks of the city may end up contaminating the city groundwater. Experts feel that deep pits and wells being dug up in the parks under this project may work as an open passage for pesticides and other harmful elements. The project is …
Drinking borewell water can make you sick Groundwater in Byatarayanapura, Peenya, Jayanagar, Bommanahalli and Mahadevapura areas of the City has been found to be heavily contaminated with alarming levels of industrial effluents containing heavy metals beyond permissible limits. The State has failed in its duty to bring about groundwater regulations …
Kerala passes law on tribunal to secure compensation for victims of bottling plant. Just before the Kerala Assembly was dissolved for elections, the state’s Left Democratic Front government passed a law to secure compensation for people affected by Coca-Cola’s bottling operations at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The law, passed unopposed …
JUST before the Kerala Assembly was dissolved for elections, the state’s Left Democratic Front government passed a law to secure compensation for people affected by Coca-Cola’s bottling operations at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The law, passed unopposed on February 24, provides for a three-member tribunal which will adjudicate on claims …
The question of where to dispose the toxic waste lying at the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has come to haunt the government again. Yielding to public pressure, the government has finally decided not to dump the remaining 347 tonnes of waste at a disposal facility in Pithampur near …
MINISTER for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran, who piloted the Plachimada Special Tribunal Bill, 2011, in the State Assembly, said the High Power Committee (HPC) had found enough evidence to prove the presence of dangerous levels of cadmium and lead in the sludge distributed by the Coca-Cola unit at Plachimada and …
Groundwater toxicity in border areas of Ferozepur district has risen to alarming levels Groundwater toxicity in more than four dozen villages in the border areas of Punjab's Ferozepur district has risen to such alarming levels that an increasing number of children now need wheelchairs than toys as they fall victim …
In a new twist to the Comba well water contamination row, the Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani Dr Srikanth Mutnuri has concluded that the scum that is seen on top of well waters in Comba area is not due to any petroleum products, but is due to iron bacteria …
Deputy Collector, Margao Johnson Fernandes on Monday directed the owners of two petrol pumps to shut down the fuel tanks in a bid to check any seepage, even as panel of experts got down the business of ascertain the exact cause of contamination of Comba wells by an oily substance. …
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Union Carbide Corporation, Dow Chemicals and others on a Centre's plea seeking increase in compensation to the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia also …
District Collector, South G P Naik on Wednesday directed Deputy Collector, Margao Johnson Fernandes to conduct a detailed probe into the contamination of drinking wells in the Comba locality of the city before initiating action against the polluters. The directions came after Margao Municipal Chairperson Sushila Naik called on the …
HYDERABAD: Hand-pump, a convenient contraption for drawing groundwater, particularly in rural areas with little or no surface water supply, has led to a spurt in fluorosis disease in several States, including Andhra Pradesh. A team of doctors and scientists of the Geological Survey of India and the National Institute of …
Controversial dairy farm in village of Nocton generated heavy opposition from local residents, animal welfare and environmental groups who feared it could lead to wave of US-style mega-dairies. Plans for a 4,000-cow dairy farm in Lincolnshire in the UK have been withdrawn after fears it would pollute water supplies in …
To provide safe drinking water free of uranium and other heavy metals, especially in the rural areas, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed the Water Supply and Sanitation Department to immediately get the water samples of tube well-based schemes in all the districts tested from Bhabha Atomic Research …
Punjab to encourage more panchayats to run drinking water schemes in villages The Punjab government has now made heavy metal and uranium tests mandatory for boring a tubewell, besides the 28 tests being carried out at present. And from now, if any village opts for hundred per cent water connection, …
ERODE: Farmers in a few villages in Chennimalai block are facing serious threat to their livelihood due to the indiscriminate discharge of untreated effluents from the textile processing units into the agricultural lands. The continuous discharge of untreated effluents polluted the groundwater in Chinnapidariyur, Murugampalayam, Attavanai Pidariyur and a few …
Consumption of contaminated groundwater has taken a toll on the health of Malleswaram South End Road residents. The erratic and insufficient water supply from the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has compelled the residents of the area to depend on the borewell water. The seepage from the age-old underground …
Believe it or not, 90% of the wells in Panjim are contaminated, mainly because the distance between septic tank and wells or ground water tanks are less than the minimum 20 mtrs.
