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 …
As a key section of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project prepares to go into operation, water quality tests show the battle against pollution is being won. The first phase of the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is scheduled to be launched in late October. The water quality …
The study was conducted to estimate total mercury in water and sediment of Bidyadhari river of Indian Sundarban delta in pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon period. Bidyadhari river presently serves as a sewage and excess rainwater outlet from the Kolkata metropolitan and adjacent area which ultimately empties at the Bay of …
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday urged his Himachal Pradesh counterpart Virbhadra Singh to jointly put up an effective monitoring mechanism for the cleaning up of Ghaggar river. Badal, in a letter to Virbhadra Singh, informed him about the deterioration of the water quality of Ghaggar in Punjab. …
The high court has directed UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to collect sample of Gomti river's water and furnish the test report before it within a month. The court wants to know whether the water is fit for consumption. The matter will next be heard after a month. A division …
After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) rapped the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) last week for not diverting the Khemani nullah that carries sewage directly into Ulhas river, the UMC has now informed the tribunal that diverting the nullah is not practical. Although the NGT, in May, had given the UMC …
The water quality of Ganga river at Allahabad and Varanasi, two holy places where millions take a dip, is most unfit for bathing purposes, the Centre informed the Supreme Court. Water becomes unfit for bathing if the biochemical oxygen demand (BoD) level exceeds 3 mg per litre. In fact, in …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dr. Udaykumar Vasantrao Jagtap Vs Saswad Municipal Council & Others dated 04/09/2014 regarding untreated sewage and the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal practices adopted by the Municipal Council of Saswad, District Pune, causing pollution of the …
President of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Asha Thimmappa Gowda on Monday instructed the District Health and Family Welfare Officer (DHO) H.S. Shivakumar to study if the authorities of Durgaparameshwari temple at Kateel and others were polluting the Nandini river by various means and submit a report within a week. She …
A water company has been fined £250,000 for polluting a brook in Newbury. Thames Water was also ordered at Reading Crown Court to pay costs of nearly £7,000 after untreated sewage flowed in to Chase Brook in Berkshire. The Environment Agency brought the case after sewage "severely impacted" wildlife in …
Varanasi: The outcome of the ambitious 'Namami Gange' project of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a matter of future, but the present condition of the river is not very encouraging. In Varanasi alone, the Ganga is being polluted with over 250 MLD untreated sewage everyday. For Namami Gange, an …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ajay Pandey Baba Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 22/08/2014 regarding the construction of Sulab Shouchalay by the Seoni Municipality, on the banks of Dal Sagar lake in Seoni alleging that untreated waste is …
Affidavit of the Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India and Mission Director, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in terms of the Supreme Court order dated 13/08/2014 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others
The Puri beach is a major tourist attraction but pollution has always remained a matter of concern. Flouting environment laws, drains carrying sewerage water of hotels and commercial establishments to the sea dot the beach. Even as the State Government launched mechanised cleaning of the beach this year, it is …
The amount of mercury near the surface of many of the world’s oceans has tripled as the result of our polluting activities, a new study has found, with potentially damaging implications for marine life as the result of the accumulation of the toxic metal. Mercury is accumulating in the surface …
KOCHI: Health officials from the Thrikkakara municipality inspected the quarry pond in Kakkanad a third time following a complaint by Green Garden residents association (GGRA) to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Residents had alleged that hotel Park Residency was polluting the quarry pond by discharging effluents into it. Following the …
Aerial images taken by Rio-based biologist Mario Moscatelli show the water around Marina de Gloria, the location from which Olympic sailors will set off, discolored by sewage. Austrian Nico Dalle Karth, a sailor preparing for his fourth Olympics, did what he usually does before a race: He studied the water’s …
A temporary ban on swimming has been placed at Sandymount Strand after water quality there failed to meet the minimum standard for bathing. Dublin City Council announced the temporary prohibition of bathing notice today following the analysis of a bathing water sample taken on Friday. In a statement, the council …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Madhusudan Sharma Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 22/07/2014 regarding laying and replacement of the drinking water and sewage pipelines in the State of Rajasthan besides the localised issue concerning the pipelines in the city …
