Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Acting on an Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (UPCB) report, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a technical monitoring committee to conduct a survey into untreated sewage waste being discharged into the Ganga by ashrams in the holy towns of Haridwar and Rishikesh. Speaking to TOI on Thursday, Ankur Kansal, …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), which has given directions for cleaning the Yamuna under ‘Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalisation Project 2017’, has issued a number of directions to ensure the river is cleaned by that time. While issuing the directions on Monday, the NGT said “lack of co-ordination and co-operation” …
Varanasi: The temple town Varanasi and other cities and towns situated on the banks of the Ganga will have automatic water quality monitoring system on the river under real time data network for water management programme. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) cell of the Central Pollution Control Board …
Green panel has asked civic body and state pollution control board to conduct a joint survey of building projects within two months to ascertain whether they are treating their sewage water and following other environmental norms. On Tuesday, while hearing a petition filed by Fortune Glory Extension Welfare Association, CREDAI …
GWERU City Council is discharging partially treated effluent into the environment owing to the repeated breakdown of the two sewage treatment plants, a senior official has revealed. Acting director for engineering services Praymore Mhlanga said lack of resources to repair the treatment plants has seen the local authority being taken …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought an inspection of the Century Pulp and Paper Mill, Nainital, by a team comprising representatives of the Union ministry of environment and forests and central and state pollution control boards. The NGT has also nominated a professor of IIT Roorkee as part of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Taurus International (Projects) Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Delhi Pollution Control Committee dated 03/03/2015 regarding hotels operating in Delhi without any ETP/STP and polluting air and water.
Sewage Treatment plants are used to treat sewage generated from residential, institutional, commercial and industrial establishments which includes household waste liquid from toilets, baths, showers, kitchens, sinks and so forth that is disposed of via sewers. In India, different treatment technologies like ASP, UASB, Oxidation pond and advanced technologies like …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Gauri Maulekhi Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 27/02/2015 regarding pollution caused by Century Pulp and Paper mill, Nainital,Uttarakhand. The Tribunal noted that the industry was ordered to be closed in the year 2011. After …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Arvind Kumar Shukla Vs. Ghaziabad Development Authority & Ors. dated 27/02/2015 regarding releasing untreated sewage and garbage into the open drains and streets which ultimately join river Ganga and tributaries of Yamuna.
In this study, we assessed the efficiency and effectiveness of the Vrishabhavathy Valley Treatment plant (VVTP) in Bengaluru city, which is the oldest STP in the city. Since VVTP treats both raw sewage and polluted river water, with the latter constituting 80% of the influent, we sampled water quality at …
Various city-based NGOs and individual stake holders apprised the Parliamentary Committee members about the pollution and environment related issues of the holy city here on Sunday. The standing Committee of Parliament on Science, Technology, Environment and Forests, was in the city on a study tour. The Pollution Control Committee (PCC), …
VARANASI: A project supported by Uma Bharati's water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation ministry and Akhilesh government to check pollution in the river in Prime Minister's constituency has run into rough weather with opposition coming from BJP sympathizers. While workers of former BJP ideologue K N Govindacharya patronized 'Rashtriya …
Multi-drug-resistant bacteria pose a significant threat to public health. The role of the environment in the overall rise in antibiotic-resistant infections and risk to humans is largely unknown. This study aimed to evaluate drivers of antibiotic-resistance levels across the River Thames catchment, model key biotic, spatial and chemical variables and …
To ensure compliance of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders to provide a complete and comprehensive plan of prevention and control of pollution of environment and damage to ecology owing to tourism in the area leading from Bhuntar to Manikaran, a team constituted by the NGT visited Manikaran today. Deputy …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has warned Noida Authority it will seal all builder projects, if records of treated sewage water that is distributed to builders in the city for construction is not presented to it soon. In a previous hearing on February 2, the Authority had been asked to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh V/s. M/s. Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Mehdiganj, Rajatalab, Varanasi And M.C. Mehta V/s. Union of India & Ors. And Other Connected Matters regarding groundwater depletion and pollution by industries in Uttar Pradesh especially by M/s. …
Ranchi: The state model will guide the Ganga cleaning exercise in India, Union minister for Ganga rejuvenation and water resources Uma Bharti said on Tuesday after she formally set the ball rolling for a massive cleaning exercise of the holy river in Jharkhand. The authorities have decided to begin working …
