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. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday revoked the stay on the expansion plans of Hindu College and the construction of a new building at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies. The order came after the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) informed the bench that both projects do not fall …
Last year, Israel's polio-free status was seriously challenged. On May 28, 2013, a sample obtained during routine supplementary environmental surveillance at a sewage-treatment plant in the South district tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1. Additional analyses retrospectively confirmed that the virus had already been present in February 2013 in …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Monday issued a closure notice to well-known hospital in Mapusa, for causing water pollution in the vicinity. The board has received repeated complaints from residents of Peddem, Mapusa, alleging that the hospital discharges sullage in the open drain and burns medical waste …
Concerned over flowing heavy discharge of industrial effluents and domestic waste into the drains, the Punjab Government would soon take up the “serious” issue with the UT administrator Shivraj Patil, who is also Punjab Governor. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday decided to seek Patil’s personal intervention for taking …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday expanded the scope of two related cases on the Yamuna riverfront development project and natural drains leading into the river. This was done so that Yamuna's problems can be addressed holistically. This also means Delhiites can look forward to a riverfront that is left …
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 …
The Thane Municipal Corporation's (TMC) pollution control department in collaboration with a local non-governmental organization - Samarth Bharat Vyaspeeth (SBV) has initiated a Rs 1.5 crore project for generating organic manure from all the floral waste that shall be collected from immersion sites across the city. The manure will be …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday pulled up the administration for its failure to stop builders in Noida and Greater Noida from extracting groundwater for construction. It directed that officers should conduct surprise inspections at all these construction sites. On January 11 last year, the bench had restrained all builders …
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 …
Hong Kong closed 14 beaches in the New Territories after a sewage treatment plant was forced to discharge 95,000 cubic meters of household waste, enough to fill 38 Olympic-sized swimming pools, into the sea. The Pillar Point sewage plant at Tuen Mun reported a malfunction in its sieving devices, or …
Seventy-two apartments and 10 educational institutions have come under the scanner of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) for discharging untreated wastewater. The pollution board will ask the apartments and institutions to set up sewage treatment plants (STP) on their premises. According to the board, the hostels of the …
The Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant (GGSSTP) authorities seem not to care two hoots about the advice of environmentalists or the Punjab Pollution Control Board norms. The sewage from the residential quarters on the plant complex is dumped into the Sutlej through rainwater drains. This is being done despite …
The action plan prepared by Kolhapur zilla parishad to curb pollution of the Panchganga river has not yet been approved by the environment department of the Maharashtra government. The plan, pending with the state for the past eight months, is likely to be delayed further, since the implementation of the …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Narendra Modi government against adopting the UPA regime's approach on cleaning the Ganga and said people were eagerly awaiting the Centre's response on this issue of great national importance. "Are you cleaning the holy river? That is in your (BJP's election) manifesto also," …
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
PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee to oversee that casino operators comply with municipal solid waste (MSW) rules, even as it noted that casino vessels cannot be held directly responsible for causing water pollution in the River Mandovi. The NGT bench of Justice V R Kingaonkar …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Neeraj Chourasiya Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 11/08/2014 regarding the storm water drain being constructed by the Municipal Council Vidisha and the likelihood that the storm water drain would be misutilised for carrying …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Mohali Industry & Commerce Association Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 07/08/2014 regarding disposal of municipal solid waste in Mohali, Punjab.
KOLHAPUR: The environment status report (ESR), which was published on Monday, slammed the civic administration for being negligent about the city's environmental concerns. The report prepared for the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) by the city-based Mass Initiative for Truth Research and Action (MITRA) said the civic administration had not taken …
With the pollution level in some of the major rivers and ponds on the rise, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) Chairman Aditya Prasad Padhi has asked the authorities to prepare an action plan and initiate action in a time-bound manner against the erring Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and non-complying …
