Law for Ganga rejuvenation under consideration: Uma
The Central Government is considering the need to draft a "comprehensive" legislation for the rejuvenation of the Ganga, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Union Water Resources, River Development
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Water Pollution, 08/12/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water Pollution, 08/12/2015. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards/ Pollution Control Committees is assessing the river
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Funds for Sewage Treatment Plants, 08/12/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Funds for Sewage Treatment Plants, 08/12/2015. During the last two years, Rs 558.95 crore has been released to the State Governments under NRCP & NGRBA (upto...
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Capacity of Sewage Treatment Plants, 08/12/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Capacity of Sewage Treatment Plants, 08/12/2015. As per the report of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) published in March 2015, sewage generation from urban areas
View ArticleResidents, experts sound alarm bells for Jakkur lake
The worries for City's biggest living lake stem from the recent frothing in the Bellandur and Varthur lakes. In the wake of the frothing Bellandur and Varthur lakes, the Indian Institute of Science
View ArticleGanga pollution very high in U.P.: ITBP expedition team
After a two-month-long river rafting expedition along the Ganga, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) team has found that pollution level in the river is “very high” in Uttar Pradesh. “In U.P., bodies
View ArticleYangtze River gets cleaner
WUHAN - The water quality of the Yangtze River has been improving, with more than 90 percent of the river now meeting the national standard for clean water, the Yangtze River commission said on Tuesday.
View ArticleUS to ban soaps and other products containing microbeads
The US is set to ban personal care products that contain microbeads after the House of Representatives approved a bill that would phase out the environmentally-harmful items. The bill, which had been
View ArticleA plan on conservation of water quality of river Ganga: a segmental approach
Restoration of Water Quality of river Ganga is high on the National Agenda. The Government is committed to put its best effort to bring back the sanctity of the river. The major cause of concern of river
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Presence of Arsenic in Major Rivers, 10/12/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Presence of Arsenic in Major Rivers, 10/12/2015. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is monitoring water quality at 1275 locations on 445 Rivers, including river Ganga.
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Contaminated Drinking Water, 10/12/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contaminated Drinking Water, 10/12/2015. The State departments dealing with rural drinking water supply have reported arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity, nitrate and...
View ArticleIn Narnaul, fluoride in water 22 times higher than limit
A report on groundwater has sounded the alarm bells for people of the district, as fluoride content in water has been found 22 times higher than the permissible limit in Narnaul, the district...
View ArticleGSPCB files criminal plaints against 6 industries
Panaji: The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has started filing criminal cases against industries, hotels, resorts etc for violating provisions of the Air Act and Water Act. The board has...
View ArticleExperts collect water, soil samples
BHUBANESWAR: A day after carcasses of 18 peacocks were found at Madhupur village under Khurda forest range, a team, comprising veterinary surgeons and forest officials, on Wednesday visited the spot to
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding industries especially...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs Haque Tanners, Jajmau, Kanpur & Others dated 10/12/2015 regarding industries especially leather industries/ tanneries
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding unregulated licensing of...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Social Action For Forest And Environment (SAFE) Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/12/2015 regarding haphazard and unregulated licensing
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding sugar industry discharging...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kisan Sahakari Chini Mills Limited (In Krishan Kant Singh Case) Vs. U.P. Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 11/12/2015 regarding sugar industry
View ArticleCan Canada’s new PM stop mining abuses in Latin America?
Report on Guatemalan mine accuses the government and company running it, Tahoe Resources, of a military response to opposition A Guatemalan investigative journalist named Luis Solano was in Canada last
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef water quality under threat without urgent funding – report
Queensland report calls for corporate and philanthropic funding to help cut water pollution as a bulwark against climate change Governments will need to move faster and find more money to meet “ambitious”
View ArticleIllegal dumping and erosion threaten Irish coast- survey
Illegal dumping, coastal erosion and the killing of marine animals are among the concerns highlighted in the latest All Ireland Coastwatch Survey. The results, released on Monday, showed that on the 300
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