Water quality in Bhandewadi as bad as industrial waste
In the last one year, Shubham Wasnik got hospitalized twice. “My stomach always hurts,” says the 26-year-old. Recurring diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and jaundice have tormented Shubham through his youthful
View ArticleNitin Gadkari claims river Ganga to be 70-80% cleaner by March next year;...
NEW DELHI: Despite staring at a huge gap between sanctioned and completed projects, the Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday claimed that the result of Ganga cleaning works would be
View ArticleMaharashtra: FSSAI orders manufacturing cos to use blue colour in industrial ice
Mumbai: In yet another instance the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered food business operators (FBOs) across India to use blue food colour in the manufacturing of industrial
View ArticleA proposed global metric to aid mercury pollution policy
The Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force in August 2017, committing its currently 92 parties to take action to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and...
View ArticleNGT raps Ganga Mission for failure to file compliance report
The National Green Tribunal today rapped the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for not filing a compliance report on the steps taken by the Centre and the UP and Uttarakhand governments to clean
View ArticleCuncolkars adamant on shutting down polluting fish meal plants
Agitated Cuncolkars are now planning to come out with all force to close all polluting fish meal plants in Cuncolim Industrial Estate. Recently, an international organisation had listed Cuncolim...
View ArticleHaridwar nullahs found to be discharging waste into Ganga
The work on tapping nullahs so that they do not flow into the Ganga continues to be carried in only on paper and in a slipshod manner in Haridwar. This was discovered by the district authorities when they
View ArticleNullah pollution takes toll on villages
Four years on, Abatement of Pollution in Buddha Nullah project hanging fire Villagers residing near the area where the Buddha Nullah merges into the Sutlej continue to suffer as the successive governments
View ArticleStop pollution before bringing Beas water to Jalandhar: Seechewal
The recent report of water pollution reported from river Beas leading to the death of countless fishes and aquatic species in the river has raised serious concerns over the Asian Development Bank...
View ArticlePolluting mill may get off lightly
Up to Rs 1-cr fine on cards Gurdaspur-based Chadha Sugars and Industries may get off lightly for polluting the Beas, paying a fine of just up to Rs 1 crore, despite the enormous damage to the ecology.
View ArticleAction group formed in Faridkot to check canal water toxicity
Bathinda: Concerned over the change of colour of water in the Rajasthan canal and Sirhind feeder, which has put the ecology in danger, social activists and public representatives have joined hands in...
View ArticlePlastic pollution needs to be curbed, says UN Environment head Erik Solheim
Fifty per cent of the plastic we use is single-use or disposable. Each year, at least eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans, the equivalent of a full garbage truck every minute. Plastic
View ArticleNo legal record of cases against pollution violators
Ten of 12 regional offices fail to show data of industrial units flouting norms, reveals RTI petition There’s no legal record of any action taken by several regional offices of the Punjab Pollution
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused to River Beas...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sukpal Singh Khaira Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/05/2018 regarding severe pollution caused to River Beas and Satluj due to pollutants
View ArticleYavatmal water crisis hits dialysis of kidney patients
Nagpur: The unprecedented water shortage in Yavatmal district is hitting kidney patients the hardest. There are five dialysis units here, in different hospitals of the town. However, the procedures at
View ArticleNGT takes cognisance of Punjab AAP MLAs’ complaint on river water pollution
The complaint stated that there are very serious reports of grave and dangerous levels of poisonous pollution in the rivers, canals and drains has rocked the state of Punjab. Leader of Opposition Sukhpal
View ArticlePunjab pollution board told to test samples of Beas, Sutlej waters
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Punjab Pollution Control Board and the Central Pollution Control Board to test samples of waters of the Beas and Sutlej rivers and the Budda Nullah
View ArticleSubmit detailed compliance report on Ganga: NGT to govt
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttarakhand Government to submit within four weeks a percentage-wise compliance report on steps taken by it to clean the Ganga in the stretch between
View ArticleEIA public hearing sans environment issues
People from affected villages attend EIA meeting of Chanakha-Korata barrage The environmental public hearing for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the inter-State Chanakha-Korata barrage
View ArticleNorth China Plain records 8 billion ton groundwater loss annually
The groundwater storage of North China Plain depleted at a rate of 7.2 ± 1.1 km3/yr from 2002 to 2014, or 6 to 8 billion tons each year since 2002, according to a research headed by a Chinese scientist.
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