Goa state pollution control board issues 2,000 notices to hotels, industries
Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has issued around 2,000 showcause notices to industries and hotels till Monday for operating without consent under the Water Act and Air Act.
View ArticlePrakash Singh Badal seeks Haryana, HP CMs help to keep river clean
Expressing concern over pollution in Ghaggar river in Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought help from his Haryana and Himachal Pradesh counterparts to take steps to prevent discha
View ArticleTwo water samples from Jawahar Nagar fail test
Two out of the six water samples collected from Jawahar Nagar camp area have failed the potability test. These water samples of MC water were collected by the Health Department on June 18.
View ArticleCivic body to clean Sabarmati riverbed
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will conduct a thorough bio-remediation of the Sabarmati riverfront in the coming months.
View ArticleGSPCB to propose common effluent plant at Bethora
Following a series of complaints about discharge of untreated effluents and sewage into a fresh water nullah at Curti-Ponda by industries, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has decided
View ArticleUgly fight over dirty water in NCERT Colony
It is a choked, overflowing and disowned manhole that has emerged as the cause of water contamination that lead to two deaths and scores of people falling ill in South Delhi’s National Council of E
View ArticleProvide safe drinking water to prevent fluorosis
States asked to provide alternative source of drinking water in affected areasConcerned at increasing cases of fluorosis, the Union government has asked the States to provide alternative source of...
View ArticleConcern over Kotri industries polluting Karachi water
An overwhelming majority of residents of the city are consuming water mixed with industrial effluents though a combined effluent treatment plant has been installed at a cost of over Rs667 million a
View ArticleHC for policy decision on polythene ban
The High Court was today informed that around 130 quintals of polythene has been seized by the authorities in five months since January this year.
View ArticleKarachiites getting contaminated water from Keenjhar Lake
The purity and safety of potable water supplied to the people of Karachi had become a serious health concern.
View ArticlePollution control board directs meat complex to repair effluent treatment plant
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Monday directed the Goa Meat Complex to repair the existing effluent treatment plant (ETP), which treats the waste water generated by the meat compl
View ArticleBMC plays down spurt in water contamination cases
BMC on Tuesday played down reports of a spike in water contamination cases in the city.
View ArticleContaminated water kills one, sparks blame game
Water was sourced from borewells in a jhuggi-jhonpri cluster in Rajokri
View Article26% of water samples in city unpotable
One in four samples of drinking water in the city was found contaminated in tests at the Pune-based State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL) last month.
View ArticleCity’s water quality far better than Mum
Only 1% of water samples tested in Pune city was found unfit for consumption as against 26% in Mumbai, an official of the State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL) said here on Wednesday.
View ArticleFarmagudi locals test well water for consumption
Residents at Konem-Farmagudi have resorted to an unusual test to resume consumption of water from a well that was contaminated with diesel for about eight months.The residents recently released fresh...
View ArticleHC: Chalk out policy to check pollution in rivers
Calling for an immediate halt on illegal construction on the banks of Narmada river, Madhya Pradesh high court (MPHC) has issued directions to the government to formulate a cohesive policy to check
View ArticleBMC system to curb water contamination still dated
Mumbaikars Suffer As Unclean Water Causes Illnesses While Rain-Related Tragedies Drown Claims Of Preparedness
View ArticleNo contamination in supply, claims DJB
A day after one person died in a JJ cluster at Rajokri Pahari allegedly due to consuming contaminated water, Delhi Jal Board said water samples picked up from their borewells were of good quality a
View Article70 diarrhoea cases, 2 deaths in 5 days
Health Dept blames unhygienic conditions at illegal ‘vehras’ for the high number of casesDiarrhoea has started spreading its tentacles in areas like Muslim Colony and Sherpur from where more than 70...
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