Plan to free Yamuna of debris
NOIDA: The state irrigation department in Meerut has prepared an exhaustive plan for removal of construction debris from the Yamuna and its banks and to stop further dumping. The department has sent the
View ArticleRivers polluted by faecal contamination: PCB study
Air heavy with RSPM, says report Coliform count in most of the Kerala rivers and ground water is far above the permissible limits whereas air in most cities was thick with Respirable Suspended Particulate
View ArticleNEERI study suggests improvement in Mithi waters
NEERI scientists believe continued efforts by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to take action against polluting industries will improve the quality further in the coming years. The Mithi river seems
View ArticleMumbai is noisiest city in the world
Mumbai is hostage to air and water pollution at dangerous levels, and is probably the n the world, ahead of Delhi and Kolkata. Maharashtra's economic survey , released a day before World Environment Day
View ArticleChina admits to failures over air quality
A senior Chinese government official has admitted that most major Chinese cities fail national standards for good air quality. Li Ganjie, a vice minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection,
View ArticleWater from third of Irish wells ‘contaminated with E. coli’
Nearly a third of all private wells in Ireland are contaminated with E. coli and contain water that is unsafe for consumption, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said. Recent studies revealed
View ArticleAction against sugar milldis charging toxic effluent faces delay
A case against the Chashma Sugar Mills, Dera Ismail Khan accused of discharging toxic effluent and thus, causing 10 deaths recently has been pending decision for one and a half years as the provincial
View ArticlePak most vulnerable to climate changes
Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Professor Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said that any out of the season political change will be counterproductive to the development of the country. “Out of season
View ArticleIsrael, Denmark keen to partner in Ganga clean-up
PM Narendra Modi's pet Ganga cleanup programme and his mission for clean water has attracted interest from foreign nations. Israel and Denmark, global leaders in water technology and water management,
View ArticleSewage main reason for poor-quality river water
KSCSTE studies samples collected from five river basins An environmental monitoring programme carried out by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology, and Environment (KSCSTE) in five river
View ArticleKochi Chokes under Heavy Pollution
KOCHI: In 2012, when National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, Kochi, undertook a survey, Kochi stood at the 24th position...
View ArticleGood news for rivers in Britain
Scientists from Cardiff University have found that Britain's urban rivers are the cleanest they've been in over two decades. The 21-year study of over 2,300 rivers measured the presence of clean-river
View ArticleIllinois bans microbeads in cosmetics and soaps
Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Sunday that he says gives Illinois the distinction as the first state in the nation to ban the sale and manufacture of soaps and cosmetics containing microbeads....
View ArticleRemoval of Costa Concordia 'could pollute sea' around island of Giglio
The removal of the Costa Concordia threatens to pollute the pristine waters around the Italian island of Giglio where the ship capsized two years ago, according to a new report which has angered local
View ArticleRio Bay Won’t Be Clean for 2016 Olympic Sailing, Mayor Says
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said the iconic Guanabara Bay won’t be clean in time for the 2016 Olympic sailing competition, breaking a promise made when the city won hosting rights in 2009. “I
View ArticleRiver taskforce to conduct mobile courts
The national taskforce on river protection has decided to conduct mobile courts against river encroachers and polluters. The decision was taken at a meeting of the taskforce yesterday. “Bangladesh Inland
View ArticleCity going from bad to worse
Better Ludhiana: Pollution pangs Buddha Nullah, once called Buddha Dariya, tells the story of the deterioration of the city’s environment. A clean water rivulet with fishes of myriad varieties swimming
View ArticleDegrees of damage should decide penalty
Just why is it so difficult for the pollution control boards to check contamination of our rivers despite frequent closure notices and punitive action against the guilty? Senior environmental engineers
View ArticlePollution killed aquatic life in Sabarmati
Unchecked littering has cost us our rivers and this is particularly true about Sabarmati which today has more garbage than water downstream in the city. Religious paraphernalia thrown from bridges,...
View ArticleGovt looks away as industrialists dump toxic waste in Sutlej
Even though Rajasthan Chief Minister has written to CM Parkash Singh Badal to check the discharge of industrial waste in Gung and Indira Gandhi Canal, industrial units continue to dump the waste in these
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