Groundwater in 81 blocks contaminated
Of the 341 blocks in the State, 81 blocks have water with more arsenic than the permissible limit and 49 blocks with more fluoride than the standard value. North 24 Parganas district, where about 20
View ArticleGanga cleaned to pay tribute to Uttarakhand tragedy victims
ALLAHABAD: Around 15 quintals of garbage was removed from Dashaswamedh ghat during a clean Ganga campaign organised as part of series of programmes organised on Tuesday to observe a year of flashflood
View ArticleAs treatment plants run below capacity, raw sewage flows into river Yamuna
River’s condition can’t improve unless 100% sewage is treated” The major source of the Capital’s water is also the destination for a large amount of its raw sewage, as treatment plants are being...
View ArticleNot oil tankers, oil rigs behind tar ball menace: Coast Guard
Oil tankers follow Marpol regulations, cannot discharge large quantities of oil' Ruling out the possibility that crude oil tankers carrying South East Asian Crude Oil (Seaco) could be discharging...
View Article26% water in Aurangabad dist contaminated: Report
AURANGABAD: Drinking water samples taken from nine talukas in the district put nine of the 858 gram panchayats (GP) under the red zone category, which means that these GPs failed to provide clean and...
View ArticleBMC to provide water connections for all Mumbai slums
Good sense seems to have finally prevailed with the state department of urban development permitting BMC to provide water connections to all slums in the city. Six months ago, municipal commissioner
View ArticlePennsylvania Sues Oil Companies for Groundwater Pollution
Pennsylvania accused oil companies of polluting the state’s groundwater with a gasoline additive, joining states including New York, Vermont and New Hampshire that have brought similar lawsuits. Two...
View ArticleCPCB team collects water samples
BHUBANESWAR: A team of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) officials on Wednesday visited Sukinda to collect water samples to check the pollution level in Damsal nullah and the Brahmani following a
View Article33% water samples taken from govt schools fail test
Availability of potable water in schools, especially in rural areas, is a major problem. Students of many schools have no other option but to drink water having bacteriological contamination and high...
View ArticleGanga getting polluted at Gangotri itself
Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be concerned over the state of Ganga river, but the authorities responsible for keeping the river pollution free seem reluctant to care about its condition. As a result,
View ArticleShell Offers 30 Million Pounds to Settle 2011 Nigeria Oil Spills: Sources
Royal Dutch Shell is ready to pay up to 30 million pounds ($51 million) in compensation for two oil spills in Nigeria in 2008 after a London court rejected a larger claim, sources involved in the case
View ArticleN.C. residents worry over coal ash ponds
The sweet tea served in the tidy kitchen of Joanne Thomas' antebellum home comes with an ominous warning. "It's made with bottled water," says Thomas, a spry 71-year-old. "But the ice comes from our
View ArticleGoa's Mandovi river water unsafe for swimming, fishing: Report
High levels of coliform bacteria in the river makes it unsafe Goa's Mandovi river is unsafe for water sports and fishing due to high level of coliform bacteria in it, according to a recent study by
View ArticleGround water in Raj a major concern
A report `Rajasthan Action Plan on Climate Change' drafted recently by various departments of the state government with the help of TERI has also pointed out that the quality of ground water was a major
View ArticleRiver Mandovi unsafe for bathing, fishing:Pollution Board study
Water is full of bacteriological contamination Samples collected from areas where off-shore casinos are anchored show high coliform bacteria Pollution Board gives clean chit to off-shore casinos, says
View ArticlePoor effluent treatment springs health hazards
Fifteen of the 23 common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in the state are ill-equipped to process harmful industrial waste, says a report released by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB).
View ArticleUse existing laws to protect Western Ghats: Environmentalists
KOLHAPUR: Environmentalists from the southern Maharashtra have demanded that the existing laws should be effectively used to protect the ecologically-sensitive Western Ghats. They have also warned that
View ArticleKammasandra Lake turns a cesspool
Kammasandra Lake in Electronics City, that was once a fresh water lake with natural aqua and bird habitat, has turned into a garbage dump yard. The lake is under the custody of Hebbagodi Gram Panchayat.
View ArticleGovernments should set 5-year deadline to save oceans from over-fishing -...
Governments should set a five-year deadline to crack down on over-fishing and pollution or parts of the oceans may have to be declared off-limits to industrial fishing, an expert commission said on...
View ArticleIndigenous fish on the decline in Chuadanga
The indigenous species of fish are declining in the water-bodies of Chuadanga district due to widespread use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers on the cropland. The fishermen in the district are
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