Contamination of Manchhar Lake: Zakat department, BISP to provide funds for...
Sindh Zakat & Ushr Department and Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) have pledged financial assistance for the rehabilitation of Manchhar Lake and the fishermen who inhabit in the coastline. They
View ArticleSutlej water quality falling sharply
Chandigarh, July 24: The quality of water of the Sutlej is deteriorating at a fast pace as the much-publicised Sutlej Action Plan (SAP) has failed to yield any result, said a report of the Comptroller
View Article6 sewage plants to be set up as first step in Ganga cleaning
NEW DELHI: Kicking off the process to implement its ambitious clean Ganga mission, the Centre has sanctioned six new sewage treatment plants (STPs) for different cities and towns along the river in Uttar
View ArticlePollution Board Uploads List of Units Polluting Ganga
Following an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has uploaded a list of 972 industrial units polluting river Ganga and its tributaries on its website,
View ArticleTar balls in Goa could be result of oil exploration: Prakash Javadekar
The tar ball phenomenon in Goa could be due to oil exploration activities from offshore oil installations, natural phenomenon from sea bed or from sea going vessels passing through the area. In a written
View ArticleUP industrial units 'seriously' polluting Ganga
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which released its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently, states that Uttar Pradesh is home to 817 grossly polluting industrial units on or along
View ArticleArctic oil well blowout could spread more than 1,000 km: WWF study
The WWF contracted RPS Applied Science Associates to model 22 different oil spill scenarios and map the spread of the oil, potential impact on the water and shoreline, and interaction with sea ice,...
View ArticleAir quality tops public environmental complaints
Air pollution is still public enemy number one in China's war against pollution, according to the country's environmental watchdog. Among the 696 complaints received by the Ministry of Environmental...
View ArticlePollution Board asks hospitals to follow norms
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has asked hospitals having more than 100 beds to adhere to guidelines on discharge of waste water. “As per a decision taken in a SPCB meeting, in the initial...
View Articlee-waste recycling turns water, soil toxic
Extremely high levels of heavy metals found in samples from Loni and Mandoli Lab testing of soil and water samples from the Loni and Mandoli areas of Delhi reveals high contamination of both with heavy
View ArticleUP in trouble for not checking ground water pollution
Uttar Pradesh government may be headed for troubled waters over failure to curb extensive ground water contamination in the Singrauli area of Sonbhadra. Despite orders from the principal bench of the...
View ArticleGreens question utility of STPs as pollution rises
Environmentalists have questioned the utility of sewage treatment plants (STPs) after the draft environment status report (ESR) of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) showed a rise in...
View ArticleGidaphu community decides to appeal
Twenty-seven households of Gidaphu in Bjemina under Mewang gewog, Thimphu are preparing documents to file a petition with the district court this Friday, requesting suspension of mining activities in...
View Article1.8 lakh people forced to drink unsafe water: CAG
Investigation found no unit had been set up to monitor water quality in Odisha The Comptroller and Auditor General of India said 1.80 lakh people were forced to consume unsafe water supplied under 73
View ArticleAcute diarrhoea on the loose in city
Experts Cite Unsafe Water, Poor Sanitation, Malnutrition As Causes The city recorded as many as 6,480 cases of acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD) in between 2011 and 2013, data obtained by TOI shows. The
View ArticleEC serves notice to Poland over shale gas defiance
The European commission has begun legal proceedings against Poland for amending its national laws to allow shale drills at depths of up to 5,000 metres without first having assessed the potential...
View ArticleGerman Environment Agency calls for rules preventing fracking
Germany's Environment Agency said it wanted to make fracking practically impossible to head off the risk that the technique for extracting gas could contaminate groundwater with chemicals. The agency's
View ArticleIllegal tourism threatens Beijing's drinking-water source
Villagers near Miyun Reservoir in north Beijing are luring tourists to fish and swim in the city's largest drinking-water source,which is not allowed by regulations,the Beijing Youth Daily reported. The
View ArticleNGT restrains Punjab from spending funds for controlling water pollution
The National Green Tribunal Wednesday restrained Punjab from spending the first instalment of Rs 16.13 crores being disbursed by Union Urban Development Ministry for controlling contamination of...
View ArticleSPCB calls for action against ULBs, firms
With the pollution level in some of the major rivers and ponds on the rise, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) Chairman Aditya Prasad Padhi has asked the authorities to prepare an action plan and
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