NGT notice to Centre, west UP on river pollution
MEERUT: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to the Union ministries of health and environment, the UP chief secretary, the central and state pollution control boards and district...
View ArticleSubramanian panel suggests overhaul of green laws
The committee has suggested an umbrella law to help set up new national and state-level regulators that would also take the powers of the existing pollution control boards The T S R Subramanian committee,
View ArticleSaltburn sea water cleaned up in £5m scheme
Five million pounds is to be spent improving the quality of bathing water on the Teesside coast. The programme to clean up the sea at Saltburn will involve upgrading the sewer network in Guisborough,
View ArticleBMC asks MPCB to inspect Banganga to check fish mortality
The civic body has finally woken up to the number of dangers the fish and the ducks are facing due to the floating flowers and polluted water at the Banganga pond in Walkeshwar. Officials from the D-ward
View ArticleUnilever says it will ban face scrub product polluting harbour in two months
A global consumer company says in two months it will start phasing out a facial scrub ingredient polluting Sydney Harbour. The push back against tiny microscopic plastic beads used in scrubs and...
View ArticleNGT notice on encroachments in Ghaziabad green belts
The National Green Tribunal rapped the Ghaziabad Development Authority, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation and the district administration on Friday, seeking a response on encroachment of green belts in the
View Article39% water samples from govt schools in Sangrur fail safety test
Out of 146 samples of drinking water collected from government schools in Sangrur district, 57 have failed laboratory tests. These had been collected by the health authorities in the last 10 months...
View Article75 % water schemes non-functional in four districts, says Central report
The National Level Monitoring team of the Ministry of Rural Development has said in its recent survey report that more than 75 per cent of the Piped Water Supply schemes are non-functional in 4 per cent
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on water quality monitoring, 26/11/2014
Question raised in Lok Sabha on water quality monitoring, 26/11/2014.
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on funds for control of water pollution,...
Question raised in Lok Sabha on funds for control of water pollution, 26/11/2014.
View ArticleNigeria: Shell Spill in Bayelsa Caused By Pipeline Corrosion- Report
Yenagoa — The devastating oil spill of November 12 at Ikarama in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, from Shell's Okordia-Rumuekpe Trans-Niger Pipeline, has been discovered to have resulted
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding prevention and controlling of...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 27/11/2014 regarding prevention and controlling of pollution of
View ArticleQuestion raised in Rajya Sabha on closing of industries polluting Ganga,...
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on closing of industries polluting Ganga, 27/11/2014.
View ArticleTar balls at Goan shore due to oil rigs: Coast Guard
The Indian Coast Guard has given clean chit to ships earlier held responsible for polluting the sea, after tar balls surfaced on Goan shore during monsoon. "It is not the ships, but the industries
View ArticleAustralia offers assistance for cleaning up the Ganga
Australia will offer technical support and assistance to India’s mammoth undertaking of cleaning up the Ganga, Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling says. “We have agreed to work with India. We
View ArticleGurgaon builder found guilty of violating norms
More than three months after the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, North served show-cause notices to the developers of Mayfield Gardens township here for carrying out construction
View ArticleCentre for Science and Environment team visits 'cancer villages'...
GREATER NOIDA: A team of researchers from the Delhi-based research and advocacy organization Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) visited the Greater Noida villages of Sadopur, Bisnoli and Khera...
View ArticleTribunal heat on power plant
The eastern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Thursday, gave authorities of the Bakreswar Thermal Power Project (BkTPP) 15 days to clean up the banks and beds of the Chandrabhaga and
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Triveni...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rahul Shukla V/s Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. Ramkola Unit dated 01/12/2014 regarding pollution caused by...
View ArticleQuestion raised in Rajya Sabha on Clean Ganga Mission, 01/12/2014
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Clean Ganga Mission, 01/12/2014.
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