Wastewater management
As the timeframe for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) nears completion, minds are turning to the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This is accompanied by the realization that the focus on drinking-water
View ArticlePoisoning a river of purity
The Vrishabhavathi river, a tributary of the Arkavathy river, is a stark example of river pollution. What would have been a grand source of pure drinking water to villages all along from Bengaluru to...
View ArticleGuidelines on techno-economic feasibility of implementation of zero liquid...
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued draft ‘Guidelines on Techno – Economic Feasibility of Implementation of Zero Liquid Discharge (Zld) for Water Polluting Industries.’ The guidelines, among
View ArticlePower supply to 98 tanneries stopped for polluting Ganga
The district administration snapped power supply to 98 tanneries in Jajmau amidst tight security on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). In a high-level meeting held in Lucknow on Saturday,
View ArticleMercury Contamination of Fish is Climbing, Say Experts
That's at least according to a study recently published in the journal Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, which paid particular attention to yellowish tuna caught in North Pacific commercial...
View ArticleZP tests 67% of water samples
NASHIK: The water and sanitation department of the zilla parishad has completed 67% testing of the water samples from its sources for the chemical content in them. As many as 1,441 water samples across
View ArticleArsenic causing many cancers
Arsenic is known to be one of the causative factors of gall bladder cancer in Bihar. However, a recent research by city's Mahavir Cancer Sansthan (MCS), which has been sent to a journal for publication,
View ArticleNGT Directs Delhi Authorities to Shut Factories Polluting Yamuna
The National Green Tribunal has directed anti-pollution authorities in Delhi to immediately shut down factories in the capital that continue to pollute the Yamuna river with toxic effluents. It has
View ArticleArsenic-hit village now sells packaged water
Once forced to drink arsenic- contaminated ground water, residents of a remote hamlet in West Bengal near Indo-Bangla border are now purifying water from ponds and selling packaged safe drinking water
View ArticleHouses, commercial units polluting St Inez creek
A report by Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) on pollution in St Inez creek has indicated that a section of residential and commercial complexes have been polluting the water body. This is...
View ArticleState model for Clean Ganga drive
Ranchi: The state model will guide the Ganga cleaning exercise in India, Union minister for Ganga rejuvenation and water resources Uma Bharti said on Tuesday after she formally set the ball rolling for
View ArticleRiver Sal to get new lease of life
The central government has come to the aid of River Sal—once the lifeline of Salcete—which now suffers from high levels of contamination. Union minister for surface transport and river navigation Nitin
View ArticleSanskrit students on clean Ganga missiona
Students of Sanskrit from various educational institutes in Haridwar have started a mission to clean the Ganga so that its sanctity is maintained. Under the aegis of Uttarakhand Sanskrit University,
View ArticleThe Great Barrier Reef under threat
If unchecked, reckless industrialization alongside the Great Barrier Reef could cause severe damage to one of Earth’s most important environmental systems, according to a new report commissioned by WWF.
View ArticleProtest against beverage company at Perundurai
The General Secretary of Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi E.R. Eashwaran on Sunday said he wanted Environment Minister Thoppu N.D. Venkatachalam to spell out his stand on Tamil Nadu Government’s ‘Red...
View ArticleHigh mobility of aluminium in Gomati River Basin: implications to human health
Aluminium (Al), an environmentally abundant and immobile element, has been studied for its mobility in the Gomati River Basin, a part of the Ganga Alluvial Plain, northern India. The dissolved Al...
View ArticleStudy Reveals Water Pollution
A study held by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit has found that the quality of water at Kalady panchayat was dipping at an alarming rate. The research study conducted by Brilla Balsamj, an
View ArticlePollution: HC summons Gaya DM
A division bench of chief justice L Narasimha Reddy and Justice Vikas Jain on Monday asked the Gaya DM to appear in person on February 13, 2015. The order was issued on a PIL filed by one Pratijnya
View ArticleIsrael offers expertise to clean up Ganga
In an effort to deepen economic cooperation, Israel has offered its expertise and technological capabilities to India in its ambitious drive to clean up the Ganga. A preliminary offer on this was made
View ArticleUrban Water Policy to be executed in State
Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development Minister Pushpendra Singh Deo on Monday told the State Assembly that the Odisha Urban Water Supply Policy-2013 would be implemented from 2015-16 in order to...
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