Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal constructions on flood plain and river bed of Yamuna, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 23/01/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Uma Shankar Patwa & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 23/01/2016 regarding illegal constructions on flood plain and river bed of Yamuna, Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

National Green Tribunal directs the Respondents (Central Water Commission, State of Uttar Pradesh & Others) to:

1. Complete the flood plain delineation with reference to 2010 floods of River Yamuna at Agra

Judgement Date: 
23/01/2017
Tags:
Yamuna, Hydrology, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Agra (T), Uttar Pradesh, Waste Disposal, Construction Industry
Environment

In Agra, noise pollution adds to residents’ woes

AGRA: SN Medical College sees a large number of patients, especially the elderly, who complain of noise-induced hearing loss due to increasing noise pollution in the city.

Publication Date: 
29/12/2016
Aditya Dev
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Noise Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Taj Mahal, Vehicular Pollution, Environment
Water Resourcres

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal constructions on flood plain and river bed of Yamuna, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 30/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Uma Shankar Patwa & Others Vs. Union of India & Others (Earlier titled as D.K. Joshi Vs. Union of India & Ors.) dated 30/11/2016 regarding illegal constructions on flood plain and river bed of Yamuna, Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
30/11/2016
Tags:
Yamuna, Rivers, Hydrology, Agra (T), Construction Industry, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Air Pollution

Agra businessmen oppose govt's norms which ban opening and expansion of new industries

AGRA: In a letter to Union environment ministry's secretary, Agra entrepreneurs wrote that the industries are wrongly being blamed for causing pollution in the city, while the factors like road dus

Publication Date: 
26/10/2016
Aditya Dev
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Nitrogen Dioxide, RSPM (PM 10), Taj Mahal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Hazardous Waste

SNMC to introduce centralized system to collect medical waste

AGRA: In an attempt to prevent lapses in the disposal of medical waste in Sarojini Naidu Medical College (SNMC), officials have decided to introduce centralize collection of medical waste and also

Publication Date: 
24/10/2016
Yogesh Dubey
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Hospital Waste, Waste Disposal, Hazardous Waste
Air Pollution

ASI initiates study to find effects of air pollutants on the Taj

Agra: The Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) has initiated a fresh study to find out the effects of air pollution on the Taj Mahal.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2016
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Air Pollution, Taj Mahal, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Biomass Burning, PM 2.5
Environment

Idol immersion a concern for environmental experts

Agra: As devotees bid farewelll to their Gods on Vijaydashmi, water bodies in Agra were left in a mess.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2016
Yogesh Dubey
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Festival, Water Resources, Environmental Health, Municipal Corporation, Environmentalists, Environmental Security, Environment
Air Pollution

Municipal solid waste and dung cake burning: discoloring the Taj Mahal and human health impacts in Agra

The Taj Mahal—an iconic World Heritage monument built of white marble—has become discolored with time, due, in part, to high levels of particulate matter (PM) soiling its surface. Such discoloration has required extensive and costly treatment and despite previous interventions to reduce pollution in its vicinity, the haze and darkening persists.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
07/10/2016
Raj M Lal, Ajay S Nagpure, Lina Luo & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-8
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Animal Dung, Biomass Burning, Air Pollution, Agra (T), Monuments, Taj Mahal, Health Effects, PM 2.5
Air Pollution

'Data on exposure to air pollution inadequate'

AGRA: A recent study by experts from University of Massachusetts, IIT-Bombay and Desert Research Institute in the US points out that the amount of air pollution exposure data available in India is

Publication Date: 
05/10/2016
Aditya Dev
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Air Pollution, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), PM 2.5, Air Quality Index (AQI), RSPM (PM 10), Air Quality Standards, Vehicular Pollution
Water Pollution

63% of sewage flows into rivers untreated every day: CPCB

Agra: In an indication of the massive extent of pollution in rivers of the country, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in a report submitted to National Green Tribunal has said that 63% of

Publication Date: 
27/09/2016
Aditya Dev
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Sewage Pollution, River Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Water Pollution

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