KATHMANDU: The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) today disposed 50 jars of Ava branded bottled water that were unsafe for drinking.
The government will set up eight bottling plants - to be called 'Pran Dhara' - across the state in different districts to produce and supply safe bottled drinking water.
The groundwater level in the city and the district is on a steady downward curve perhaps due to the city’s heavy dependence on tubewells for harnessing of water sources.
NGT Worried About Illegal Dealers Selling Packaged Water
The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune has passed an order prohibiting unauthorized extraction of groundwater for commercial use after it was found that the presence of large quantities of fluoride in it is affecting villagers in 12 districts.
Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) today seized 37,000 bottles of water from a bottling plant of a popular brand of drinking water in Dalugama after it was found that the the water contained some kin
A mobile court on Tuesday sealed off a water factory and penalised two others in Chittagong for producing substandard drinking water which is harmful to public health.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Karukvel Ayyanar Enterprises Chennai & Others Vs The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India New Delhi and others dated 25/02/2014 regarding manufacture and sale of packaged drinking water without Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification mark.
