Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Common Effluent Treatment Plants, 29/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Common Effluent Treatment Plants, 29/11/2016. According to Central Pollution Control Board, 193 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) are installed in the country with combined capacity of 1474 Million Litres per Day (MLD) which is given at Annexure – I. There are 920 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in different States/UTs including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal out of which, 615 STPs are operational, 80 STPs are non-operational, 154 STPs are under construction and 71 STPs are under planning stage. The details of the STPs are given at Annexure – II.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), India, Statistics, Parliament, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), River Pollution
Environment

‘Pollution down in Vapi, Vatva and Ankleshwar’

The three most-critically polluted industrial clusters of Gujarat — Vapi, Vatva and Ankleshwar — have shown a marked improvement in pollution control, according to the latest Comprehensive Environm

Publication Date: 
28/11/2016
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Vapi, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment
Environment

Why can’t you shift tanneries outside Kanpur, NGT asks UP

Jajmau, Unnao and Banther are the other big tannery hubs in Uttar Pradesh that

Publication Date: 
22/11/2016
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, Kanpur (D), Unnao (D), Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Haridwar (T), Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment
Water Pollution

A report on assessment of pollution of drains carrying sewage /industrial effluent joining River Ganga and its Tributaries (Kali- East/Ramganga) between Haridwar Downstream to Kanpur Downstream

The main causes attributed to the Pollution of River Ganga are due to disposal of industrial and domestic sewage effluent joining to it directly by drains or indirectly through tributaries.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2016
Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Ramganga, Haridwar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Sewage, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Drainage, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Industrial Waste
Environment

Winter chill turns city into ‘gardabad’: Report

AHMEDABAD: These are the 'foul air' days of winter for people in Ahmedabad who live close to industrial estates or large municipal garbage dumps.

Publication Date: 
17/11/2016
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environmentalists, RSPM (PM 10), Environment
Environment

Another polluting unit shut down in TTC area

Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) closed a third polluting unit in Trans Thane Creek (TTC) area last Saturday.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2016
Sanjay Banerjee
Times of India (Navi Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Waste, Environmental Health, Environment, Air Pollution
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding M/s Aman Metals Finishers permission to operate its unit, Uttarakhand, 02/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Aman Metals Finishers Vs. Uttrakhand Environment Protection and Pollution control Board dated 02/11/2016. M/s Aman Metal Finishers is the applicant seeking direction to permit it to operate its unit on the basis of provisional consent and authorization granted by Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board vide order dated 24.06.2016.

Judgement Date: 
02/11/2016
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
Environment

GPCB red-lights fresh NOCs for units in polluted Padra

VADODARA: At a time when Gujarat government is making efforts to get the six years long moratorium on industrial clusters of Vapi, Ankleshwar and Vatva (Ahmedabad) lifted, restrictions on expansion

Publication Date: 
26/10/2016
Prashant Rupera
Times Of India (Vadodara)
Tags:
Gujarat, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, Vapi, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Waste, Environmental Security, Environment
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Ganga in Segment ‘B’ of Phase-I, 19/10/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 19/10/2016 regarding Ganga pollution especially the area from Haridwar to Unnao. NGT in its Order expressed disappointment as none of the parties could inform NGT as to "how many drains carrying sewage, treated effluent, waste and domestic discharge or others join river Ganga or its main tributary i.e. East Kali, Kosi and Ram Ganga falling in Segment ‘B’ of Phase-I in terms of the Judgement of the Tribunal."

Judgement Date: 
19/10/2016
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Pollution, Haridwar (T), Kanpur (T), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Uttar Pradesh
Water Pollution

NGT bars UP govt from spending on projects along Ganga

The National Green Tribunal Tuesday rapped Uttar Pradesh government for wasting crores of rupees of public money on Ganga rejuvenation and restrained it from spending on any major project except ma

Publication Date: 
19/10/2016
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Ganga, River Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Water Pollution

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