Unwise dumping of wastes in land lead to soil followed by water pollution. Wazirpur, an authorized industrial area, in Delhi, is one of the major sources of pollution in this city.

The present investigation deals with the influence of heavy metals, Zinc, Cobalt and Nickel on chlorophyll content of algae Pithophora aequalis.

The biological agents viz. fungi and bacteria (Pseudomonas sp.) were tried to develop a suitable technology for purification of industrial effluent. Pure culture of Pseudomonas sp. and locally isolated fungi sp. from mix industrial effluents were utilized in the study. The laboratory study was carried out to know the tolerance of Pseudomonas sp. against different heavy metals concentration.

This paper describes the pollution status of fourteen major drains, namely Najafgarh drain, Magazine Road, Sweeper Colony, Khyber Pass, Metcalf House, Kudesia Bagh, Civil Mill, Sen Nursing Home, Drain No. 14, Barapulla, Maharani Bagh, Kalkaji, Okhla and Shahdara drain entering into the river Yamuna at Delhi, studied during the year 1999-2000.

Phytoremediation, the use of plants and their associated microbes for environmental cleanup, has gained acceptance in the past 10 years as a cost-effective, noninvasive alternative or complementary technology for engineering-based remediation methods. Plants can be used for pollutant stabilization, extraction, degradation or volatilization.

baglihar collapse: A diversion tunnel at the Baglihar hydro-electric dam on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir collapsed on June 5, 2005, due to the river's rising water level. Media reports said

water distress: The Andhra Pradesh government has embarked upon a new programme to meet the water requirements of its parched villages. It is forcibly taking over private agricultural borewells to