People come to the Bhima river in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to rejoice. They leave behind a drain Pandharpur, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Bhima river in Maharashtra, hosts four religious yatras every year. Over two million people take part in these yatras, which celebrate, among other things, four months (chatur maas) of Lord Vishnu

Hindalco continues to violate norms, damages crops Hindalco Industries

WASHINGTON - Two oil refiners in Wyoming and Kansas have agreed to pay a total of $141 million to settle air pollution violations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday.

Frontier Oil Corp is set to pay a $1.23 million civil penalty and spend about $127 million on pollution control upgrades for alleged violations at its refineries in Cheyenne, Wyoming and El Dorado, Kansas.

ISLAMABAD: There is a dire need for rehabilitation of Kasur Tanneries Waste Treatment Plant. The Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali expressed these views while chairing a meeting of stakeholders and government functionaries to review Kasur

ERODE: For long people who believe in Hindu mythology have used holy rivers to wash off their sins.

With the passage of time, the

Chemists show how waste-water contamination affects ecosystem.

Beijing:Every 30 seconds a baby is born with physical defects in China,partly due to the country

Exposure to heavy metals may cause kidney damage. The population living near the Avonmouth zinc smelter has been exposed to cadmium and other heavy metals for many decades. The study aimed to assess Cd body burden and early signs of kidney damage in the Avonmouth population.

Karnataka farmer paid the price for resisting a polluting distillery, sand mining In early mornings, a portly old man would sneak into the fields in Chikballapur

Kanchan Vasdev and Jyotika Sood
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, January 20

The state government has set yet another deadline for the local dyeing industry to ensure discharge of effluents into Budda Nullah as per the stipulated standards of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

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