More than 300 million people in Asia, Africa and Latin America are at risk of life-threatening diseases like cholera and typhoid due to the increasing pollution of water in rivers and lakes, the Un
Water pollution has risen across three continents, placing hundreds of millions of people at risk of contracting life-threatening diseases like cholera and typhoid, UN Environment warns.
Kolhapur: The National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has warned the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) against executing its project to revive historical Rankala lake, which
HYDERABAD: What was a clean water body not long ago, Ibrahim Cheruvu in Rajendranagar has now been reduced to a filthy lake -- a picture of neglect and apathy. The curprit?
Steps should be taken at the earliest to de-silt and deepen Sembakkam lake, remove encroachments that have eaten into it, and arrest the discharge of sewage into the sprawling waterbody,” said M.
A division bench of justice Abhay Oka and justice Amjad Sayed has directed the collector while hearing a public interest litigation filed by social activist Shiv Shankar Joshi.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution in Rivers/Lakes, 19/07/2016. The programmes of NRCP & NGRBA (till 31/07/2014) have so far covered polluted stretches of 43 rivers in 200 towns spread over 21 States at a sanctioned cost of `12202.59 crore and sewage treatment capacity of 5169 million litres per day (mld) has been created so far under these two programmes. The details of funds released to various State Governments for implementation of pollution abatement schemes during the last three years under the NRCP/NGRBA, State-wise are at Annexure-I.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution in Rivers/Lakes, 19/07/2016. The programmes of NRCP & NGRBA (till 31/07/2014) have so far covered polluted stretches of 43 rivers in 200 towns spread over 21 States at a sanctioned cost of `12202.59 crore and sewage treatment capacity of 5169 million litres per day (mld) has been created so far under these two programmes. The details of funds released to various State Governments for implementation of pollution abatement schemes during the last three years under the NRCP/NGRBA, State-wise are at Annexure-I.
KANPUR: Thousands of fishes of different species including 'Chilwa' and cat fish died in the lake of Kanpur zoo following dip in the level of dissolved oxygen in the lake water.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Vetri Magalir Mandram Vs Department of Environment and Forest, Government of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 13/07/2016 regarding dumping of municipal solid waste, including Bio-medical and hazardous waste and burning the same in Koladi Lake, Thiruverkadu.
