Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench) in the matter of Vishwas More Vs Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samitee, Pimpalgaon Baswant dated 18/03/2015 regarding sewage on account of use of sheds by large number of stockiest/farmers for storage, sale and auctioning of tomatoes in the area of market yard of Respondent No.1 – Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samiti, Pimpalgaon Basvant, Nashik (D) as well as absence of arrangements for shifting of sewage without proper arrangement, allowing it to another nearby farms, causing damage to the land, crops, contamination of groundwater, well water and

Rapid and reliable assessment of soil characteristics is an important step in agricultural and natural resource management. Over the last few decades, diffuse reflectance

Five of the country's 32 severely polluted industrial areas are in Jharkhand, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has concluded after studying air, water and soil quality across the country

Soil toxicity alarmingly high; urea consumption estimated at 400-600 kg per hectare

For safe handling and management of hazardous waste in an environmentally sound manner, Govt. of India has notified the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989, under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Parwati Ben Bhanabhai Patel vs Union of India dated 27/02/2015 regarding spillage of hazardous wastes from Vapi Common Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility (CHWTSDF), village Karvad, District Valsad, Gujarat.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/02/2015 regarding unregulated open burning of plastic/rubber or such other articles anywhere in India.

Several mechanisms are developed by the microorganisms to tolerate few high concentrations of heavy metals. One of these mechanisms dependent upon anabolic and catabolic energy of microorganisms is the bioaccumulation of heavy metals. In present work, approximately four varieties of bacteria have been isolated from the ash dyke sample of four thermal power plants of Chhattisgarh, i.e., Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB), Korba, Thermal Power Cooperation (NTPC), Bilaspur and KSK Akaltara, Chattisgarh.

The General Secretary of Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi E.R. Eashwaran on Sunday said he wanted Environment Minister Thoppu N.D.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria were isolated from prolong contaminated Amalakhadi sediment and crude oil polluted soil Telva, near Ankleshwar Gujarat India. Organisms were treated with two-model PAHs compound Anthracene (ANT), and Pyrene (PYR) as the sole source of carbon and energy. Identification of the isolates was carried out based on their morphological and partial 16S rRNA gene sequences, which revealed that the isolates belong to two main bacterial groups: gram-negative pseudomonas indoxyladons and gram-positive, spore-forming group, Bacillus benzoevorans.

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