River Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding a waste disposal dump yard set up on the bank of river Khoh, village Ratanpur, Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, 29/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arvind Baniyal Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 29/03/2019 regarding a waste disposal dump yard set up on the bank of river Khoh at Village Ratanpur, Kashirampur, Gadighat and near sports stadium, Kotdwar in Uttarakhand where garbage is burnt and river water is polluted.

Judgement Date:

29/03/2019

Tags:

Khoh, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Solid Waste, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporations, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

Environment

Closed tanneries operating clandestinely

Kanpur: River pollution control unit of Jal Nigam on Thursday alleged that the tanneries in Kanpur are closed on paper but are in reality being operated covertly.

Publication Date:

29/03/2019

Source: Times Of India (Kanpur)

Tags:

Kerala, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), River Pollution, Environment

Water Pollution

Rename nullahs, they were once rivers: Expert

Kolhapur: Water expert Rajendra Singh, who has helped villagers in Rajasthan manage local water resources and won the Magsaysay award in 2001 for community leadership, said on Wednesday that the Pa

Publication Date:

28/03/2019

Source: Times of India (Kolhapur)

Tags:

Maharashtra, River Pollution, Water Resources, Water Pollution

Water Pollution

NGT panel visits polluted Doaba water bodies

Issues Apr 10 deadline for disposal of effluents; erring officials to face action

Publication Date:

28/03/2019

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), National Green Tribunal (NGT), River Pollution, Environmentalists, Water Pollution

Environment

Ahmedabad: Criminal action sought against polluting industries

Addressing mediapersons, Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti’s Rohit Prajapati said that the apex court on February 22, 2017 ordered that effluents and sewage must be treated before being discharged into th

Publication Date:

28/03/2019

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Gujarat, Industrial Pollution, Sabarmati, River Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Environment

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal withdrawal of groundwater by a paper industry, Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh, 26/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Adil Ansari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 26/03/2019 regarding illegal drawal of ground water by Genus Paper and Board Agwanpur, District Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date:

26/03/2019

Tags:

Paper and Pulp Industry, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Moradabad (D), Uttar Pradesh, Waste Disposal, Ganga, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), River Pollution, Groundwater

Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of storm water drains in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 26/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Monika Srivastava Vs New Okhla Industrial Development Authority & Others dated 26/03/2019 regarding the pollution of the storm water drains in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. According to the applicant, multiple storm water drains are meeting rivers Hindon and Yamuna but the said drains remain cloaked and chocked on account of dumping of garbage, untreated sewage and untreated discharge of effluents. The drains do not have requisite flow and the same are not duly maintained by cleaning.

Judgement Date:

26/03/2019

Tags:

Drainage, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), River Pollution, Waste Disposal

Water Pollution

Haryana distillery under CPCB’s scanner for polluting Yamuna

New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board has issued show-cause notice to a distillery operating in Karnal, Haryana over untreated effluents being dumped in the river.

Publication Date:

26/03/2019

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Yamuna, River Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Envirnmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Water Pollution

Environment

UChicago, Tata Centre tie-up to rate India's most polluting industries

Besides the rating programme, the two have collaborated on real-time and in-situ river water quality monitoring through the water-to-cloud project

Publication Date:

26/03/2019

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Industrial Pollution, Water Quality, River Pollution, Orissa (Odisha), Jharkhand, Environment

Water Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court regarding pollution in the Yamuna river due to Barapulla drain, 25/03/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/03/2019 regarding pollution in the Yamuna river due to Barapulla drain.