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Confusion over who will take up maintenance of the plant

deadlocked: Veerappan Chatram Municipality has failed to take up the maintenance of the sewage treatment plant constructed by the Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board.

The Goa Pollution Control Board has finally cracked a whip against institutions to arrest the pollution of River Sal.
In two separate orders, the pollution Control Board has directed the managements of Konkan Railway and Ms Apollo Victor Hospitals to immediately stop the release of untreated waste water in the nullah leading to the River Sal.

As Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee hoped in his Budget speech, his announcements for exemptions for environment-friendly bio-diesel earned him smiles from environmentalists.

The guidelines for locating industries along the river banks as recommended by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will be in effect till the State Government approves Regional Plan 2011.
The State Government on Monday filed an affidavit in this respect in Public Interest Litigation in a writ petition before High Court.

The consumers are being made to pay for the penalty levied upon Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for non-treating of sewage water. The DJB is charging three paisa per kilolitre water from the consumers. Strangely, consumer is being forced to pay for the failure of Jal Board to treat sewage water. The big question is why the consumer should pay for failure of DJB in the Capital.

Chairman of Goa Pollution Control Board Dr Simon D

The Save River Sal campaign took the centre stage on Sunday when the stake holders called for united and joint efforts to restore the river to its former glory.

Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna is proposing to convert the 22-kilometre Yamuna riverbank stretch into a biodiversity zone, seen by experts as a radical ecological solution to the dying river.

Ropar: A team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) collected four samples from the Sirsa-Nangal river after a large number of fish were found floating in the water body near Avankot village.

Environment engineer Karunesh Garg headed the team that collected water samples from the confluence downstream the river from Avankot village and under the main bridge over the Sutlej.

A boat carrying used lubricants of motor launches dump the toxic waste straight into the Buriganga with little regard for the environment and the lifeline of Dhaka. The photo was taken at the Sadarghat in the capital.Photo: Shawkat JamilHelemul Alam