Water Pollution

 Repair sewers or go to jail

Court told Delhi water utility officers

THE Delhi High Court has sentenced a former chief executive officer of the Delhi Jal Board and two other officers to two weeks in jail for not repairing sewer lines in the capital and letting the sewage flow into the Yamuna without treatment.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2008
Ramya Swayamprakasham
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Yamuna, Sewage Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Sanitation, High Court, Delhi
Water Resources

Centre to release funds for water projects in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: The Centre will shortly release Rs.259 crore for two ambitious projects for conservation and pollution control in the world-famous Pichola lake of Udaipur and Chambal river of Kota district in Rajasthan under the National Lake Conservation Project (NLCP).

Publication Date: 
14/12/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Pollution, Lake Pollution, Chambal, Lakes, Rajasthan, Kota (D), Udaipur (D)
Water Pollution

SC stays order on Village work

Nov. 5: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the High Court order through which a four-member committee, led by Nobel Prize winner R.K. Pachauri, was constituted to assess the impact on environment due to the construction of Commonwealth Games Village which, environmentalists alleged, was being built on Yamuna river bed in east Delhi and would damage the ecology of the area.

Publication Date: 
06/12/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Pollution, Yamuna, Riverine Ecology, Urban Development, Supreme Court, Delhi
Water Pollution

Supreme Court clears way for Games Village

J. Venkatesan

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed Delhi High Court orders stalling constructions in the upcoming Commonwealth Games Village on the banks of the Yamuna in Delhi for holding the games in 2010.

Publication Date: 
06/12/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Pollution, Yamuna, Riverine Ecology, Urban Development, Supreme Court, Delhi
Water Pollution

40 dyeing units asked to close

Coimbatore: The district administration and district engineer of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have announced that orders have been served on 40 dyeing units for closure and disconnection of power supply connection on the charges of polluting the Noyyal Rajavaikkal and the ground water table in the area.

Publication Date: 
05/12/2008
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Noyyal, Paint And Dye Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore (D)
Water Pollution

Laying of interceptor sewer along Najafgarh,supplementary & Shahdara drain for abatement of pollution in river yamuna: DPR main

Detailed project report on the Yamuna Interceptor Sewer Project prepared by EIL.The project will ensure that sewage from various drains that fall directly into the Yamuna, is diverted to the STPs where it will be treated first and then allowed to reach the river.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Engineers India Ltd
Tags:
River Pollution, Land Acquisition, Yamuna, Water Quality, Sewage Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Rehabilitation, Private Sector, Delhi
People

Man-made disasters: Displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation in Orissa - Reflections from the field

Development projects that involve displacement are currently a cause of growing concern everywhere. The worrisome aspect is that it is the poor who are hurt most in the process, becoming poorer than before.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Sakarama Somayaji
Social Change
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Tags:
River Pollution, Land Acquisition, Mining, Brahmani, Nandira, Dams, Development, Displacement, People, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Talcher STPS, Poverty, Orissa (Odisha), Angul (D), Mahanadi Coalfields
Water Pollution

Regional influences on algal biodiversity in two polluted rivers of Eurasia (Rudnaya river, Russia and Qishon river, Israel)

In our study we investigated two polluted rivers of Eurasia from silicate and carbonate regions. We revealed an algal diversity consisting of 184 algal species and cyanoprokaryotes in the Rudnaya River, and 175 in the Qishon River. The distributions of species over the 7 higher taxa were very similar for both rivers with diatom prevealing.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
S. Barinova, L. Medvedeva, E. Nevo
Applied Ecology And Environmental Research
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Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Water Quality, Israel, Russia
Mining

 Tribals struggle to save Niyamgiri

Bauxite versus livelihood of tribals An uneasy calm prevailed in Lanjigarh and the adjoining Niyamgiri hills, with the Kondh tribals and activists of Green Kalahandi, Kalahandi Sachetan Nagrik Manch and Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti appearing more determined than ever to thwart any attempt at mining the bauxite-rich hills. These organizations were leading the campaign to save Niyamgiri. In

Publication Date: 
29/11/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Air Pollution, Mining, Industrial Pollution, Vedanta Aluminium
Water Pollution

 Field science

Pali farmers teach state pollution body a few things technical Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai has no formal training in science. But he was able to test and tell a gathering of over 300 people that water from a dugwell in Phenkaria village contained arsenic and zinc in concentrations unfit for human consumption. Phekaria is located on the bank of river Bandi, about 50 kilometres downstream from

Publication Date: 
29/11/2008
S V Suresh Babu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Water Quality, Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Industrial Pollution, Textile Industry, Pali, Farmers, High Court, Rajasthan, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

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