River Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollutants in River Systems, 29/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollutants in River Systems, 29/11/2016. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) along with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) is monitoring the river water quality across the country through a network of 1275 monitoring stations on various rivers under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWQMP).

Publication Date:

29/11/2016

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

River Pollution, Water Quality, Rivers, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), India, Parliament

Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Common Effluent Treatment Plants, 29/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Common Effluent Treatment Plants, 29/11/2016. According to Central Pollution Control Board, 193 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) are installed in the country with combined capacity of 1474 Million Litres per Day (MLD) which is given at Annexure – I. There are 920 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in different States/UTs including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal out of which, 615 STPs are operational, 80 STPs are non-operational, 154 STPs are under construction and 71 STPs are under planning stage. The details of the STPs are given at Annexure – II.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Source: Lok Sabha

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Tags:

Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), India, Statistics, Parliament, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), River Pollution

Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding building of bridges as part of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on river Yamuna in Delhi NCR, 25/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 25/11/2016. This application has been moved to pass directions to permit the NHAI for carrying out the necessary construction of the bridge adjacent to existing bridge including their approaches from 0.001km (near Nizamuddin bridge, Ring road) to 3.320 km (Akshardham flyover).

Judgement Date:

25/11/2016

Tags:

Yamuna, Bridges, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Wetlands, Riverine Ecology, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Air Pollution, Delhi, Waste Disposal, River Pollution

Environment

NGT raps pollution control board for laxity

KANPUR: Taking a tough stand against pollution control authorities of UP regarding discharge of effluents from tanneries in Jajmau in Kanpur, a bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), headed by

Publication Date:

25/11/2016

Source: Times Of India (Kanpur)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur (D), Industrial Pollution, Ganga, Industrial Waste, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environment

Water Pollution

Amazon oil spill impacts indigenous villages on Teles Pires River

An oil spill was detected on November 13th on the Teles Pires River, a tributary of the Tapajós River, in a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon.

Publication Date:

22/11/2016

Source: Mongabay

Tags:

Water Pollution, River Pollution, Oil Pollution, Amazon, Tribals, Environment, Freshwater Ecosystems, Brazil

Environment

Why can’t you shift tanneries outside Kanpur, NGT asks UP

Jajmau, Unnao and Banther are the other big tannery hubs in Uttar Pradesh that

Publication Date:

22/11/2016

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, Kanpur (D), Unnao (D), Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Haridwar (T), Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment

Water Pollution

A report on assessment of pollution of drains carrying sewage /industrial effluent joining River Ganga and its Tributaries (Kali- East/Ramganga) between Haridwar Downstream to Kanpur Downstream

The main causes attributed to the Pollution of River Ganga are due to disposal of industrial and domestic sewage effluent joining to it directly by drains or indirectly through tributaries.

Publication Date:

21/11/2016

Source: Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam

Tags:

River Pollution, Ganga, Ramganga, Haridwar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Sewage, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Drainage, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Industrial Waste

Environment

How can you regulate tanneries, if you can't enter there: NGT

The National Green Tribunal has questioned the Uttar Pradesh government and its pollution control board over regulation of tanneries on the banks of river Ganga in Kanpur, asking how could they reg

Publication Date:

21/11/2016

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Ganga, Haridwar (T), Jharkhand, River Pollution, Environment

Water Pollution