The study was to characterize and understand the water quality of the river Yamuna in Delhi (India) prior to an efficient restoration plan. A combination of collection of monitored data, mathematical modeling, sensitivity, and uncertainty analysis has been done using the QUAL2Kw, a river quality model. The model was applied to simulate DO, BOD, total coliform, and total nitrogen at four monitoring stations, namely Palla, Old Delhi Railway Bridge, Nizamuddin, and Okhla for 10 years (October 1999–June 2009) excluding the monsoon seasons (July–September).

Athletes in next year’s Summer Olympics will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associat

Javadekar, who chaired a meeting of Bengaluru MPs and MLAs on rejuvenation of lakes here on Tuesday, said his ministry would fund the rejuvenation if the State government took affirmative steps to

The pollution in one of Istanbul’s central creeks has reached an excessive level, as the creek was recently seen covered with black-colored bubbles and emitting an unbearable smell.

A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over pollution affecting the Taj Mahal and linked it to the polluted Yamuna river that flows along the monument in Agra.

In order to prevent further pollution of the city's rivers, such as the Mithi, Poisar and Dahisar rivers, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to construct additional sewer lines arou

Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation , Gorakhpur Development Authority and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board have been asked by the National Green Tribunal’s eastern zone bench on 13 July, 2015 to submit an analysis of all the water bodies and river in Gorakhpur. The authrorities have also been asked to provide details of land for operationalisation of the STPs already approved by the State.Read full text of this NGT order.

The National Green Tribunal on 14 July 2015 asked DDA, Jal Board and other agencies - DSIIDC, DPCC to file a status report on the steps taken by them to implement its earlier order relating to pollution of the Yamuna river. The authorities were also asked to coordinate and cooperate for the clean Yamuna. Read full text of this NGT order.

DEHRADUN: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is set to release into the public domain data gathered from 110 industries that release effluents into the Ganga.

THREATENED by the sewage pollution, the Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) has expressed ‘extreme concern’ over the site chosen for the sailing events of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, B

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