Water Pollution

Clean Yamuna’ activist give Centre time to act

Mathura: After staging a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, the "nirmal aur aviral" (clean and uninterrupted flow) campaigners are back in Braj.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2015
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Yamuna, River Pollution, Environment Act 1986, Water Pollution Control, Sewage Pollution, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

37,000 million litres of sewage flows into rivers daily: Report

Events around World Water Day, which is marked every year on March 22, may remind everyone about the implications of dwindling water reserves due to population pressure and pollution but the messag

Publication Date: 
23/03/2015
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ganga, Yamuna, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Water Pollution
Agriculture

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding sewage disposal facilities at the market yard of Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samiti, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Nashik (D), 18/03/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench) in the matter of Vishwas More Vs Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samitee, Pimpalgaon Baswant dated 18/03/2015 regarding sewage on account of use of sheds by large number of stockiest/farmers for storage, sale and auctioning of tomatoes in the area of market yard of Respondent No.1 – Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samiti, Pimpalgaon Basvant, Nashik (D) as well as absence of arrangements for shifting of sewage without proper arrangement, allowing it to another nearby farms, causing damage to the land, crops, contamination of groundwater, well water and

Judgement Date: 
18/03/2015
Tags:
Agriculture, Waste Disposal, Vegetables, Nashik, Maharashtra, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Water Pollution, Land Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Sewage Pollution
Water Pollution

Ganga pollution: Uttarakhand ashrams on radar of NGT panel

Acting on an Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (UPCB) report, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a technical monitoring committee to conduct a survey into untreated sewage waste being d

Publication Date: 
13/03/2015
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ganga, River Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Sewage Pollution, Haridwar (D), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

India: Million litres of untreated sewage polluting holy river Ganga, says report

More than two-thirds of the sewage generated in 118 towns, located along the Ganga river basin is discharged into the river untreated, says a report prepared by a team of experts.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2015
International Business Times
Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Ganga, Sewage Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Mercury, Lead, Heavy Metals, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Groundwater Board (CGWB)
Water Pollution

23rd of sewage from 118 towns flows into Ganga

More than twothird of the sewage generated by 118 towns located in the Ganga basin gets discharged into the river untreated, which makes Ganga rejuvenation an all the more arduous task.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2015
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Uttar Pradesh, Central Water Commission (CWC), Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Water Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution in Kanh & Saraswati rivers in the city of Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 12/03/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kishore Deepak Kodwani Vs. State of M.P. & Ors. dated 12/03/2015 regarding pollution in Kanh & Saraswati rivers in the city of Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
12/03/2015
Tags:
River Pollution, Saraswati, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Sewage Pollution, Indore (T), Municipal Corporation, Waste Disposal, Madhya Pradesh
Water Pollution

Jammu’s lifeline Tawi to get new lease of life

Government to launch special drive to clean, beautify the river under PM development plan
Jammu’s lifeline Tawi to get new lease of life

Publication Date: 
05/03/2015
Arteev Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Jammu & Kashmir, River Pollution, Sewage Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Jammu (T), Water Pollution Control, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

St Inez creek has high raw sewage pollution: GSPCB

Panaji: The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has found high raw sewage contamination in the St Inez creek's water.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2015
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Water Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Sewage Pollution, Health Effects
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding releasing untreated sewage and garbage into the open drains and streets which ultimately join river Ganga and tributaries of Yamuna, 27/02/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Arvind Kumar Shukla Vs. Ghaziabad Development Authority & Ors. dated 27/02/2015 regarding releasing untreated sewage and garbage into the open drains and streets which ultimately join river Ganga and tributaries of Yamuna.

Judgement Date: 
27/02/2015
Tags:
Yamuna, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Drainage, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Sewage Pollution, Ghaziabad (D), Uttar Pradesh, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

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