Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding un-regulated dumping of solid waste, sewage or any other material into or on the banks of the rivers - Wah Umkhrah and Umshyrpi, 07/10/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Circuit Bench at High Court of Meghalaya, Shillong) in the matter of Nababrata Bhattacharjee Vs Chief Secretary, State of Meghalaya & Others dated 07/10/2014 on the issue of dumping of solid waste and garbage as well as haphazard construction activities on the bank of the two rivers - Wah Umkhrah and Umshyrpi. The Tribunal also directed the Umiam Hydroelectric Power Plant, Umiam, Meghalaya (Barapani) to be impleaded as the Respondent No. 3.

Judgement Date: 
07/10/2014
Tags:
River Pollution, Meghalaya, Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Sewage Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Dams
Water Resources

Rampant development took toll on water bodies in Madurai

MADURAI: The unplanned and rampant development which took place in the last few years have resulted in the ruining water bodies in the city.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2014
Times Of India (Madurai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Madurai (T), Water Resources, Development, Sewage Pollution
Water Pollution

Police investigate into polluters in east China

BEIJING - Three chemical factories found illegally dumping wastewater into city sewage systems and the sea have had their cases turned over to police.

Publication Date: 
30/09/2014
China Daily
Tags:
Water Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, China
Water Pollution

Fish die in droves in Salim Ali Lake

AURANGABAD: Thousands of dead fish were found in the historical Salim Ali Lake in the city on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2014
Ranjana Diggikar
Times Of India (Aurangabad)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Lakes, Aurangabad (T), Lake Pollution, Municipal Corporation, Fish, Sewage Pollution, Biodiversity, Environmentalists, Water Pollution
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of sewage being discharged near the Village Khalilpur, Haryana, 26/09/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Gram Panchayat, Khalilpur Vs State of Haryana & Ors dated 26/09/2014 on the issue of sewage being discharged near the Village Khalilpur, Haryana.

Previous Orders

Judgement Date: 
26/09/2014
Tags:
Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, Water Pollution, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Water Pollution

Govt should ensure ‘aviral’ flow of Ganga, says environment scientist BD Tripathi

VARANASI: After the UPA government constituted the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in 2009 and announced "Mission Clean Ganga by 2020", the NDA government led by Narendra Modi has set

Publication Date: 
26/09/2014
Binay Singh
Times Of India (Varanasi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Ganga, Water Pollution Control, Uttarkashi (D), Industrial Waste, Sewage Pollution, River Pollution, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Major water project free from pollution

As a key section of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project prepares to go into operation, water quality tests show the battle against pollution is being won.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2014
China Daily
Tags:
Water Pollution, China, Rivers, Water Resources, Water Quality, Industrial Pollution, Sewage, Sewage Pollution
Water Pollution

Assemblages of total mercury in the tropical macrotidal Bidyadhari estuarine stretches of Indian Sundarban mangrove eco-region

The study was conducted to estimate total mercury in water and sediment of Bidyadhari river of Indian Sundarban delta in pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon period. Bidyadhari river presently serves as a sewage and excess rainwater outlet from the Kolkata metropolitan and adjacent area which ultimately empties at the Bay of Bengal in the course of the Indian Sundarban delta.

Publication Date: 
18/09/2014
Shivaji Bhattacharya, Sourabh Kumar Dubey, Jeevan Ranjan Dash & et al
Environmental & Analytical Toxicology
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Tags:
River Pollution, Mangroves, Estuaries, Mercury, Sundarbans, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, West Bengal
Water Pollution

Badal seeks Virbhadra’s help to clean Ghaggar

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday urged his Himachal Pradesh counterpart Virbhadra Singh to jointly put up an effective monitoring mechanism for the cleaning up of Ghaggar river.

Publication Date: 
16/09/2014
Pioneer (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Punjab, Ghaggar, River Pollution, Himachal Pradesh, Sewage Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Quality, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

HC to UPPCB: Check whether Gomti water is Lt for drinking

The high court has directed UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to collect sample of Gomti river's water and furnish the test report before it within a month.

Publication Date: 
10/09/2014
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow (T), Gomti, River Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Sewage Pollution, Organic Waste, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Water Pollution

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