MARGAO: The Goa State Pollution Control Board and Health officials on Thursday inspected waste water discharged in the fields at Colva on Thursday.

Following a complaint from activist Judith Almeida, Goa State Pollution Control Board and health officials descended at Colva and collected water samples from the fields and storm water drains. Almeida said that sewage waste is being discharged in the drains, which has now found its way in the fields, which then flows into the Colva creek.

A Parliamentary panel has criticised the Environment Ministry for its “business as usual passing the buck approach” towards the high level of pollution in the country’s rivers.

The Committee on Estimates which met under the Chairmanship of MLA Handwara, Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan to take stock of the measures being taken for the protection and conservation of the world fam

It seems the seriousness of the Central and State government about conservation of environment and water bodies lie only on papers.

Expressing “anguish” over the fact that Yamuna water in Delhi had become filthy despite thousands of crores being spent to improve its quality, the Supreme Court today said it was perhaps time to i

Untreated sewage allowed to flow into the rivers has been identified as a major reason for polluting country’s rivers, including the Yamuna.

The sewage chamber catering to locals and residents of a Mhada colony in Khernagar, Bandra (E), has been left "broken" for a month now, with the civic body having made no attempts to repair it.

Thames Water has been fined £6000 at Basingstoke Magistrates Court for polluting the Bishopswood Stream in Tadley.

Irrigation with wastewater releases pharmaceuticals, pathogenic bacteria, and resistance genes, but little is known about the accumulation of these contaminants in the environment when wastewater is applied for decades.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in Mr. Joseph Coutinho vs Goa State Pollution Control Board dated 06/09/2012 (Appeal No. 22/2012).

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