The High Power Committee on Air and Water Pollution, set up by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung earlier this month, has asked Secretaries of various Ministries as well as noted environmentalist Suni

The new government needs to bring in second-generation reforms for environment which can strike a balance between the need for economic development and rights of a local community.

PM-elect Narendra Modi is yet to take Oath of Office but the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has already started making efforts to bring his promises to fruition.

An additional financial boost of USD 17.4M was received yesterday from the World Bank’s International Development Association credit.

Grana y Montero SA is seeking Peru’s backing for a $150 million sewage-treatment project to reduce pollution that is tainting waters in the world’s highest navigable lake, the state news agency And

Millions of people are unwittingly pouring hundreds of tonnes of tiny plastic beads down the drain.

Royal HaskoningDHV to prepare sanitation plan for the capital city, which would be later implemented in other parts of the State

The city will soon get its largest facility for treating sewage generated in areas newly merged with the Chennai Corporation.

Hundreds are involved in the construction of the plant, which will have the capacity to treat 120 million litres of sewage a day (mld), at Koyambedu. This will be the 13th facility of Chennai Metrowater and is expected to enhance the sewage treatment capacity from the existing 612 mld to 732 mld.