AGRA: As many as 21 of the 41 drains (nullahs) in the city directly discharge sewage into the river Yamuna instead of being routed through a treatment plant, according to Jal Nigam officials.
SALEM: A team of officials from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) collected water samples from the River Cauvery near Mettur dam in Salem district on Monday, after fishermen found dead fis
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board is conducting a survey of the hotels and resorts mushrooming around the Corbett Tiger Reserve to find out which among th
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the federal finance and planning secretaries after the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) chief submitted in court that unavailability
Many of the world’s top surfers are in Rio de Janeiro for a major surfing competition that kicked off on Tuesday amid persistent worries about the city’s polluted waters.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on waste water and sewage treatment plants, 11/05/2015. State-wise, the capacity of sewage treatment plants in Class-I & Class-II towns as per Central Polution Control Board report published in 2009 is at Annexure-1.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on discharge of waste into Ganga and its tributeries, 11/05/2015. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has inventorised 764 Grossly polluting industries discharging 501 mld of trade effluent directly or indirectly into the drains reaching the river Ganga and its tributaries.