The Ministry of Housing signed an EGP 1.2bn loan with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), according to a ministry statement Sunday.

Liangzhou district government on Monday denied a report saying that in cleaning up a polluted desert, the material, including sewage and sludge, were covered up instead of removed.

They may not be the most glamourous of scientific instruments, but tampons could help experts clean up polluted rivers.

Glow-in-the-dark tampons could be used to show where sewage is seeping into rivers, scientists have suggested.

Fortunes could be saved from going down the drain by extracting gold and precious metals from human excrement, scientists suggest.

JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh High Court (MPHC) has issued notices to state government and state pollution control board over sewage flowing into Narmada river in different districts.

NAGPUR: The Orange City — one of the cities selected to be developed as a smart city — has many shortcomings.

PANJIM: Observing that the much neglected St Inez creek is contaminated with sewage water discharged in it, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has directed the Health Department to immed