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Maintaining the state or health of rivers is a vital part of sustainable development. Healthy rivers are able to support and maintain key ecological processes and thus ecosystem services on which society depends.

Reply cum affidavit by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board in the matter of Babulal Sahu Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 01/12/2022.

The matter related to steps taken to stop pollution of Anasagar lake. A sewage treatment plant of 13 MLD was installed in the year 2014 for treatment of waste water generated from household activities of the residential colonies of Ajmer city.

Report filed by the Telangana State Pollution Control Board regarding human excrete collected from residences in and around Bandlaguda Jagir Municipal Corporation and other surrounding gram panchayats and being dumped into the Musi river at Tippu Khan bridge. The applicant, K Ravindran, resident of Madhu Park Ridge Apartment, Bandlaguda Jagir, Rangareddy district said that huge quantities of human excreta can be seen floating on the river.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Singh Khaira & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 25/11/2022.

Report of the Joint Committee in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order dated 07/07/2022 in the matter of OA No. 57/2022 (WZ), Mahesh Kashinath Ranawade Vs The State of Maharashtra & Others. According to the applicant, Mahesh Kashinath Ranawade the alleged illegal construction of road on the bank of Mula river is said to be adversely affecting the agricultural fields of the applicant situated at Mouje Nande, taluka Mulshi, district Pune.

Pollution abatement of Adi Ganga also called Tolly's Nullah requires implementation and completion of several projects, noted the National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in the Newspaper named, DHNS, Mangaluru dated: 15th May, 2022, titled “Officials term discolouring of water in beaches as algal bloom” dated 18/11/2022.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dakshin Banga Matsyajibi Forum Vs Inland Waterways Authority of India & Others dated 18/11/2022.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Aarya Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/11/2022.

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation was directed by the NGT to initiate necessary action for removal of encroachment on the upper lake, Bhopal. The action needs to be taken within a time frame.

This study ‘Polluted River Stretches for Restoration of Water Quality – 2022’ is a report based on the aforementioned periodic analysis of water quality data generated. To give a brief overview, of the 603 rivers assessed, there are 311 Polluted stretches in 279 rivers in 30 States & Union Territories.

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