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Water Pollution

Centre to strengthen regulatory mechanism to curb pollution

KOCHI: The marine environment in India is under stress due to pollution and it has become one of the probable reasons for the decline in fish stock, said the new national policy that was released

Publication Date: 
22/05/2017
Times Of India (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Water Pollution, Marine Life, Marine Ecosystems, Water Pollution Control, Fish
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Yamuna, 19/05/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 19/05/2017 regarding pollution of river Yamuna generated in the area of Delhi. Tribunal is informed that within a period of one month the civil construction and mechanical work of STPs, sewage and connectivity would start and the same would be completed by May, 2019. NGT compliments the various stakeholders i.e.

Judgement Date: 
19/05/2017
Tags:
Yamuna, Waste Disposal, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Drainage, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of effluents by Leeza Leathers into river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, 19/05/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Leeza Leathers Vs. Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 19/05/2017 regarding discharge of effluents by Leeza Leathers into river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh. NGT allows the unit to operate its processing activity subject to it getting grant of consent from Pollution Control Board and obtain permission from the Central Ground Water Authority, in the event they are extracting ground water.

Judgement Date: 
19/05/2017
Tags:
Ganga, Leather Industry, Industrial Pollution, River Pollution, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Polluting Industries
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Yamuna pollution, 19/05/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item Published in Hindustan Times “And Quiet Flows the Maily Yamuna” Vs. Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 19/05/2017 regarding Yamuna pollution.

Judgement Date: 
19/05/2017
Tags:
Yamuna, River Pollution, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Drainage, Waste Disposal, Industrial Pollution
Water Pollution

Bellandur Lake in Bengaluru: A waterbody no one cares for

BENGALURU: After the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) first order to clean up Bellandur Lake was passed on April 19, urban agencies had seemingly sprung into action.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2017
New Indian Express (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Lake Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Rai for action against those polluting Phalguni river

District In-Charge Minister and Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai directed Karnataka State Pollution Control Board officials to initiate stern action against those respons

Publication Date: 
19/05/2017
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, River Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Management, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

High court wants govt’s reply on ‘cancer colony’

The Delhi high court on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of a TOI report highlighting release of poisonous substances into groundwater from polluting industrial units in northeast Delhi's Mustafab

Publication Date: 
19/05/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Groundwater Pollution, High Court, Industrial Pollution, Cancer, Health Effects, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

NGT to pollution board: Slapping notices not enough, shut industries

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday told Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) that merely serving closure notices to polluting industries is not enough.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2017
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Lake Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution
Environment

State plans to extend ban on plastics to water, juice bottles

Environment secretary Judi Wakhungu has announced a looming ban on use of plastic bottles to curb environmental pollution.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2017
Business Daily (Africa)
Tags:
Environment, Plastics, Kenya, Non Biodegradable Waste, Africa, Pollution, Water Pollution, Garbage
Water Pollution

Ganga in Haridwar unfit even for bathing, finds RTI query

DEHRADUN: A dip in the Ganga may wash away your sins but the river's water is also likely to make you sick.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2017
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ganga, River Pollution, Haridwar (T), Right To Information (RTI), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Water Pollution

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