Terming water pollution a serious threat to both public health and ecological sustainability, Verma has directed all concerned departments to launch an intensive inspection and enforcement campaign, ensuring 100 per cent compliance with existing environmental norms.
Domestic and industrial activities produce millions of tonnes of waste, and even buried waste leaks pollutants that carry environmental risks. But by combining microorganisms with different capabilities, Sheffield researchers are turning harmful liquid into useful resources.
About 1000 rivers are responsible for roughly 80% of the pollution in the marine ecosystem.
Vikas Chandra, more popular as Guddu Baba, is a veritable one-man army. He has taken upon himself the task to save the Ganges which flows by Patna, after leaving the job of a college lecturer to become a full-time campaigner.
Besides industrial waste, rising demand for non-food products like clothing and furniture are often the overlooked sources of water pollution.
