Tag: Water pollution
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Those in power protecting industrial polluters of Sabarmati: Guj HC
Earlier last month, the Gujarat High Court had taken a suo motu cognizance based on media reports that sewage water was not being treated in accordance with the set norms at the sewage treatment plant at Pirana in Ahmedabad city.
September 1, 2021 -
Delhi Pollution Control Committee asked to submit report on foaming Yamuna
In a letter to DPCC, the monitoring panel said the shocking pictures of women standing knee-deep in foaming, polluted Yamuna to offer prayers have got extensive media coverage and have gone viral on Twitter with 'very damaging comments.'
November 8, 2019 -
Non-food products overlooked as water pollution sources
Besides industrial waste, rising demand for non-food products like clothing and furniture are often the overlooked sources of water pollution.
August 6, 2018 -
Illegal brick kilns: NGT slams Delhi, NCR states for not filing reply
The National Green Tribunal has slammed Delhi and neighbouring states for not filing their reply on a plea alleging that illegal operation of brick kilns has resulted in severe air and water pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR). A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore said that despite its February 7 direction for …
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April 5, 2018 -
You will die of pollution, if you fall in Goan river, Parrikar tells activist
Some of Goa’s rivers are so polluted, that if someone is thrown into one, he or she would die of pollution, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday told an activist opposing inclusion of Goa’s major rivers in the Inland Waterways Authority of India’s list. Parrikar was speaking at a heated interaction with activists and …
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December 11, 2017 -
For a cleaner Yamuna
A fresh action plan to clean the river envisages several new affluent treatment plants.
November 20, 2017 -
Dispensation of a failed ecologist
She came to me limping, badly. She was Anita Mondal, Amal’s mother. She had injured her left leg a few months back and has not been able to walk properly since. Even standing was difficult. She has had no effective treatment since the accident that did her in. A makeshift stick that her younger son …
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October 22, 2017 -
Jail term, fine for Polluting water bodies in Kerala soon
The Kerala government on Wednesday decided to frame a new law which will ensure strict action, including a jail term, and a fine for those polluting water bodies. The state cabinet which met here decided to float an ordinance and a new bill in this regard would be introduced in the Kerala assembly later. As …
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September 20, 2017 -
Delhi HC queries authorities on ground water contamination
Concerned over the possibility of ground water contamination in the city due to industrial units in residential areas, the Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the authorities what steps they were taking to prevent it. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Navin Chawla issued notices to the Central Ground Water Board, …
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May 18, 2017 -
Panel formed to frame Ganga act draft submits report to govt
A committee formed by the Centre to frame a draft for the Ganga act, which provides for “stricter” action against those polluting the river, on Wednesday submitted its report to the Water Resources Ministry. Justice (retd) Girdhar Malviya, who heads the panel formed last year, submitted the report to Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti at Shram …
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April 12, 2017 -
First polluted river in the world discovered
Scientists have discovered what could be the world’s first polluted river, contaminated about 7,000 years ago by Neolithic humans who may have been producing copper metals from ores. In the now-dry riverbed in the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan, Professor Russell Adams from the University of Waterloo in Canada, and colleagues found evidence of …
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December 4, 2016