Under Namami Gange New Projects Worth Rs 425 Crore Approved To Build New STPs in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

There is an acute shortage of sewage treatment plants near the Ganga basin as many STPs find it difficult to bear the costs associated with functioning

Swachh Sewage Abhiyan: Nullah Gangs In Bhopal Conduct Massive Cleanliness Drives To Fight Water Clogging During Monsoons

In about 30 days, members of the Nullah Gang removed 800 tonnes of garbage from 780 drains of the city

Ganga Cleanup In Kanpur: 77 Polluting Units Asked To Close Down

There are more than 1,000 Seriously Polluting Industries (SPI) and 30 storm water drains along the Ganga stretch between Haridwar and Kanpur and over 800 million...

Sewage Water Flowing Into Kali Bein Rivulet In Punjab For Years Has Left It In A Pitiable Condition: Minister Rana Gurjit Singh

The Punjab government aims to clean the holy rivulet and stop the sewage flow into it by 2019

Ganga Fit For Bathing At Haridwar, May Fail To Meet Parameters Downstream: Minister Vijay Goel

To ensure a minimal or zero discharge of waste in Ganga, the Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vijay Goel said that authorities are keeping...

Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Appeals To Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Set Up Waste Water Treatment Plants Along Country’s Coastlines

After sitting on a dharna to cleanup Banki Muhana beach in Puri, sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has now appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for setting...

National Green Tribunal Directs Delhi Government To Clean Seelampur Drain

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to immediately clean a trunk drain in Delhi's Seelampur, which is clogged with garbage and municipal solid...

Submit Report On Reviving Yamuna In 3 Weeks: NGT To 4 Northern States And Pollution Control Board

National Green Tribunal was hearing a plea on the monitoring of implementation of the 'Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalisation Project 2017' and expressed concern over the...

Dealing With Dysfunctionality: The Problems Of India’s Sewage Treatment Plants

Lack of financial support from respective state governments for years resulted in many STPs in India gradually becoming dysfunctional

To Attract Foreign Investments And Technologies, India Needs To Improve Its Water Management Regimes

India can learn water management from other countries like Singapore to develop a system that ensures balanced use among industry, agriculture and consumers

Rampant Construction Of Illegal Buildings Is Leading To Intervention In Water Circulation And The Sewage System

Delhi High Court observed that the illegal construction of buildings in Delhi is causing intervention in water circulation and sewage system and asked the officials to...

No Work No Wage, Says Delhi High Court In Reference To Delhi Municipality Safai Karamcharis Not Showing Up For Work

The Delhi High Court said that no one can take wages for work not done in reference to the safai karamcharis of Delhi Municipality who are...

National Green Tribunal Gives 3 Months To Commercial Buildings In Shimla To Set Up Sewage Treatment Plants

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Himachal Pradesh government and the state pollution control board to send notices to commercial buildings, which discharges more than...

Uttar Pradesh Government Plans To Shift Water Polluting Industries Away From Ganga River

Under central government’s initiative ‘Namami Gange’, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adiyanath has come up with a plan to relocate all the industries located near Ganga...

Delhi High Court Demands Information On Desilting Of Drains In New Delhi

The Delhi High Court after hearing a PIL that said several sewage and storm water drains have not been desilted to ensure free flow of water...