All posts tagged "river pollution"
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Delhi2 years agoAt Least 3-5 Years Needed To Upgrade Sewage Treatment Plants To Reduce Frothing In Yamuna: Delhi Government
According to Delhi government, the delay in tree cutting permission, COVID-19 lockdown, financial hardships and migration of labour slowed down the construction and upgradation of four...
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News2 years ago
Pollution Free Water Fundamental Right, State Bound To Ensure It, Says Supreme Court On Contamination Of Rivers
The Supreme Court directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to submit a report identifying municipalities along the river Yamuna, which have not installed total treatment...
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Ganga Clean-Up3 years ago
No Meaningful Action Taken For Cleaning Ganga Tributary: National Green Tribunal
According to the National Green Tribunal, all drains joining rivers Kali, Krishna and Hindon should have in-situ remediation and plan for connectivity with the identified sewage...
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Delhi3 years ago
Detergent In Sewage Responsible For Toxic Foam In Yamuna: Delhi Pollution Body To The Green Panel
According to Delhi Pollution Control Committee, the presence of ‘dhobi ghats’, directly release of sewage containing phosphate detergents, industrial effluent and the turbulence caused near the...
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News3 years agoYamuna River In Delhi Gets Polluted Again As Lockdown Eases
As the industrial activity was halted and other commercial activities slowed down during the lockdown, the Yamuna river cleaned itself, however, as the lockdown was eased,...
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News3 years ago
Jal Shakti Minister Flags Off Rafting Expedition To Raise Awareness On Ganga Rejuvenation In Uttarakhand
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) aims to ensure effective abatement of pollution and rejuvenation of the river Ganga and to maintain minimum ecological flows...
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Ganga Clean-Up3 years agoNational Mission For Clean Ganga Holds Special Session On ‘Rejuvenation Of River Ganga’ During India Water Week
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga said that the government has collaborated with Wildlife Institute of India for cleaning and de-siltation...
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Ganga Clean-Up4 years ago
World Water Week 2019: Ganga Rejuvenation Efforts To Be Strengthened With Global Experience, Says Jal Shakti Minister
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director-General of National Mission For Clean Ganga (NMCG), participated in World Water Week 2019 between August 25 and August 30 at Stockholm and...
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Delhi4 years agoVegetables Grown In Yamuna Floodplains Contaminated With Toxic Heavy Metals, Reveals NEERI
The study conducted by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), suggests that monitoring and testing of heavy metals in vegetables, as well as soil and irrigation...
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News4 years ago
Level Of Toxic Matters Going Up In Rivers, Chemical Fertilisers Contaminating Groundwater: Central Government
As per the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, groundwater contamination in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha is at alarming level and only...
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News4 years ago
Home To Three World Heritage Sites, Agra’s Pollution Level Remains Alarming: River Activists
As per river environmentalist, there is a need of a comprehensive National Rivers Policy and a Central Rivers Authority to rejuvenate and conserve rivers and other...
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News4 years ago
Namami Gange Sanitation Drive To Place Dustbins Everywhere And Collect Garbage Regularly In Over 4,000 Ganga Basin Villages
Villages on the Ganga river basin are a part of the massive sanitation drive, launched with the aim to prevent waste flowing into the holy river
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