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700 million litres of waste dumped each day: CPCBBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 7, 2017
In the key stretch of Ganga, between Haridwar and Kanpur, 30 drains are directly discharging 701 million litres/day (MLD) of waste water in the Ganga, a recent report of the Central Pollution... Read more.. |
Nashik Municipal Corporation sets up cell to curb Godavari river pollutionBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 3, 2017
The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has set up a special cell to check the rising pollution levels of river Godavari. ... Read more.. |
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board: Rivers bear alarming water quality indexBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 16, 2017
The rivers flowing through the city are extremely polluted. This has been revealed in Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's water quality index (WQI) for December 2016. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: river pollution , water quality index |
Kharun river threatened by industrial pollution: Smart City documentsBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 24, 2017
The Kharun river is being threatened by pollution from the industries which are on the outskirts of the city, observed Raipur's 'Smart City' proposal document for 'The Smart City Challenge Stage... Read more.. Subject Tags: river pollution |
Yamuna pollution: Supreme Court seeks report on sewage treatment plantsBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2017
After 22 years of Supreme Court monitoring and spending around Rs 4,439 crore, Yamuna continues to stink like a sewer in Delhi but the Court decided on Monday to act tough against the... Read more.. Subject Tags: river pollution , sewage treatment plant |
Ganga pollution: NGT mulls CBI inquiryBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 17, 2017
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is mulling a CBI inquiry to probe whether untreated sewage was being released in Ganga through 30 drains on the river's Haridwar-Unnao stretch.... Read more.. |
NHRC notice on Bhavani water contaminationBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 25, 2017
A day after the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board seeking a report on the contamination of Bhavani river, the National Human Rights... Read more.. Subject Tags: river pollution , water and sanitation |
Government planning to penalise those found guilty of polluting GangaBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 27, 2016
The Narendra Modi-government is planning to penalise those found guilty of polluting the Ganga river, in a first of its kind bill which aims to ensure cleanliness and uninterrupted flow of the... Read more.. Subject Tags: environment protection , river pollution |
Government and Intel join hands for developing solutions for real-time air and river water quality monitoringBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 12, 2016
Indian government and the US multinational technology company, Intel, on Thursday joined hands for development of state-of-art solutions for real-time air and river water quality monitoring. ... Read more.. |
Maharashtra to clean-up Ulhas river, as conveyed to NGTBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2016
The Ulhas river clean-up will be taken up under the state government's Amrut scheme. The Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers cover 122 km long stretch. The Ulhas river originates in the Sahyadri hills at... Read more.. |