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Water, waste & will: How India’s MSMEs can lead the sustainability revolutionWater efficiency, if managed wisely, could very well be the next competitive advantage for Indian MSMEs.
Rajasthan asked to treat effluents at Bhiwadi Industrial areaThe directive has come after two children drowned in a pond with industrial effluents and domestic sewage at Saeedpur village in Dharuhera,...
Quiet flows central prison sewage into chain of lakesThe pollution is likely to lower the water quality index of the lake which the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has redflagg...
By 2020 no untreated sewage to be disposed in Ganga: Uma BhartiAs per the NGRBA framework, Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal are it members, the Minister sa...
NGT slams Agra Development Authority over construction on Yamuna floodplainsThe counsel appearing for various builders assured the bench that they would put up Sewage Treatment Plants to ensure discharge of only tre...
Sewage in Kosi: NGT slams Uttarakhand for non compliance of orderThe NGT has slammed the Uttarakhand government for the delay in filing an action plan for collection and disposal of sewage in the entire a...
Sewage in Ganga: NGT show cause notice to five municipal bodiesA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed the municipal bodies of Mirzapur, Chunar, Bhadohi, Fatehpur and Hastinapu...
Use of wetlands for sewage disposal "disturbing", says governmentJavadekar told Lok Sabha that while 115 sites have been identified as wetlands under the Wetlands Conservation Programme, it is open to add...
Only 37% sewage treatment capacity in urban areas: GovernmentSewage treatment capacity in urban areas is only 37 per cent of the total amount generated, the government said today.
Dumping waste in Yamuna near Taj Mahal sad state of affairs: National Green Tribunal"Go to Agra and get things cleaned. This is a limit. This is shocking. We are disgusted. Principal solid waste being dumped at drains near ...
- Dumping waste in Yamuna near Taj Mahal sad state of affairs: NGT
The National Green Tribunal today expressed disgust at the dumping of solid wastes in river Yamuna near the Taj Mahal, saying it demonstrat...
Improve solid waste management or face action, 184 civic bodies toldBesides, the environment ministry has decided to depute 20 joint secretary-level officers to undertake assessment and periodic review of al...
Dismal picture on solid waste management, by some civic bodies: Environment MinistryA recent inspection has brought out a "dismal" picture of negligence by some civic bodies in dealing with the issue of solid waste manageme...
- PCMC gets notice for pollution in Pavana river
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued a notice to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) for failing to curb...
More than half of untreated sewage flows into rivers: GovernmentForests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar said that 36,874.07 million litres per day (mld) of untreated sewage is discharged in...
- Unscientific sewage disposal threatens Shimla's environment
Unscientific disposal of sewage and solid waste is threatening the pristine environment and water sources of the Queen of Hills, as Shimla ...
Around 80% of sewage in Indian cities flows into water systemsNearly 80% of the sewage generated in India flows untreated into its rivers, lakes and ponds, turning the water sources too polluted to use.