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Army veterans, activists embark on ‘Ganga Parikrama’ to map pollution
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 24, 2020 12:06 AM IST
The team will also ensure afforestation on either side of the river and sensitise locals about the role they can play in keeping Ganga clean.
NGT fumes as state officers skip meet on river pollution
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Gagandeep Jassowal
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2020 04:01 PM IST
Directs chief secretary to take action, fixes April 22 as the next date of hearing
Jalandhar MC passes proposal to hike councillors’ allowances
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON NOV 30, 2019 01:23 AM IST
Allowances raised from ₹15,000 to ₹50,000 per month; also approves ₹30,000 pension to former councillors
Contain river pollution effectively or face music: NGT panel to PPCB
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON OCT 30, 2019 11:19 PM IST
Fixing the next meeting on December 11, the chairperson also directed officials concerned to complete the tasks given to them in a time-bound manner.
State govt forms task force to reduce river pollution in city
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Shrinivas Deshpande
UPDATED ON JUL 24, 2019 03:01 AM IST
According to instruction of the state government, the ‘Social Environment Surveillance Taskforce’ should prepare an action plan and work on its implementation in a time-bound manner.
Mithi was Maharashtra’s most polluted river in 2018
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By Badri Chatterjee
UPDATED ON JUN 24, 2019 10:13 AM IST
A study has found levels of faecal coliform content (indication of human and animal excreta) and biochemical oxygen demand (oxygen levels for aquatic life to survive ) of the Mithi river were above the safe limit.
Industrial effluents choke Jojari
Hindustan Times, Jodhpur | By Dinesh Bothra
UPDATED ON JUN 09, 2019 02:14 PM IST
Textile and steel rerolling units operating in the Jodhpur industrial area have been releasing untreated polluted water into the Jojari river for the last several years.
Green tribunal summons chief secretaries of all states, UTs, seeks report on pollution
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2019 12:08 AM IST
In a first, NGT has clubbed several significant environmental issues which were being heard separately by the Tribunal like air pollution, river water pollution, illegal sand mining, polluted industrial cluster and solid waste management and directed chief secretaries of all states to review the progress on dealing with these issues.
The new CPCB report on river pollution does not reveal the true picture
Hindustan Times | By KumKum Dasgupta
UPDATED ON SEP 21, 2018 07:33 AM IST
The number of polluted stretches in India’s rivers has increased to 351 from 302 two years ago, and the number of critically polluted stretches — where water quality indicators are the poorest — has gone up to 45 from 34 in 28 states and six Union Territories
NGT notice to Centre, Uttarakhand on plea seeking muck disposal plan for Chardham project
Press Trust of India | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 10, 2018 03:59 PM IST
In its plea, the NGO contended that the debris, generated during construction of road under the Chardham project along NH 108, was being directly thrown along the slopes next to the road which slides down directly into the river.
#puneonmymind Anu Aga & Sarang Yadwadkar: River pollution should be our priority, not river beautification
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Anu Aga and Sarang Yadwadkar
UPDATED ON AUG 01, 2018 03:30 PM IST
Pune on my mind: Ideas for change - Part 3
Ganga will be a polythene-free zone: Yogi
Hindustan Times, Kanpur | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JUN 06, 2018 01:22 PM IST
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday reiterated that all drains will be stopped from discharging sewage into the Ganga from December 15 to ensure a pollution-free river.
Mumbai civic body plans to clear cowsheds from Dahisar river bank and reduce water pollution
HIndustan Times | By Eeshanpriya MS
UPDATED ON MAY 30, 2018 03:10 PM IST
The BMC has also asked washermen who use the dhobi ghat on the banks to set up a sewage treatment plant so that untreated water does not flow into the river
Narmada River once had 7 sources of water feeding into it, now only one remains
Hindustan Times | By Gayatri Jayaraman
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2018 10:10 AM IST
Several factors, some of neglect and wilful destruction, have contributed to the drying out of Amarkantak - a town once lush with perennial rivers, streams, tributaries, wetlands, even swamps.
Maharashtra has maximum cities, towns in India located along polluted river stretches
Hindustan Times | By Badri Chatterjee
UPDATED ON APR 02, 2018 02:30 PM IST
Union environment ministry shared details in Rajya Sabha last week; 161 of state’s cities and towns located along polluted river stretches