Contamination, Pollution and Quality

Wildlife Board clears Lower Demwe hydel project despite flaws in report

World is losing the wetlands at a rate of 0.78 percent a year: Ramsar Convention

The family of Somesh Manikpuri of Amasivani colony in Raipur is still in shock of his sudden demise from jaundice in May this year. Six similar deaths have been reported from Raipur since April 2018. Memsingh Chandrakar, a resident of Naharpara, another locality in Raipur, was also affected by jaundice in May.

NGT asks CPCB to monitor industrial waste discharge of states

Polluted river stretches increases to 351, as against 302 in 2015

As the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost.

Clean chit to dam management, CWC says congested Vembanad lake worsened floods in Kerala

Witnessing a multitude of disasters from destructive floods to catastrophic earthquakes, the vulnerabilities arising out of natural disasters are ever increasing in Jammu and Kashmir.

More than 1000 people dead in three months in India due to heavy rains

River Mutha, the pride of Pune, lovingly called 'Muthai' or 'mother Mutha', is dying a slow death, thanks to the rapidly urbanising city which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its water. The pollution of the river is consistently rising.