The two workers had got stuck when water from a nearby drain started entering their pit (about 12 feet down) through a crack.
Tag: Pollution
‘Alarming Situation’: NGT Warns of Epidemic After Untreated Sewage Discharged into Ganga During Kumbh
The Green Tribunal pulled up the Uttar Pradesh govt over attempting to “hoodwink the cleaning of waste…”
As India Grapples With Climate Change, Youth Groups and Startups Scout for Greener Solutions
Hoping to increase the resilience of people to tackle climate-change.
Opportunity Costs: Can Carbon Taxing Become a Positive-Sum Game?
If we are to stabilise the global climate without hampering efforts to end the scourge of global poverty, some form of carbon pricing is essential.
Modi Govt Betrayed Ganga and All Who Fight For a Cleaner Ganga: Environmentalist Rajendra Singh
Speaking to The Wire Hindi, he added that Modi “has not done a single good deed for Ganga.”
India Has 15 Out of 20 Most Polluted Cities in World: Study
India’s NCR emerged as the most polluted region in the world last year, data compiled in the new report states.
NGT Slaps Rs 25 Lakh Fine on Adityanath Govt For Failing to Stop Dirty Water Discharge in Ganga Canal
The green panel said that the apathy by the authorities has to be dealt with coercive action.
Strict Action Needed Against Industries Releasing Pollutants Beyond Permissible Levels: Chhattisgarh Environment Minister Mohammad Akbar
Akbar, who took charge as chief of Environment Protection Division, said division officials needed to improve their way of working.
Fine Particle Air Pollution is a Public Health Emergency Hiding in Plain Sight
PM2.5 alone causes more deaths and illnesses than all other environmental exposures combined.
89 Per Cent People in Delhi Feel Sickness or Discomfort Due to Air Pollution: Study
As many as 5,000 people were interviewed across different demographics in 17 cities for the study.
Have Opened Social Media Accounts For Citizens To Complain On Pollution In Delhi-NCR: CPCB To SC
The top court is seized of matters in which several issues related to air pollution in the Delhi-NCR have been raised.