“Such insensitivity in a serious matter is a matter of concern,” the NGT said.
Tag: water pollution
Ganga River Water Unfit for Direct Drinking, Bathing: CPCB
Only seven areas have been found to be fit for drinking after disinfection process while 78 have been found unfit.
Submit Report On Action Taken Against Defaulting Industries: NGT To Delhi Pollution Control Committee
The directive came after an application filed by a city resident seeking action against plastic industries in Narela and Bawana.
Modi’s Pet Project a Failure: Study Shows Ganga Has Become More Polluted in Last Three Years
The Rs 20,000 crore-Namami Gange Programme was launched by PM Modi to clean and conserve the river by 2019.
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.”
Ganges: Sewers Could be Making Water Quality of India’s Great River Worse
Urban populations in the Ganges catchment contribute around 100 times more microbial pollution per head to the river than their rural counterparts.
River Pollution Has Gone Up In The Last Two Years, Several Stretches Critically Polluted : CPCB Report
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the number of polluted river stretches has increased from 302 to 351 in the last two years.
Sweet Carcinogen: In A UP Village, Cancer Is A Common Visitor While Govt Looks Away
Residents of Rankhandi village accuse a dominant sugar unit in Deoband of dumping untreated effluent into their water.