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Yamuna in Delhi continues to suffer heavy pollution: Report
1 month ago

Yamuna in Delhi continues to suffer heavy pollution: Report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi A froth-filled Yamuna, indicating high pollution levels. Pollution in the Yamuna in Delhi continues to remain high, with faecal coliform reading hitting an MPN high of 7.9 million units per 100ml at Asgarpur, where the river exits the Capital, according to the latest water quality report submitted by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to National Green Tribunal on …

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19 out of 37 sewage treatment plants in Delhi not up to standard: DPCC report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

19 out of 37 sewage treatment plants in Delhi not up to standard: DPCC report

Hindustan Times  

Over half, or 19, of Delhi’s 37 sewage treatment plants do not meet the standards prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board, according to the latest data shared by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. Three times total suspended solids Meanwhile, total suspended solids – which should be 10 mg/l or less – were found to be up to three times …

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Ganga water unsafe even for bathing, says Bihar govt report on river pollution
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ganga water unsafe even for bathing, says Bihar govt report on river pollution

Hindustan Times  

Patna: Almost all major rivers passing through Bihar are unsafe even for bathing, revealed the annual survey report on health of rivers recently tabled by the Bihar State Pollution Control Board in the state legislature. The report, based on sample checks at 98 points of several rivers including Ganga, Sone and Kosi in 27 districts showed excessive presence of faecal …

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Summer gives an opportunity to regenerate Bengaluru lakes
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer gives an opportunity to regenerate Bengaluru lakes

The Hindu  

Lakes drying up as the scorching summer heat intensifies. But now, they are building bunds around the lake for people to walk, and this means almost a uniform increase in depth.” This design, dubbed as ‘soup bowl’ to help increase water capacity and suit fisheries, is inevitably hostile to migratory birds that usually flock to shallow areas within a lake. …

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Musi most polluted river in Telangana, says NGT
2 years, 3 months ago

Musi most polluted river in Telangana, says NGT

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Musi has earned the dubious distinction of being the most polluted river in Telangana in the latest National Green Tribunal report, while Nagole was named as a highly polluted location. According to the report on polluted river stretches published by the TS Pollution Control Board, high levels of coliform were discovered in the river, along with imbalanced levels …

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Sensors provide a real-time glimpse at Chicago River quality
3 years, 4 months ago

Sensors provide a real-time glimpse at Chicago River quality

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Rowers, kayakers and other users of the Chicago River are getting a real-time look at one measure of water quality in the system that weaves through downtown and several neighborhoods. Chicago nonprofit Current in 2019 installed three sensors in the river’s three main branches to continuously estimate the amount of bacteria from human and other warm-blooded animals’ waste. …

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Faecal coliform levels 660 times desirable limit in the Yamuna
4 years, 1 month ago

Faecal coliform levels 660 times desirable limit in the Yamuna

The Hindu  

The level of faecal coliform is above the desirable limit at all points tested in Yamuna in Delhi, except for Palla where the river enters the city, as per a Delhi government report. The report also said that levels of different pollutants are above permissible limits in ground water samples from different points near the four landfills in Delhi. Ground …

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Thiruvananthapuram: DMO finds Coliform in ice used at juice shops
5 years, 9 months ago

Thiruvananthapuram: DMO finds Coliform in ice used at juice shops

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: The District Medical Office has found the presence of Coliforms in several of the samples collected from juice shops in the inspections carried out recently at various part of the state capital. According to officials, the ice meant for commercial/industrial purpose is bought widely by the street vendors and juice shops and stored under poor hygiene. A top official …

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Ganga water quality has worsened due to untreated sewage, govt should have prioritised clean-up project, says chief of NGO
5 years, 9 months ago

Ganga water quality has worsened due to untreated sewage, govt should have prioritised clean-up project, says chief of NGO

Firstpost  

Sankat Mochan Foundation, which has been monitoring the quality of the Ganga water for over three decades, found in its latest study that levels of faecal coliform bacteria had risen substantially, while levels of dissolved oxygen had dropped. The study showed that levels of faecal coliform, a form of bacteria, in the Ganga had risen substantially, while levels of dissolved …

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Blood worms, coliform bacteria in Vellayani water
5 years, 9 months ago

Blood worms, coliform bacteria in Vellayani water

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thousands of residents in the state capital are under the threat of water-borne diseases with the Kerala Water Authority supplying contaminated water infested with blood worms and coliform bacteria. KWA officials confirmed the presence of blood worms in the water pumped from the Vellayani Lake which caters to a large section of residents at Nemom, Karamana, Kalliyoor, Venganoor, Vizhinjam, …

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Kottayam: Coliform presence in Pamba river increases
6 years ago

Kottayam: Coliform presence in Pamba river increases

Deccan Chronicle  

Kottayam: The coliform presence in the Pamba river has increased beyond permissible limits, but the Pollution Control Board says that doesn't prevent the pilgrims taking a bath. The coliform count at various points the Pollution Control Board recorded on December 11 are Kochumpamba - 400, Kakkiyar - 1400, Triveni - 2200, Arattukadavu - 5200, Pamba - 7200 and Njunganar - …

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Coliform level at Sabari came down, says Pollution Control Board
6 years, 1 month ago

Coliform level at Sabari came down, says Pollution Control Board

Deccan Chronicle  

Kottayam: The Pollution Control Board says the coliform level at Sabarimala has come down sharply after a new company started operating the sewage treatment plant at Sannidhanam. It failed to establish the sewage network and disinfection systems after getting the approval in September last year on the condition that the coliform count of the treated sewage should not exceed 230 …

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Kottayam: Coliform bacteria infests Pamba waters
6 years, 2 months ago

Kottayam: Coliform bacteria infests Pamba waters

Deccan Chronicle  

Kottayam: The presence of coliform bacteria at various points at river Pamba is far beyond the accepted standards, statistics available with the Pollution Control Board at Pathanamthitta district show, indicating that it is harmful for the devotees who take a dip in the river before ascending the Sabarimala hill for darshan. There is a 5 mld sewage treatment plant at …

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Clean Ganga remains a dream
6 years, 4 months ago

Clean Ganga remains a dream

The Hindu  

WHILE in Varanasi to file his nomination papers for the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Narendra Modi, then the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial nominee, had declared with his characteristic bravado, “I have not come here on my own. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s 2017 report titled “Performance Audit of the Rejuvenation of River Ganga” revealed deficiencies in financial management, planning, …

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Nearly all Ganga water in UP-Bengal stretch unfit for drinking, bathing
6 years, 5 months ago

Nearly all Ganga water in UP-Bengal stretch unfit for drinking, bathing

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Most of the Ganga river water in the Uttar Pradesh-West Bengal stretch is unfit for drinking and bathing, a map released by the Central Pollution Control Board has indicated. The National Green Tribunal last month directed the National Mission for Clean Ganga to install display boards at a gap of 100 km to indicate whether the water was …

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Reality check: Modi govt's Namami Gange project a non-starter
6 years, 6 months ago

Reality check: Modi govt's Namami Gange project a non-starter

India Today  

As the boat cruises along the banks, slurries gurgle dark black sewage into the Ganga, littered with plastic, carcasses and trash. Along Varanasi's ghats, lab tests have found bacterial contamination is now higher than the levels recorded back in 2014 -- when the Modi government launched its most ambitious Namami Gange initiative to clean up the river. In its reply …

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