HYDERABAD: Telangana State Pollution Control Board has ordered the immediate closure of Ralpro Techno Crafts LLP in Sangareddy district after the company was found dumping untreated, highly alkaline industrial effluents into Nakka Vagu, near Ismailkhanpet Bridge in Sangareddy district. Early on November 30, during patrolling, the TGPCB officials intercepted a tanker discharging industrial effluents into the canal. The assistant revealed …
Responding positively to a demand for prevention of river Cauvery’s contamination from the discharge of industrial effluents and untreated wastage, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has directed Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited officials to conduct a spot inspection while Minister for Forests and Environment Eshwar Khandre has sought a report from the officials of the concerned departments within two weeks. Letter …
Otteri Nullah drains floodwaters from the central parts of the city into the Buckingham Canal near Basin Bridge. Even as the Greater Chennai Corporation and the Water Resources Department have started cleaning the waterway ahead of the northeast monsoon, residents have demanded better coordination among agencies to resolve the civic issues, including pollution caused by industrial effluents, dumping of garbage, …
Hundreds of fish were found dead and floating in the Phalguni downstream the Malavoor vented dam, following the flow of industrial and domestic effluent into the river even as the administration has remained mute to the annual happening. Democratic Youth Federation of India State president Muneer Katipalla said the river water has turned black with industrial effluents starkly exposing the …
