Officials from the Jal Shakti department have stopped water supply to the affected villages after the incident. However bottled water is being distributed among the people.
The majority of air pollution related deaths- 9.8 lakh- in India were caused by ambient PM2.5 pollution- tiny pollution particles in air that are two and one half microns or less in width, the researchers said.
The regional meeting was held in Bengaluru for stock taking of the JJM and SBM schemes for Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and the UTs of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.
It is mandatory for all group housing societies, institutions and commercial establishments built on an area of more than 20,000 square metres in Greater Noida.
Addressing the annual session of industry body PHDCCI, the road transport minister said that his ministry has spent Rs 60,000 crore on road infrastructure development -- an effort that also helped in reducing air pollution in Delhi.
Several fish were found dead in Saravana Poigai pond of Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple in Madurai.
The state government and the Supreme Court have made various interventions to stop instances of land-grabbing and construction over water bodies but the situation remains beyond control.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the UP chief secretary to personally look into the issue of availability of potable water to the affected inhabitants of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut, Bagpath and Ghaziabad districts.
Ignoring the contributions from other consumer products such as clothing and furniture means that we're only addressing a part of the cause of pollution.
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A preliminary study has found that the water of the Siang river is turning black due to a recent earthquake in the region, the Union minister said.
82% of water samples surveyed in New Delhi are contaminated with particles smaller than 5 millimetres in size.
Patna: At least six children fainted and 20 fell ill Monday after drinking water at a school in Bihar's Bhojpur district, an official said. All were out of danger after receiving medical treatment.The incident took
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