Environment

India: 190 of 1,080 industries polluting Ganga shut down

New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) The Centre on Monday said of the 1,080 industries causing pollution in Ganga in five states, 190 have been closed while 165 are still not complying with norms.

Of the 165, closure orders have been issued to nine and show-cause notices has been served to 156 grossly polluting industries, it said.

Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu said about 280.17 million litres per day (MLD) effluents is being discharged into river Ganga main stem having BOD load of 9.68 tons per day.

UK to back $2.3bn Turkish green rail project

17 March 2022; MEMO: The UK Export Finance Agency has signed a €2.1bn loan guarantee deal to support the development of a major electric rail project in Turkey.

The agreement has been announced at today's "UK-Turkiye Green Finance Conference".

This agreement aims to build trading relationship between Turkiye and the UK, decarbonise travel and help Turkey to meet its zero emission target.

UN: Climate change to uproot millions, especially in Asia

Jakarta, Mar 3 (AP) The walls of Saifullah's home in northern Jakarta are lined like tree rings, marking how high the floodwaters have reached each year some more than 4 feet from the damp dirt floor.

When the water gets too high, Saifullah, who like many Indonesians only uses one name, sends his family to stay with friends. He guards the house until the water can be drained using a makeshift pump. If the pump stops working, he uses a bucket or just waits until the water recedes.

It's a normal thing here, Saifullah, 73, said. But this is our home. Where should we go?"

India: NGT slaps penalty of Rs 25 cr on Hindustan Zinc for violation of environmental norms

New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 25 crore on Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd for violation of environmental norms in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district.

The green panel said environmental law violations cannot be taken lightly when the violators are entities like the present project proponent (PP) and victims are poor villagers.

India: Tripura to breed endangered vultures

Agartala, Feb 6 (PTI) Tripura's forestry department is embarking on a project to breed the endangered vulture specie in Khowai district through program for vulture conservation and artificial breeding'.

The decision was taken after it was noticed that Khowai had higher concentration of vulture population, said officials who added that vultures would be brought in from other states to help in the artificial breeding.

Jerusalem's holy sites and West Bank carpeted in rare snow

27 Jan 2022; MEMO: A rare heavy snowfall covered Jerusalem and hilly areas in the occupied West Bank overnight into Thursday, shutting down roads and schools, Reuters reports.

Worshippers had to trudge through inches of snow to reach the holy sites in Jerusalem's walled Old City, including the snow-capped Dome of the Rock.

Heavy snow is rare in the city, so children went out into the streets to watch the flakes falling and hurl snowballs at each other.

US Climate Envoy John Kerry to visit India soon

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) US Climate Envoy John Kerry is likely to visit the country soon to take forward the India-US Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue, officials said on Tuesday

While some officials said the visit should take place by the end of this month depending on the Covid situation, others said there is no final fix on the dates so far

India: Colder weather increasing number of heart patients in Kanpur

Kanpur: Continued increase in the cold condition for the past several days has brought trouble for the heart patients. 

According to the doctors, two heart patients have died at Hallett Hospital on Friday here. They were admitted at the Cardiology in the hospital.

The doctors have accepted that the number of patients suffering with heart and brain problems added up due to the rise in the low temperature these days.

Patients of brain stroke and heart stroke are admitted to Cardiology. Prof Richa Giri told that the number of patients rose because of colder weather.

India: Ghaziabad most polluted city in north India: CSE

New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Ghaziabad is the most polluted city in north India and its annual average PM2.5 levels are much worse than those of Delhi, according to data from 137 continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS) spread across 56 cities in the region.

The Centre for Science and Environment, which analysed the PM2.5 data from these CAAQMS from January 1, 2019, to November 30, 2021, also said PM2.5 levels in otherwise cleaner smaller towns can exceed the concentration reported in Delhi during smog episodes in early winters.

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