Jagat. “Thousands of fish wash up dead at Vishram Ghat.” Vrindavan Today. 13 November 2010. Thousands of fish wash up dead at Vishram Ghat By Jagat November 13, 2010 Another sign of the holy Yamuna’s pitiable condition came yesterday morning when bathers came to the river to perform their daily…
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Hamner, S. et. al. “The role of water use patterns and sewage pollution in incidence of water-borne/enteric diseases along the Ganges River in Varanasi, India.” International Journal of Environmental Health Research, Volume 16(2): 113-132. April 2006. Click here to read this study. Genre: Environmental Issues Articles, Varanasi Articles, Wastewater Issues…
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PTI October 7, 2010 Kolkata: The ten-armed warrior Goddess Durga, who was once asked by the Gods to slain the demon Mahishasura, has now been roped in by the West Bengal government to fight environmental pollution! Durga Puja organisers have been encouraged to use solar power and LED lights to…
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EcoFriends October, 2002 Carcinogens in drinking water threaten the health of rural masses in downstream Kanpur According to a press release issued by Eco Friends (EF), a Kanpur-based NGO, groundwater users in the downstream areas of Kanpur, are under serious threat due to poor quality water. The NGO commissioned the…
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Scan on river pollution – Monitor plan shot down By Jayanta Basu Saturday, April 19, 2008 The state environment department has decided to constitute a cell within the state pollution control board and an independent committee to monitor pollution of the Hooghly, after the Centre shot down the proposal to…
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IANS January 9, 2011 Mathura, Jan 9 (IANS) Thousands of dead fish have been found floating in the Yamuna river in Mathura in the past couple of days, causing alarm among the devout and the environmentalists in the Hindu holy city. Priests at the ghats said the deaths were due…
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Alley, K.D. “On the Banks of the Ganga: When Wastewater Meets a Sacred River.” University of Michigan Press, 2002. Genre: Environmental Issues Books, Wastewater Issues ArticlesSubjects: Environmental Issues, Wastewater Issues
Hoan, V.Q., Edwards, P. “Wastewater reuse through urban aquaculture in Hanoi, Vietnam: Status and prospects”, in: Costa-Pierce, B.A. et. al. “Urban Aquaculture.” Wallingford, U.K.: CABI Publishing, 2005. pp. 103-117 Genre: Agriculture Articles, Wastewater Issues ArticlesSubjects: Agriculture, Wastewater Issues
Costa-Pierce, B.A. “Preliminary investigation of an integrated aquaculture-wetland ecosystem using tertiary-treated muncipal wastewater in Los Angeles County, California.” Ecological Engineering, Volume 10, Issue 4, July 1998. pp. 341-354 Genre: Agriculture Articles, Biodiversity-Environment Articles, Wastewater Issues ArticlesSubjects: Agriculture, Biodiversity & Environment, Wastewater Issues
EcoFriends 2002 Background: A serious environmental disaster is brewing in the villages of Jajmau at Kanpur on account of the supply of hazardous irrigation water to the farmlands at Jajmau. Despite being under Kanpur city, the twenty odd villages, which receive the irrigation water have no electricity connections, telephone connections…
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