Warning over Calcutta water quality By Subir Bhaumik, BBC Friday, August 29, 2003 Much of the drinking water in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta is contaminated with human excrement, according to a government ministry report. Although this is the seventh report on drinking water quality in Calcutta since 1985,…
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Basu, J. “Scan on river pollution – Monitor plan shut down.” The Telegraph. 19 April 2008. 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…
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Arsenic groundwater contamination in Middle Ganga Plain, Bihar, India: a future danger? The pandemic of arsenic poisoning due to contaminated groundwater in West Bengal, India, and all of Bangladesh has been thought to be limited to the Ganges Delta (the Lower Ganga Plain), despite early survey reports of arsenic contamination…
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“Yamuna water in Mathura not suitable for bathing.” The Hindu. 6 February 2006. Click here to read this… Genre: Vrindavan Articles, Wastewater Issues Articles, Yamuna ArticlesSubjects: Vrindavan, Wastewater Issues, Yamuna
“Review of Proposals for Sewage Treatment in Varanasi.” Friends of the Ganges Swatcha Ganga Campaign. Review of Proposals for Sewage Treatment in Varanasi Two Proposals In 1997, at the request of the Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN), the Sankat Mochan Foundation (SMF) submitted a Project Feasibility Report (PFR) for sewage interception,…
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“Polluted Water of the Yamuna in Vrindavan not Treatable anymore.” 5 February 2011. Click here to read this blog in its original location. Genre: Vrindavan Articles, Wastewater Issues Articles, Yamuna ArticlesSubjects: Vrindavan, Wastewater Issues, Yamuna
“Note on discharge of industrial effluents into the Ganga.” Center Education and Sciences, GoI. 2006. Key notes extracted from reports and studies by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB) on the volume of industrial effluents discharged into the Ganga and major grossly polluting industries along…
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“Mathura oil refinery is polluting Yamuna: experts.” Daily News & Analysis. 8 November 2007. Mathura oil refinery is polluting Yamuna: experts November 8, 2007 AGRA: A panel of environmentalists has blamed the release of petroleum waste from the Mathura oil refinery into the Yamuna for the death of fish in…
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“Kanpur Pilot Remediation of Hexavalent Chromium – Contaminated Groundwater.” Blacksmith Institute. Click here to read this report. Genre: Kanpur Articles, Wastewater Issues Articles, What Has Been Done & Current Activism ArticlesSubjects: Kanpur, Wastewater Issues, What Has Been Done & Current Activism