'Water_Contamination' news in 'Water' topic for user aseem

Toxic waste from industry pollutes Ramsar site in Uttar Pradesh (Cached)	31.7.2010	DNA: Top News
The Ramsar site set up in fresh water of Ganges in 165 km stretch from Bijnore to Narora in Uttar Pradesh for protection of water bodies is getting contaminated due to heavy discharge of industrial effluents.
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59 units planned (Cached)	31.7.2010	TOI: Cities
Guess how many thermal-based industries are proposed in Chandrapur district? Well, if two social organisations are to be believed, as many as 59 industries are proposed in the district. Add to that five coal washeries and you have a perfect recipe for an ecological disaster waiting to happen.
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For some, packaging's more important than the content (Cached)	30.7.2010	ET: Corporate Dossier
There are many people in the corporate world, who believe packaging is an indicator of content.
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Sahara India to invest Rs 8000 cr in Power plant (Cached)	29.7.2010	Central Chronicle
Sahara India to invest Rs 8000 cr in Power plant
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Panel suggests measures for revival of Yamuna (Cached)	29.7.2010	TOI: Cities
Ban on construction activity, groundwater recharge, water quality improvement and enhancing biodiversity in the flood plains of Yamuna river for its preservation are some of the suggestions made in a Delhi Government report to be submitted to the Centre soon.
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11 cholera cases reported in Jaipur (Cached)	29.7.2010	IndiaInfo.com
Jaipur: Eleven cholera cases were reported from Kotputli area on Wednesday.
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Swimmers at sub-tropical beaches face increased risk of illness (Cached)	29.7.2010	DNA: Top News
The study examined the risk of illness that beachgoers face when exposed to recreational marine water at sub-tropical beaches with no known source of pollution or contamination.
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3,000 chemical barrels washed into Chinese river	29.7.2010	The Guardian -- World Latest
Water supplies cut to Jilin as floodwaters carry thousands of barrels from chemical plant down the Songhua river Water supplies were cut for a time to part of the north-eastern Chinese city of Jilin, after a flood washed thousands of barrels of a dangerous chemical from a factory into the area's main river, state media said today. A "small quantity" of two pollutants produced by the plant were found in the Songhua river, and a reporter smelt a strange odour as he watched dozens of the metal containers float through downtown Jilin, the official Xinhua agency said. It was not clear how well the barrels were sealed. But the environmental protection ministry said on Wednesday that tests showed nothing abnormal about the water quality. It ...
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Swimmers at sub-tropical beaches face increased risk of illness (Cached)	29.7.2010	New Kerala: India News

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Panki power station in for upgradation (Cached)	28.7.2010	TOI: Cities
The Panki thermal power station, which has so far earned a bad name for spreading air pollution and causing respiratory diseases, will be upgraded so that it can seek environmental clearance from the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, which has already recommended its closure to the higher authorities.
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`No policy so far on UCIL waste' (Cached)	28.7.2010	Central Chronicle
`No policy so far on UCIL waste'
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After PHED fails, health dept finds contamination (Cached)	28.7.2010	TOI: Jaipur
Health department tests have revealed that half of the samples collected from the epidemic-hit villages on the Alwar-Jaipur district border near Kotputli were contaminated.
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Sahara India to invest Rs 8000 cr in Power plant (Cached)	28.7.2010	New Kerala: Sports India

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Environmental degradation (Cached)	27.7.2010	Central Chronicle
Environmental degradation
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Deaths Due to Water Pollution (Cached)	27.7.2010	Govt of india: PIB
Deaths Due to Water Pollution
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The river Jordan's shame \| Martin Palmer	27.7.2010	Guardian: Comment is Free
Pollution has forced the closure of the river Jordan to pilgrims. It's a wake-up call for all of us who value nature and the sacred I remember the first time that, to quote the old spiritual, I "crossed over to the other side of Jordan". I was going into Israel from the Kingdom of Jordan, via the Allenby bridge border crossing built by British soldiers in 1917 and never replaced. I crossed the river Jordan in just a single stride. I should have expected it. I had spent the previous two days meeting with Jordanian environmentalists and they had been telling me about their country's massive water problems. Not just those of the river that shared its name, but also the Dead Sea. But the shrunken state of the Jordan still shocked me, though ...
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Over 25 percent of China's surface water contaminated (Cached)	27.7.2010	New Kerala: World News

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NASA satellite improves pollution monitoring (Cached)	26.7.2010	DNA: Top News
The NASA data systems were better able to capture the effects of water flow during storm periods that occur frequently in the summer months, than conventional systems available currently.
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Israel closes River Jordan site of Christ's baptism over pollution fears	26.7.2010	The Guardian -- World Latest
Water to be tested after samples reveal high levels of raw sewage, according to health ministry and environmental groups Christian pilgrims should be banned from entering the River Jordan at the site where Jesus is believed to have been baptised because of dangerous levels of pollutants, Israel's ministry of health has said. The site was closed to the public today to allow the river's water to be tested following preliminary results from samples taken recently which showed high levels of raw sewage and agricultural chemicals. But the demand to close or limit access to the site is controversial because of an uncompleted $2m (£1.3m) refurbishment project aimed at attracting more pilgrims to what is the third most important Christian site ...
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NASA satellite improves pollution monitoring (Cached)	26.7.2010	New Kerala: India News

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