Frothing in River Yamuna

Context in Current Affairs: For the last decade, frothing has been observed in River Yamuna and the same has been on the rise for the last 5 years. This is seen as a major indicator of degrading of Yamuna River Ecosystem. Both physical and chemical factors are responsible for the phenomenon. Why is River Yamuna ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: River Pollution • Sewage • Water pollution • Water pollution in India • Yamuna

What are the Blue tides spotted at Mumbai beaches?

The blue tide phenomenon was observed in several stretches of Maharashtra coast – such as in the Juhu Beach. The phenomenon is due to bioluminescence, which is the emission of light by microscopic marine plants called phytoplanktons. Eg: dinoflagellates. The blue light stems from chemical reactions of proteins inside the organism. What are Dinoflagellates? It ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: bio luminescence • Climate change • Mumbai • Ocean pollution • Sewage • Water pollution

Fatberg – toxic fat found in beaches of Australia

Fatberg is a mass in the sewer syste, It is formed by the combination of non biodegradable matter, wet wipes, condoms, cooking fat and grease. It obstructs the flow of sewage water as days pass by. REcently the south west coast of Australia was found polluted by the fatberg. The sewage treatment plants remove these ..

Topics: Environmental engineering • Fatberg • Pollution • Public health • sanitation • Sewage • Sewage treatment • Sewerage • Water pollution • Wet wipe

PM Modi inaugurats a 175 km long of sewerage network at Prayagraj

In Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated a 175 km long of sewerage network at Prayagraj, which will carry 7.8 Cr litres sewage water per day to existing STPs (Sewage Treatment Plants) at Salori, Kodra & Ponghat for treatment which earlier ended up in Ganga. He also laid the foundation stone for ..

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Allahabad • Environmental engineering • Ganges • Rigvedic rivers • Rivers • sanitation • Sarasvati River • Sewage • Sewerage • Sewerage (Scotland) Act • States and union territories of India • Yamuna

Germany sanctions Euro 120 million soft loan to India for National Clean Ganga Mission

Germany has sanctioned a soft loan of euro 120 million ( approx Rs. 990 crore) to India for National Clean Ganga Mission & to strengthen sewage water treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand. The purpose of the project is to reduce the inflow of untreated waste water in River Ganga & to improve the water quality of ..

Topics: Ganges • Pollution of the Ganges • Rigvedic rivers • Rivers • sanitation • Save Ganga Movement • Sewage • States and union territories of India • Water