India, Feb. 9 -- All that was discussed in the House through the day

People killed in human-elephant conflict

Information received from states showed that 605 people were killed in human-elephant conflict in 2022-23, said Ashwini Kumar Choubey, minister of state for the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, told the Rajya Sabha.

Toxic elements in groundwater

An order by the principal bench of National Green Tribunal dated December 20, 2023 issued notices to 28 states and union territories over toxic elements like arsenic and fluoride being found in groundwater , Choubey told the Rajya Sabha.

The tribunal was exercising suo motu jurisdiction on the basis of a news article, Arsenic found in groundwater in 25 States,...