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Water level depletes to record low in Ch'nagar
Underground water level average recorded at 550 feet The underground water levels have reached record lows, raising fears of a severe water crisis in the district. One of the major causes for the
Groundwater Recharge
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Is rainwater harvesting possible in 13 flyovers: NGT
With water crisis worsening in the city, the Delhi Government has been directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to assess possibility of harvesting rain water on some of the flyovers across the city.
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NGT fines Ganga Ram, cancer hospital Rs 5 lakh
The National Green Tribunal has slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre after a special team constituted by it found that the rainwater
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Environmental activists ask Kejriwal to remove Millennium Bus Depot
With Arvind Kejriwal set to become the Chief Minister of Delhi, environmental activists have written to him to remove the Delhi Transport Corporation bus depot from the Yamuna floodplains. Manoj Misra
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Citizens’ network wants boost to rainwater harvesting system
Even as government agencies build stormwater drains across the city, SWARAN, a citizens’ network, is teaming up with voluntary organisations to oppose the move. The group claims that such structures do
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EIA fails to assess impact on underground water, fauna
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Swan river project has failed to assess the effect of canalisation of the river on wetlands, water recharging and fauna of the Una district. The Swan
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Volunteers from Almora out to save Kosi river
To make the Kosi river, lifeline of Almora town, perennial and clean, a group of volunteers from Almora town today reached Kantli, Tyunsal and Someshwar villages in the Takula block and made the villagers
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Drinking water still a distant dream for Kaithal villages
When the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, had in 2012, sanctioned a pilot project for the Kaithal block to improve its “overexploited” groundwater, all 62 villages in the block hoped good
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on ground water level, 04/12/2014
Question raised in Lok Sabha on ground water level, 04/12/2014.
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Tamil Nadu Plans to Tap Excess Rainwater from Streets
CHENNAI: After the success of rainwater harvesting technique, Tamil Nadu government is planning to put to use the excess rain water let out in the storm water drains by linking it to water bodies. Chennai