City banquet halls under NGT lens
Taking note of pollution and traffic congestion during functions at banquet halls, farmhouses and hotels here, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee to stop activities that lead to degradation
Water Harvesting
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Cell to train govt. officials in eco-protection practices
Joint initiative of pollution board, HR institute and CSE The State’s pollution control board and the Human Resources Development Institute in collaboration with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE),
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Expert: Harvesting, recycling can help overcome water shortage
Climate change not about future, it is about today, says noted environmentalist “Shimla will not become another Cape Town” as it has capacity to reinvent and resolve water crisis, says Sunita Narain,
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Govt: 60 crore face high to extreme water crisis
Demand to be twice the supply by 2030 Sixty crore people in India face high to extreme water crisis and its demand is projected to be twice the availability supply by 2030, the Lok Sabha was informed
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Groundwater level down by a metre in city: study
Inadequate summer rain this year and increased offtake take a toll Inadequate rain this year and increased dependence have taken a toll on the groundwater table in the city. The average groundwater
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Water's crisis is ours to change
Each drop must bring more crop and more of everything By the time you read this, the crisis will be over. It will be business as usual. Instead of acute and crippling water shortage, the worry will
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DM drafts educational booklet on environment for schoolkids
Bareilly: Having found little information on environment-related issues in the syllabus of schoolchildren, district magistrate Virendra Kumar Singh has decided to draft an educational booklet to address
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64 factories in Noida told to revive local ponds
NOIDA: The Gautam Budh Nagar administration on Tuesday held a meeting with 64 industries in the district, asking them to identify, adopt and conserve local ponds as part of their corporate social responsibility.
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How water conservation is helping farmers turn a profit
As the Centre figures out ways to achieve its target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, farmers in some villages have already multiplied their income by conserving every drop of water and making agriculture
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Airport modernisation: panel okays environmental clearance
MoEF’s appraisal committee lays down conditions The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recommended environmental clearance for the Chennai