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मीठे पानी के तालाब का वजूद खतरे में’
प्रहलादपुर बांगर स्थित ऐतिहासिक जोहड़ (तालाब) के प्रति अब भी लोगों में आस्था है, लेकिन उसकी सुध सरकार ने अब तक नहीं ली। कभी मीठे पानी के तालाब के नाम से प्रसिद्ध यह ऐतिहासिक जोहड़ आज नाले में तब्दील हो चुका
Water Resources
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NGT warrant against BJP leader over Mandakini river encroachment
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) Central zone bench has issued warrant against a woman BJP leader for her repeated failure to appear before it in connection with construction of a private bridge over
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Silt unearthed from Canoly canal posing health hazard
Spots like Swapna Nagiri, which is often used as a popular fair ground and a public event venue, can be seen with piles of decomposed garbage dredged out from the bottom of the canal A Rs. 2.41-crore Water Resources Department project to clean up the Canoly Canal is turning out to be more a bane than a boon with mounds of silt piled up along the water body’s sidewalls, posing a health hazard to the public.
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UN-backed study on Dal conservation takes off
The Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, in collaboration with the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, recently started a scoping study supported by the United Nations
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Pilot project to utilise rainwater sent for approval
Experts have identified 39 points in the city for accumulation of rainwater during rainy season and recommended launch of a pilot project to construct wells at two of these places, Lakshmi Chowk and Qadhafi
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Fresh aquifers found in 18 coastal dists, Hope for 50m salinity-affected people
The country's hydro-geologists have found fresh aquifers across the eighteen coastal districts, ushering new hope for 50 million salinity-prone people, gripped by severe drinking water scarcity. The
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National River Protection Commission still on paper
Unabated encroachment, pollution threaten rivers around the capital The rivers around the capital are threatened by unabated encroachments and pollution as the government is dragging its feet in creating
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National Green Tribunal for quick survey, rehabilitation policy
Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to get on with survey of encroachments around Siddique Hassan Khan Talab. Also, the state government hasn't yet drafted a rehabilitation policy for encroachers around the water body. Taking a serious view, National Green Tribunal (NGT) central zone bench ordered the BMC and the state government to expedite work around the talab.
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Depleting groundwater table may hit people hard this summer
The pre and post-monsoon survey report of groundwater department indicating continuous depletion of groundwater in Civil Lines, Sadar, Beli, Peepalgaon, Bamrauli, Prayag, Naini and Nayapurwa areas in the
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Integrated plan to maintain water table
Director, ground water department, Lucknow, Ram Singh on Thursday maintained that as many as 76, 32 and 107 blocks of the state have placed under over-exploited, critical and semi-critical categories in