Beautification drive killing Yamuna
New Delhi: A German researcher’s study of the dying Yamuna is an interesting take on Delhi’s aspirations to be a ‘world class city’ vis-à-vis its utter failure in conserving the river. The study talks
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Isha highlights need to conserve water
CHENNAI: ISHA Foundation on Sunday conducted a run for water initiative to create awareness among Chennaites on the need to conserve water and preserve water bodies. The event, which was originally to be conducted in association with
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रोकी जाएं नदियों के किनारे चल रहीं तमाम गतिविधियां
6हालात का जायजा लेने के बाद अधिकार प्राप्त केंद्रीय समिति ने की सिफारिश अधिकार प्राप्त केंद्रीय समिति ने नदियों के किनारे चल रही व्यावसायिक गतिविधियों पर लगाम लगाने की सिफारिश की है। उत्तराखंड प्राकृतिक आपदा के बाद के हालात और कारणों का जायजा लेने के लिए जल संसाधन मंत्रलय द्वारा गठित सात सदस्यीय समिति ने भविष्य में इस तरह की भीषण आपदा से बचने के लिए तटीय विनियमन क्षेत्र (सीजेडआर) के आधार पर उचित तंत्र विकसित करने की भी सलाह दी है।1समिति के मुताबिक नदियों के जलग्रहण क्षेत्रों में अतिक्रमण और जल स्रोतों या झीलों में अस्थाई अवरोध के कारण जून, 2013 में उत्तराखंड में प्राकृतिक आपदा से व्यापक पैमाने पर जान व माल की हानि हुई।
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Boring A Crisis
Use of high-capacity pumps for irrigation is lowering the groundwater table across the country to dangerous levels, says BHAVDEEP KANG
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MoEF focuses on Yamuna wetland
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has written to the Uttar Pradesh government to take necessary action for conservation and management of Yamuna wetland in Greater Noida. A letter
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BMC approval is a must to dig borewells
MUMBAI: A day after three persons fell into a borewell in Mahim and died, the BMC on Friday issued an order that it was mandatory to secure its permission to dig borewells in the city. If the correct procedure is not followed, Mumbaikars will be liable to punishment.
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Farmers for permitting water users' association to desilt water bodies
District administration has given permission to desilt and sell silt after obtaining permission from Department of Mines and Minerals; officials yet to pass orders. The representatives of various farmers' associations here have urged the district administration to give permission to water users' association to desilt the water bodies instead of giving the contract to a company.
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Deepening water crisis
With the summer season reaching its peak, shortage of water is beginning to be felt all over the State. There are reports of handpumps going dry at many rural places. For the rural people the handpumps and wells are the only source of water. The situation in six districts of Bundelkhand has become precarious.
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National groundwater management improvement program: environmental and social systems assessment
The Government of India has requested World Bank support to help improve groundwater management in the country given the significance of the resource for meeting societal needs and development objectives,
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End of water woes for Gurgaon?
There is good news for residents of Gurgaon. Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and Public Health Department (PHD) of Gurgaon have said that there will not be any shortage of water in the
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Centre asks UP govt to release water to Delhi
As Delhi Government contemplates moving court to get water from Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has asked the neighbouring state to release 300 cusecs to help the Capital tide over its summer crisis. Union
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Create water resources for wild animals
ERODE: The Tamizhaga Vivasyigal Sangam has asked the Forest Department to create adequate water sources for wild animals in reserve forests in the district. With jungles in the district hit by drought, wild animals stray into human habitations and enter fields in search of water.
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Koracharahatti will never go dry
Koracharahatti has Ayyanakere and Madagadakere, two largest lakes in the district, on its either sides but yet it was facing drought till about one-year-ago.
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Time for Ganga to get world heritage site tag
Today is World Heritage Day and this is the apt occasion to deliberate upon the need for making India’s holy river, Ganga, a UNESCO world heritage site. Many organisations have been requesting the State
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Government to sink tube wells in all blocks
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to install tube wells in every block of the State to deal with the shortage of drinking water in rural areas in during the summer.
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Evaluating the flow regulating effects of ecosystems in the Mekong and Volta river basins
By altering evapotranspiration and influencing how water is routed and stored in a basin, natural and agrarian ecosystems affect river flow. To quantify the impact of ecosystems on streamflow in two large
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Citizens voice alarm over recent Supreme Court judgement on interlinking of rivers: directive urges government to begin work on the proposal
The Supreme Court of India has in its judgement of 27 February 2012 on the interlinking of rivers project, given categorical directions to the Executive Government to implement the 'project' as a whole
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Irsa urges provinces to conserve water
The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has convened an unusual meeting of its advisory committee on Thursday to persuade provincial governments to partially give up their water shares in order to conserve water for crucial pre-harvest watering requirements. A water and power ministry official told Dawn on Sunday that the provinces must decide whether they wanted to help save water or utilise t
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HC gives last chance to revive water bodies
JAIPUR: Half-a-dozen top bureaucrats of the state government faced flak from the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday for failing to take effective measures to remove encroachments from the Ramgarh Dam's catchment
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Delhi government identifies 24 water bodies for pisciculture
Delhi’s ponds could soon get a new lease of life — in the form of pisciculture. The Delhi government has identified 24 water bodies for fish breeding and rearing. A senior government official said the