The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The National Green Tribunal, Delhi, will hear the arguments in the case against the Yettinahole project, filed by the Netravathi Samrakshana Samyukta Samiti, on December 2, said samiti president K. Vijaya Kumar Shetty on Thursday. Addressing reporters here, Mr. Shetty, who is a former MLA, said that at the last …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Depletion in Ground Water Level, 17/11/2016. Ground water is primarily being used for irrigation, drinking and industrial purposes. Due to growing urbanization, industrialization and population, ground water levels in various parts of the Country are declining. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the Ministry …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Targets under Drinking Water and Sanitation Schemes, 17/11/2016. The State/UT-wise details of targets set and achievements made under National RuralDrinking Water Programme (NRDWP) during each of the last three years are at Annexure-I. Since Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is demand driven programme, hence no …
India is a land known for its countless religious festivals and rites. Unfortunately, a majority of the rituals are proving to be harmful for the environment. There are several photographs making rounds on social media that show the river Yamuna layered by a thick coating of toxic froth. The froth …
The need of the hour is ecological management of rivers looking at them as living, dynamic systems which needs to be people centric Parineeta Dandekar is the associate co-ordinator of SANDRP and member of Freshwater Fisheries Specialist Network, IUCN. Since time immemorial, rivers have held a coveted place in the …
Drinking water supplied at TNHB Colony, Korattur, is giving out a foul smell as effluents from factories at Ambattur have entered Metrowater pipelines, say residents. With the Korattur lake closed down for beautification by the public works department (PWD), the natural flow of water is affected and polluted lake water …
About 76 percent of rural habitations in India have achieved a fully covered (FC) status, under the National Rural Drinking Water Program, with 40 liters per capita daily (lpcd), but this coverage is primarily through hand-pumps and does not necessarily translate into sustainable and good quality service delivery. More than …
This report explores for the first time the scale of the challenge for 20 cities across the world to reach selected targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More than half of the targets included will require a profound acceleration of efforts if they are to be achieved …
A primary drought assessment done by ActionAid in 38 villages (covering districts of Bargarh, Kandhamal, Sundergarh, Ganjam, Bolangir, Koraput and Nuapada) in Odisha on May 2016 show that about 57% of the ponds and bandhas created by MGNREGA have failed to work because the structures were badly planned with the …
Watershed investment programs offer promising pathways to securing safe drinking water. But what does it take to establish and grow a successful watershed investment program? Program investors and practitioners are looking for guidance and ideas on how to build a program that works for their own context. This report addresses …
An acute shortage of water has hit three major towns in Kirinyaga County, raising fears of disease. Kerugoya, Kutus and Ngurubani residents said they have to fetch cooking and drinking water from the contaminated Thiba and Rwamuthambi rivers. They said an outbreak of typhoid, cholera and diarrhoea was likely in …
Meerut: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for not following its 2015 order, in which it had ordered to dismantle all the hand pumps in the six districts of Western UP where the groundwater is contaminated. The tribunal gave the state …
This report considers how to integrate health into urban planning, investments, and policy decisions, so as to support the implementation and achievement of the goals and objectives of the New Urban Agenda. The Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III, will produce a new agenda …
By 2030, over a billion people will live in approximately 100 very large cities and 60 % of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Sustainable water management is particularly challenging in these large urban centres, or megacities, which are exposed to extreme risks in terms of the negative …
KOCHI: The report submitted by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) recently, certifying that water from the Periyar is potable, is nothing short of hogwash, claimed environmental activists. The report was tabled in response to a directive issued by District Collector K Mohammed Y Safirullah to prove that water from Periyar, …
The Central government can constitute the Cauvery Management Board (CMB), an instrumentality recommended by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) to ensure implementation of the 2007 final order, without having to obtain approval of Parliament, according to a veteran water expert here. A. Veerappan, secretary of the Tamil Nadu PWD …
29% Drop In Hunger Worldwide But India Slips From 83 To 97 In 16 Yrs India continues to have serious levels of widespread hunger forcing it to be ranked a lowly 97 among 118 develop ing countries for which the Global Hunger Index (GHI) was calculated this year. Countries worse …
PATNA: Even as hundreds of idols were immersed in the Ganga in Patna and neighbouring areas on Tuesday and Wednesday to mark the end of the Durga Puja festival, the district administration did not show any concern for the increasing pollution of the river water. The Ganga is already highly …
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal of Rs 432 crore water supply project for Berhampur to address the problem of acute drinking water shortage in the Silk City. The Cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the project targeting a population of 8.68 lakh including rural populace …
About 76 percent of rural habitations in India have achieved a fully covered (FC) status, under the National Rural Drinking Water Program, with 40 liters per capita daily (lpcd), but this coverage is primarily through hand-pumps and does not necessarily translate into sustainable and good quality service delivery. More than …
