Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Uttarakhand HC License expired why is floating hotel running?" appearing in the Times of India dated 07.01.2024. The MA was registered on the basis of the report dated June 14, 2024 filed by the National Mission for …
Acute shortage of water supply for domestic and irrigation purposes in hard rock area is accentuated by occurrence of groundwater in limited quantity within sparsely distributed aquifers characterised with secondary porosity of finite areal extent. Tawarja river basin is in drought prone Latur district of India falling in basaltic Deccan …
Restoring a pre-Inca network of channels to ensure a steady flow of water from the mountains should help Lima meet some of its growing needs In the mountains above the Peruvian capital Lima, the world’s second largest desert city, scientists are working with farmers to restore ancient canals, believed to …
Groundwater is an increasingly important water supply source globally. Understanding the amount of groundwater used versus the volume available is crucial to evaluate future water availability. We present a groundwater stress assessment to quantify the relationship between groundwater use and availability in the world's 37 largest aquifer systems. We quantify …
Groundwater is a finite resource under continuous external pressures. Current unsustainable groundwater use threatens the resilience of aquifer systems and their ability to provide a long-term water source. Groundwater storage is considered to be a factor of groundwater resilience, although the extent to which resilience can be maintained has yet …
On March 9th and 10th, 2015, an independent panel met for two days at Florida International University’s College of Law to discuss the likely environmental impacts associated with the proposed inter-oceanic canal through Nicaragua. The goal was to review some sections of the draft Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) …
Taking exception to the Union Environment Ministry entertaining Kerala’s proposal for carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to construct a new Mullaiperiyar dam in Idukki district, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said it is violative of the Supreme Court’s May 7, 2014 verdict. She urged Prime Minister Narendra …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India &Ors. dated 11/06/2015 regarding the environmental flow of river Yamuna. The Chairman of the Principal Committee on the project “Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalization Plan, 2017” submited its Report to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 10/06/2015 regarding pollution in river Yamuna. The Tribunal in its order noted that there was an agreement signed between the States of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, UP, Haryana, Delhi …
Water-driven fracture propagation beneath supraglacial lakes rapidly transports large volumes of surface meltwater to the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet. These drainage events drive transient ice-sheet acceleration and establish conduits for additional surface-to-bed meltwater transport for the remainder of the melt season. Although it is well established that cracks …
Estimation of extremely high rainfall (point or areal) is one of the major components of design storm derivation. The estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) involves selection of heavy rainstorms and its maximization for the moisture content during the rainstorm period. These heavy rainstorms are nothing but the widespread heavy …
This paper looks at the crucial issue of dry-season groundwater-availability in the state of Maharashtra, India. We look at the two key hydro-climatological measurements which are used to implement groundwater policy in the state, viz., water levels in 5000+ observation wells across the state and aggregate rainfall data. We see …
'Project benefits minimal, but harm to eco-sensitive zones substantial' green zone: The Yettinahole stream and the immediate catchment area fall under the Ecologically Sensitive Zone-1, which are strictly no-development zones. The Yettinahole drinking water project may be a much touted one, aimed at quenching the thirst of millions in Bengaluru …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of P.K. Ellappan Vs. The Government of Tamil Nadu dated 07/05/2015 regarding illicit sand quarrying being carried on in Palar river bed at Pinayur Village, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, 07/05/2015.
The minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water, Parks and Wildlife, Hon. Pa Ousman Jarju, Tuesday launched phase two of a climate change service strengthening project and early warning system in The Gambia, for climate resilience, and adaptation. The launching was organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Global …
The report explains the consultative process applied to identify two sub-basins for detailed integrated flood management planning during Phase 2, and provides background information relating to the two sub-basins. This information is presented in five sections. Following the Introduction, Section 2, Flood Practices, summarizes international best practice and flood management …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K.G. Mohanaraman Vs The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 22/04/2015 regarding laying of Super High Tension Transmission (HTTL) from Pugalur to Ottiampakam village in Sholinganallur Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu passing through the villages of Vembedu …
Human land use and anthropogenic climate change (CC) are placing mounting pressure on natural ecosystems worldwide, with impacts on biodiversity, water resources, nutrient and carbon cycles. Here, we present a quantitative macro-scale comparative analysis of the separate and joint dual impacts of land use and land cover change (LULCC) and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rahul Nagar Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 15/04/2015 regarding dredging in Yamuna. The Tribunal has ordered that "keeping in view of the urgency of the matter that dredging needs to be carried …
The objective of this study was to analyze the changes and uncertainties related to water availability in the future (for purposes of this study, it was adopted the period between 2011 and 2040), using a stochastic approach, taking as reference a climate 5 projection from the climate model Eta CPTEC/HadCM3. …
Ganges river dolphin abundance has undergone a predominant decline across its range since monitoring began. In Nepal, disappearance from some of the rivers it once used has already occurred. Today this species can only be found in three river systems in Nepal, the Karnali, Sapta Koshi, and Narayani, but numbers …
