Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Dhaka Wasa plans to derive 70 percent of supply water from surface sources by 2020 via a sustainable and environment-friendly water management system to meet the city dwellers’ safe water demand and reduce dependence on groundwater. “We are trying to bring water from the Padma and Meghna rivers,” Dhaka Wasa …
The Twelfth Plan proposals for a new approach to the water resources management as put forward in the article by Mihir Shah (EPW, 19 January 2013) are a bold recognition of the serious problems in the area. But some of the author’s ideas are less than convincing and the entire …
The Government today allayed apprehensions about the three dams being built by China on the Brahmaputra, saying the projects will not affect India as most of the water in the river comes from Arunachal Pradesh. “The issue has been taken up by India at the highest level. Our Prime Minister …
This year’s drought cannot be called worse than the one in 1972: SANDRP While the Maharashtra government is crying hoarse about this year’s drought surpassing the one in 1972 and farmers are cutting off their crops and digging deeper than ever for water, an analysis based on rainfall patterns blames …
Notwithstanding pledges to take the bilateral relationship to a new level, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his first meeting with new Chinese President Xi Jinping has sought a joint mechanism to assess the construction work on dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet. “I took the opportunity to raise the issue …
Amidst a rapid urban growth, industrialization and climate change, the Kathmandu valley denizens have continued to face a perennial shortage of drinking water. Per day, around 350 million liters of fresh water is in demand in Kathmandu Valley but hardly 150 million liters can be supplied in the rainy seasons …
Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday. About 145 nations share river basins with their neighbors and need to promote cooperation over a resource …
The global population living in flood-prone river basins has increased 114% in the last 40 years, while the number of people located on coastlines exposed to cyclones has risen almost 200%, according to experts. In a meeting on risk reduction at the Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters, convened …
The International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14 passed by without a murmur in Bangalore. A city that drew on two reservoirs of the Arkavathy for its water supply, now has no words left for the river that satiated a third of its water needs. Yet, plans to …
A Bill to provide for nationalisation of inter-State rivers for the purpose of equitable distribution of river waters among the States and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Environmental Protection Agency (AJK-EPA) has served ‘last notice’ on Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for “continuous serious violations of its conditional environmental approval” for the 969-megawatt Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHP). The notice served through the managing director/CEO of NJHP has advised Wapda to …
Eighty percent of sewage in India is untreated and flows directly into the nation’s rivers, polluting the main sources of drinking water, a study by an environmental watchdog showed. Indian cities produce nearly 40 billion liters of sewage every day and barely 20 percent of it is treated, according to …
New Delhi: Is urban India drowning in its own excreta? Nearly 80% of the sewage generated in India flows untreated into its rivers, lakes and ponds, turning the water sources too polluted to use. The end result: groundwater in almost the entire country has nitrate levels higher than the prescribed …
Shimla, March 4: The Congress will again pursue the ambitious project to bring water for the state capital from the Pabbar river in Rohru, which was grounded due to the involvement of large stretches of dense forest area. The augmentation of water supply to the city by lifting water from …
Is urban India drowning in its own excreta? Nearly 80 per cent of the sewage generated in India flows untreated into its rivers, lakes and ponds, turning the water sources too polluted to use. The end result: groundwater in almost the entire country has nitrate levels higher than the prescribed …
A regional squad of the Revenue Department will conduct intensive checking in various locations of Vadakara taluk following complaints from people’s representatives that illegal mining thrives in the area in the absence of a proper checking mechanism. Most exploited People’s representatives, who raised the complaint in a recent meeting of …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today took exception to his Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda's offer to resolve the contentious river waters issue with Punjab amicably through parleys. Badal said the resolution of the dispute was not in the hands of Hooda alone. “Hooda has neither any mandate nor the …
PUNE: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi presented a draft budget of Rs 3,248.14 crore for 2013-14 on Thursday. Substantial provisions for 24x7 water supply, Pavana river development project and a plan for promoting tourism are the highlights of the budget. Pardeshi has announced several citizen-friendly projects, including development of …
A recent decision of the Waitangi Tribunal granted legal personhood to New Zealand’s Whanganui River (appointing guardians to act in its interests). Exploring the impacts of this decision, this column argues that new technologies (such as artificial photosynthesis) may soon be creating policy opportunities not only for legal personhood to …
The Arkavathy sub-basin, which is part of the Cauvery basin, is a highly stressed, rapidly urbanising watershed on the outskirts of the city of Bengaluru. The purpose of this situation analysis document is to summarise the current state of knowledge on water management in the Arkavathy sub-basin and identify critical …
