Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Naresh Kumar Vs Government of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to illegal extraction of groundwater in Manakpura, Delhi by the water supply mafia. According to the complainant, one Hemant has illegally drilled a borewell …
A bill to provide for the management, control and regulation of the conservation, protection and development of groundwater in the State and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Groundwater Conservation, Protection and Development (Management, Control and Regulation) Act, 2010. It extends …
PANAJI: Arguing that mining needs to be monitored and regulated more effectively, environmental activists and groups have called for a scaling down of iron ore mining in the State till a serious impact assessment study on the lives and livelihoods of people in the affected villages is carried out. A …
New Delhi: A discussion among Delhi Jal Board (DJB), resident welfare associations and civil society groups on the proposed groundwater bill on Tuesday brought to the fore several apprehensions. Residents pointed out that since DJB was proposing to charge for groundwater use, would the agency then be liable if groundwater …
Warangal, May 15: With monsoon not very far away, the irrigation minister, Mr Ponnala Lakshamaiah, highlighted the importance of rainwater harvesting, whose potential is not being tapped. Speaking on the sidelines of Praja Patham Patham rededication day, he said that due to lack of proper steps, groundwater levels in mandals …
R Krishna Das / Kolkata/ Raipur May 15, 2010, 0:14 IST Chhattisgarh government has decided to discourage the cultivation of summer paddy to save water in the state that is also known as rice bowl of the country. The move to discourage summer paddy cultivation is aimed at improving the …
Vinod Thomas/Ronald S. Parker The Secret Lake,once a main drinking water source for the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, is shrinking due to encroachers dumping debris onto the lake bed. Photo: Mohammed YousufThe Secret Lake,once a main drinking water source for the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, is shrinking due to encroachers …
Patiala: Aiming at providing clean drinking water to the residents of Patiala city, the city Water Supply and Sewerage Board has prepared a canal water project worth Rs 134 crore. As per project details, big water works would be set up in 75 acres of land. District Planning Committee chairman …
Sewerage Board Chairman Dr Baldev Raj Chawla today said the situation in terms of groundwater level had worsened in the state, with as many as 105 out of the total 137 blocks in Punjab having become
Janamanch threatens to move court seeking directions to government to solve the problem Janamanch threatens to join hands with people agitating for potable water It underlines need for rain water harvesting to overcome the crisis BHUBANESWAR: Orissa Jalasurakhya Janamanch on Tuesday held the State Government responsible for the severe drinking …
Sitting in the front yard of his hut, Babarao Turankar, 50, and his neighbours in Mangi village of south Yavatmal are engaged in deep discussion. Finally, one of them says,
In this latest report CGWB summarizes various aspects of ground water quality in shallow aquifers in the country with special reference to six parameters viz. salinity, chloride, arsenic, fluoride, iron and nitrate. Maps demarcating water quality
Guntur, April 30: The AP Pollution Control Board has issued a notice to the municipal corporation to construct lining to the dumping yards in Guntur city and build sewage treatment plant to protect ground water. Due to rains the garbage in the dumping yards is contaminating the ground water. As …
We analyze tunnel wells (surangams), traditional water harvesting systems, which have been innovated and nurtured by farmers in the Enmakaje panchayat in the state of Kerala in South India for decades. We show how the genesis and design of the indigenous knowledge-based water harvesting systems are shaped by agro-ecological conditions. …
This report by ACWADAM is a synopsis of the hydrogeological study carried out for Bird-K in Pavagada, Sira and Bagepalli areas, Tumkur District, Karnataka. The study aimed at an impact analysis of recharge through borewells as well as suggesting new sites for the same. The principle objectives of the study …
LUCKNOW: The delay by the Central and state groundwater boards in releasing the 2008 groundwater assessment report might dislodge the huge efforts made by the state groundwater department and crores of rupees being pumped in by the government to replenish the fast depleting groundwater reservoirs in UP. Principal secretary, groundwater …
JHARSUGUDA: Digging up water pits, locally known as Chahala and Chuan, has become the order of the day with coal mining in the belt taking a toll on groundwater. Water supply in Jharsuguda town, on the threshold of massive industrialisation, has also become erratic with water in the river Ib …
P. Sainath Two years of drought has started to take its toll on the people of Vidarbha, with a failed crop leaving them with no income to tide over the crisis. Parched land:Across rural Amravati, Akola, Washim and Yavatmal, almost every human being you see in the morning is collecting …
BHAWANIPATNA: Many areas of Kalahandi are under the grip of water crisis. Long dry spell and erratic rainfall in the last monsoon have resulted in depletion of groundwater. The river beds of Udanti, Ret and Sandool had already dried up and in the absence of alternative drinking water sources, villagers …
