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 …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: An authoritative report put out by the Gujarat government has expressed serious concern over failure of the officialdom to fight increasing salinity ingress along the state
S Lalitha,DH News Service,Oct 6,Bangalore: Vacant private plots of land where owners have dug their own borewells have emerged as major supply points for water at Mahadevapura and Kaggadasapura. Private water tankers are purchasing water from these points and distributing it to public. This has resulted in rampant exploitation of …
Goa has been warned not to go the way Delhi and Haryana has by undertaking rampant mining. Professor Subir Saha, ex-director of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, said that the rampant mining has been the cause of drop in water table in the two Northern states. Dr Saha …
Northern Subcontinent Pumping Out 54Tn Litres Every Year Amit Bhattacharya | TNN New Delhi: The amount of groundwater pumped out by Delhiites and others across northern India is highest in the world and is contributing as much as 5% to the total rise in sea levels. A new study using …
BHUBANESWAR: The focus of the 11th Plan is on exploiting micro irrigation to achieve the twin objectives of prudent water utilization-cum-increase in irrigation coverage. The plan has set a target of 15 million hectare to be covered nationally under the micro irrigation (MI) schemes. Micro irrigation schemes, in fact, address …
The ongoing global climate change (CC) has already caused a grave concern to the country's agriculture, irrigation, navigation, ecology, bio-diversity, weather, environment and underground water levels, concerned experts said. As a result, rainfalls, floods, cyclones, droughts, cold and hot spells, sea and surface warming, water contamination, water and soil salinity, …
MUMBAI: Faced with an unprecedented water crisis, the BMC is considering different options to be able to sail smoothly next year. Not only has it cleaned and repaired its borewells and dug wells, but it will also set up filtration plants at those spots. According to officials, the wells will …
In the present report, an attempt has been made to review the various methods for assessment of ground water recharge, present perspective of ground water resources assessment in the country and to suggest the future strategies for refinements of the methodology for assessment of ground water resources.
An attempt has been made to estimate the presence of heavy metal Arsenic in groundwater in the state of Tamil Nadu recently. Now-a-days the heavy metal Arsenic poses a health risk problem throughout the world. Arsenic may be found in water which has flowed through arsenic-rich rocks. Severe health effects …
Kachchh, the second largest district in the country (45,652 sq. km), is located in the north-western region of Gujarat. In spite of being arid, Kachchh district has 80.21% of the total wetlands area in Gujarat2 (21.77 lakh ha). Most of the wetlands in this arid region are man-made, probably to …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Groundwater is not a bane but a boon. This is the drastic conclusion of a high-level task force, appointed by the Gujarat government to
Chandigarh BY 2025, India will be in deep water crisis, said experts at a seminar on water scarcity organised by Universal Rationale Genre of Exponents (URGE) on Thursday. URGE president S K Gulati said:
Bhakti V Hegde, Mangalore, Sep 24, DH News Service: Kolnadu and Munnur Gram Panchayats rule the roost when it comes to scarcity of water in Ullal area. Realising the fact that a permanent solution is better than superficial treatment for the problems, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has taken up borewell …
It was an experiment that was supposed to let farmers have it both ways. Unable to wean them away from paddy, the Punjab government banned early transplantation of the crop last year to arrest the dwindling groundwater level. The move, which coincided with a good monsoon, succeeded in this purpose …
G. Mahadevan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure, initiative of the Department of Science and Technology, is preparing to offer to line departments of various state ground water departments the geo-spatial tools developed as part of the web-based database model for managing groundwater resources created by the Centre for Geo-Information …
A special meeting of the ground water experts will be held in 15 days to discuss the steps to be taken to conserve water table in Chikkaballapur and Kolar districts. K H MuniyappaIt will be followed by a three-day workshop, announced Union Minister K H Muniyappa. Speaking to media persons …
The broad objective of the report is to formulate technically viable proposal enabling funding agencies to implement a comprehensive and scientifically viable water conservation, artificial recharge and rain water harvesting program in the entire NCR, on loan/grant basis. The implementation strategy will have active community participation and awareness generation programs.
Monsoon this year has failed most of India, causing drought in even well-irrigated and rainfed areas. Read this latest Down To Earth report on how our food preferences are making us vulnerable to drought. To read the full story click here: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20090915&filename;=news&sid;=39&sec;_id=9 See Also: Feature: Rain Shocked www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/277687 Report: Drought …
