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 …
The overall goal of this report is to assist water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries to use Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) to effectively implement the principles of IWRM. It delineates environmental issues related IWRM; identifies opportunities for SEAs to addressing these environmental issues; uses the …
Reliable supplies of water for agriculture have helped meet rapidly rising demand for food in developing countries, making farms more profitable, reducing poverty, and helping vast regions of the world develop more dynamic and diversified economies. Can these successes be sustained with demand for food rising and water resources waning? …
This paper assesses the potential contribution, constraints and prospects of contributions from different demand management strategies in the irrigation sector to an alternative water sector perspective plan for India. The main purpose of this paper is to: set the basic economic logic of demand management options; provide an overview and …
Madhya Pradesh is facing its worst-ever water crisis, which has hit water-based industries, particularly poha (rice-flakes) and rice de-husking millers of Ujjain town. Made from flattened rice, poha is easy to cook, nutritious, and is consumed all over India, for breakfast or brunch, or as a snack. As many as …
Some two and a half lakh residents at Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj district have been facing acute shortage of drinking water because of salinity and arsenic contamination in the ground water. The villagers at remote places are now facing acute drinking water crisis during the summer because of fall in …
Roughly 48,000 tons of solid waste is generated every day in the Pakistan, while, most of the collection is dumped on low-lying land or is burned. According to an update study report on Environment Issues, released by Asian Development Bank revealed that the industrial sector is responsible for discharging some …
Villagers in Barind Tract area in Godagari upazila are always after water as the underground water table is going down by 1 to 2 feet every year. There were 13 semi-deep tube-wells for providing drinking water to some 130 families at Somaspur. All but four tube-wells were abandoned in the …
Construction of a new housing project adjacent to the Khurpa tal by the Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) has caused afresh hue and cry among the villagers in the surrounding area when Dr. Ajay S. Rawat, Professor of History in Kumaon University filed a PIL against the illegal boring of …
The first and foremost challenge in South Asia is the vulnerability to water related disasters. This cause huge loss of life and property estimated loss range from 2-20% and revenue loss between 12-66% and it hinders sustainable development for poverty reduction by eroding hard earned gains of development. Bangladesh situated …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: The district administration has released Rs.1.25 crore to farmers for artificial recharging of ground water in 3,271 irrigation wells in the district till December 2008. Collector K. Raghupathi said that while small and marginal farmers were given Rs.4,000 as subsidy for constructing recharge filters, other farmers were being given …
TAMLUK, March 10: In a development that could yet grow to more alarming proportions, indiscriminate pumping of water by various means has taken a toll on the groundwater level in the coastal areas of Midnapore East district. The situation in blocks like Moyna, Patashpur-I and II, Bhagawanpur-I and II, Khejuri, …
New Delhi: The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has said the only way to augment the depleting groundwater table in the city is through rooftop rainwater harvesting.
Nodal agency must for monitoring: Experts In order to avoid discrepancy in ground water-related data from different sources in a state, there should be one nodal agency to work in ground water sector. Also, there should be one Central agency to oversee the state agency. This was one of the …
Large cities in China are facing serious problems associated with deterioration of water environments that has accompanied rapid economic growth. This paper discusses a case study of the situation of the city of Xi'an and the potential for improving infrastructure and transferring water rights between sectors for water conservation and …
