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 total Jalyukta Shivar works completed are 3,35,725 and of the 25,000 drought-hit villages, 11,494 have become drought-free. The state has 40,913 villages Jalyukta Shivar has helped check depletion of underground water tables apart from enhancing crop production and making 11,494 villages drought-free by April 2017, a report compiled by …
Nashik: The sanitation department of the Nashik zilla parishad has launched campaign to check the quality of water sources across the district to ensure that people in rural areas get clean drinking water. Officials of the ZP said that it is pre-monsoon checking of water quality so that measures can …
In his maiden budget speech for the 2017/18 financial year, the Minister for Water and Irrigation, Engineer Gerson Lwenge, told the National Assembly yesterday that the strategy will improve water access by 75 and 95 per cent in rural and urban areas respectively, come 2020. Minister Lwenge told parliamentarians that …
The groundwater situation in Pune region has also shown marked improvements in the last 3 months Even with summer season currently at its peak, the groundwater situation in Pune region has not only remained stable, but also shown marked improvements in the last three months. This encouraging trend is in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shailesh Singh Vs. Beltek Canadian Water Ltd. dated 28/04/2017 regarding groundwater extraction by Beltek Canadian Water Ltd. a Noida based water bottling unit. NGT finds the inspection report of the unit incomplete as it does not fulfill the very purpose …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shailesh Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 27/04/2017 regarding distilleries causing pollution to water bodies by extracting groundwater and simultaneously discharging large quantity of effluent/waste water without treatment into river Ganga through river Rapti and Ghaghra, Uttar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Parul Fabricator Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board dated 25/04/2017 regarding consent to operate for M/s Parul Fabricator Pvt. Ltd., Uttarakhand. Counsel for the Applicant (M/s Parul Fabricator Pvt. Ltd.) submits that all parameters prescribed …
A Bill to provide for establishment of a Pond Development, Protection and Conservation Authority. Due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and population explosion, water bodies like ponds and tanks are being converted into urban, industrial and agricultural land use. In the State there are large number of ponds/tanks which are traditional …
Tankers come back to quench thirst; Collectors worry over worse. The panchayat raj and rural development department, which manages rural water supply, has sought Rs 400 crore in contingency relief to supply water to villages through tankers and to repair wells and bore wells. Hyderabad: The drinking water crisis has …
District secretary holds drought review meet; water supply through tankers in 109 villages Chikkamagaluru district in-charge secretary Rajeev Chawla on Saturday instructed officials to ensure adequate supply of drinking water and fodder to livestock in the villages. Chairing a drought review meeting in the DC’s office here, he instructed the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Arsenic and Fluoride in Ground Water, 06/04/2017. Number of habitations and population affected by fluoride and arsenic contamination in ground drinking water sources in North East Region including Assam as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Polluted Ground Water, 06/04/2017. As per the ground water level data monitored by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), Pre-monsoon (April/ May, 2016) water level data when compared with the decadal average (2006-2015) indicate that 66% of the wells have registered decline in ground water …
The objective of this case study is to understand the application of ICT technologies for rural groundwater management in China, and it’s impacts on the rural poor. This will help understand the physical and policy context this technology is being applied and expanded, its impact on resource management, and changes …
Recent hydrological modelling and Earth observations have located and quantified alarming rates of groundwater depletion worldwide. This depletion is primarily due to water withdrawals for irrigation but its connection with the main driver of irrigation, global food consumption, has not yet been explored. Here we show that approximately eleven per …
Wheat, rice, sugar, cotton and maize are among the essential internationally traded crops in the global economy. To produce these crops many countries rely on irrigated agriculture that accounts for about 70 percent of global freshwater withdrawals, according to the United Nations Water program. One freshwater source is underground aquifers, …
New research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa reveals a large part of the the heavily urbanized area of Honolulu and Waikīkī is at risk of groundwater inundation—flooding that occurs as groundwater is lifted above the ground surface due to sea level rise. Shellie Habel, lead author of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Asim Sarode & Ors. Vs the Collector, Nanded & Others regarding unregulated groundwater extraction leading to over exploitation of the groundwater resources with resultant increase in concentration of the fluorides in the groundwater, Maharashtra. The Central …
Sulugodu farmer Sooraj thrives by making best use of little rain received In spite of the district experiencing drought and deficit rainfall for three consecutive years, a green carpet is spread in a field at Sulugodu in Virajpet taluk. With a focus on improving the water table in barren pockets …
Waterman of India Rajendra Singh has opined that Himachal Pradesh needs to devise a mechanism for proper utilization of rainwater, which at present is going down the drain. Rajendra is a Magsaysay awardee in 2001 for rejuvenating the water sources in Rajasthan and other states. Speaking at a day-long seminar …
Wastewater is a resource that is too valuable to throw away, especially in an increasingly water-scarce world. Wastewater from large cities is often pumped directly into rivers or seas without treatment, leading to pollution and posing a threat to the health of ecosystems and people. But under the right conditions, …
