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 …
One of the emerging sectors in Coimbatore is packaged drinking water, with the city having more than 60 units. According to a food safety official, all the food units have to obtain a licence. While there are many packaged drinking water units, only 40 have licence. “Due to urbanisation, there …
The National Green Tribunal has directed a five-star hotel here to submit details of its water consumption after a plea alleged that the hotel was illegally extracting ground water and causing environmental degradation. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi directed Hotel Jaypee Vasant to inform the tribunal about …
Groundwater is a vital yet threatened resource in much of South Asia. This paper develops a model of groundwater transactions under payoff uncertainty arising from unpredictable fluctuations in groundwater availability during the agricultural dry season. The model highlights the trade-off between the ex post inefficiency of long-term contracts and the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation & Others dated 06/06/2016 regarding water scarcity in Tehsil Kasauli, Solan District, Himachal Pradesh. NGT directs the State of Himachal Pradesh to file all annexures …
Draft law says water shall not be denied to anyone over inability to pay, being proposed as model legislation for states. A proposed new law on water promises to give every person the right to a minimum amount of “safe water”, while making the state “obliged” to “protect” and conserve …
Beijing is one of the most water-stressed cities in the world. Due to over-exploitation of groundwater, the Beijing region has been suffering from land subsidence since 1935. In this study, the Small Baseline InSAR technique has been employed to process Envisat ASAR images acquired between 2003 and 2010 and TerraSAR-X …
Australia on Wednesday said the decks have been cleared for investments by ports-to-power conglomerate Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mining project in Queensland. Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu said all environmental approvals have been granted to the company a couple of months ago. “...and so, effectively, it has everything …
Springs are the major source of freshwater in many small mountainous watersheds within the Himalayan region. In recent years, their flow rates have diminished, but the reasons for this are not self-evident. This paper reviews the methods that investigate the hydrology of springs, with a focus on the Himalayan region. …
The report of on the Spot Study of Water Situation in Drought Affected Areas of the country (2015-16) has recommended construction of water harvesting structures, mass awareness among citizen for water conservation, construction of new water storage structures, interlinking of rivers, renovation and repair of existing water bodies as some …
The Water Resources Ministry is on tenterhooks on account of its Central Water Commission’s fresh study pointing to a continuous decline in the water level in country’s 91 major reservoirs. Though several parts of the country received sporadic rain this week, the measurement for the week ending May 26 said …
For washing of metro trains & directed it to submit details of the permission granted to it The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken exception to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) use of groundwater for washing of metro trains and directed it to submit details of the permission granted to …
Services of MGNREGS workers to be utilised for the purpose The unprecedented drought has prompted the district panchayat to channelise the workforce under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for digging one lakh groundwater re-charging pits in the next three months. If the scheme goes well, there …
No water for drinking, agriculture activities in the district The severity of drought in the district can be explained best with the number of lakes that have gone dry this year. Out of 203 lakes in the district, 159 have completely dried up. All seven taluks of the district have …
MEERUT: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide the list of industries which are said to have contributed to the pollution of rivers and groundwater sources in six districts of western UP. The state government, on its part, has asked for three weeks' …
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Monday issued a notice to the state government on a PIL asking it to strictly adhere to the priorities enumerated in the State Water Policy 2010 and to clarify through an affidavit about the water crisis and measures adopted by it to tackle the …
Agra: Industrial units in the district are consuming excessive quantity of water. On a daily basis, they are taking 18 times more water than the total water requirement of the entire human population of the district. The maximum amount of water is consumed by leather processing and repairing and servicing …
The Draft Ground Water Model Bill is based on the principles of subsidarity, equitable distribution in an integrated approach. The State should act as a public trustee of ground water, which should be treated as a common pool resource to make sure that groundwater is protected, conserved, regulated and managed.
This draft bill released by the Union government aims to provide an overarching legal framework with principles for protection, conservation, regulation and management of water as a vital and stressed natural resource. It will be circulated as a model bill to the states, to replace the existing draft law of …
Hyderabad too loses underground water, shows state data. Hyderabad: As per the state groundwater department, the average groundwater levels in the state fell by 2.89 metres in April, 2016 as compared to the same month last year. The steepest fall has been observed in Nizamabad, which plunged by 5.99 metre …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunaina Singh Vs. D.S.C.L. Sugar, U.P. & Others dated 10/05/2016. Main contention of the Applicant is that there are three borewells from which DSCL Sugar is drawing/extracting water unauthorisedly and illegally. The Counsel appearing for the industry submits that they …
