Report on behalf of Government of NCT of Delhi through Delhi Jal Board in compliance of NGT order dated December 22, 2023. The matter related to a news report (Hindustan Times, November 30, 2023) on arsenic present in groundwater in 25 states and fluoride in 27 states. Fluoride have been …
Report on behalf of Government of NCT of Delhi through Delhi Jal Board in compliance of NGT order dated December 22, 2023. The matter related to a news report (Hindustan Times, November 30, 2023) on arsenic present in groundwater in 25 states and fluoride in 27 states. Fluoride have been …
The Government of Punjab on December 27, 2023, notified the Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023. The following has been stated: Section 2 talks about various definitions like “canal” “culturable command area” and others. Section 3 talks about the Power of the state government to Appoint officers. Section 4 talks …
The Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation today released the report on the 6th census on minor irrigation schemes. As per the report, 23.14 million minor irrigation (MI) schemes have been reported in the country, out of which 21.93 million (94.8%) are Ground …
The Ministry of Jal Shakti, D/o Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has brought out the 6th census report on Minor Irrigation Schemes. This report provides state-wise detailed information on all the key parameters of Minor Irrigation projects in the country. The data generated from this census will act …
A committee comprising nominees of the Central Pollution Control Board, District Magistrate, Sangrur, Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Punjab and Member Secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board was directed by the NGT to look into the matter of contamination of ground water in village Aloarakh, block Bhiwanigarh, district Sangrur. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajpal Singh Kandhari & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 09/04/2021. Grievance in this application is against illegal extraction of ground water for the project Prateek Grand City, Plot Nos. 4/BS-01 & 4/BS-05, Siddhartha Vihar, Ghaziabad. The …
Progress report in continuation of earlier report dated December 19, 2020 of the Monitoring Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal vide order August 30, 2018 in Original Application No. 496/2016 dated 20/01/2021. The matter related to groundwater recharge in Delhi. The Monitoring Committee focussed on 1. Revival and rejuvenation …
AMBALA: The groundwater situation in Ambala region is peculiar and there is an urgent need of keeping a check on the water wastage especially in the rural and industrial areas told the officials of the district administration. As per the information disclosed by the officials of public health and agriculture …
Punjab’s woes are worsening on the water front. The conclusion of a draft report of the Central Ground Water Board is that the state will be reduced to a desert in 25 years if the exploitation of its underground water resources continues at the current rate. The extraction of groundwater …
18 tubewells in Narnaul and Nangal Choudhary blocks sealed A team of the groundwater cell with the Agriculture Department has found stone crushing units in Narnaul and Nangal Choudhary blocks utilising groundwater commercially in violation of rules. The extraction of groundwater for the commercial purpose is illegal in the two …
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has announced that demand notices will be issued by March 31, 2019, for around 44,000 tubewell connections pending since January 1, 2014, and the connections would be issued in next six months. With this, all those who had applied for tubewell connections till December 31, 2018, …
The Punjab Government may have put on hold the release of new tubewell connections, but the dramatic rate of fall in the ground water level is likely to continue unabated as the existing tubewells annually draw one and a half times the amount of recharge. As much as 77 per …
DEHRADUN: Water in all 65 wards in the city is riddled with bacteria and not suitable for drinking, according to a study by a Dehradun-based NGO. Experts from the Society of Pollution and Environmental Conservation Scientists (SPECS) collected 96 water samples from tap water and tubewells from various wards in …
NEW DELHI: Anil Sahai, a middle-aged man from Kapashera, has been making rounds of DJB offices to get a permission for installing a borewell but to no avail. “Officials just keep on sending me from one zonal office to another. If they give us enough water, why would we even …
“It has become important for the city to have an alternative source of water. For the additional demand of water which goes upto 120 mgd in summers, the city depends on tubewells and at one point of time, they will go dry because groundwater level is going down,” said an …
Drought is an extreme and frequent event in the north-west region of Bangladesh and it adversely affects the livelihood of the farming community. Identifying the coping strategies that farmers use in the face of drought is crucial in order to understand how farmers minimize the effects of drought on their …
Bhopal: Over 900 residents of Remjapura village in Morena district have fallen ill after consuming contaminated water — and the numbers are only increasing. Remjapura lies in Sabalgarh tehsil situated in the ravines of Chambal. Sources say that due to water scarcity the groundwater in the villages has gone as …
Minor Irrigation sector plays a critical role in agricultural growth and increasing farmer's income. The importance of minor irrigation schemes with short gestation period, lower investments and major share in irrigation cannot be over-emphasised. In order to meet the requirements of planning & policy formulation of this sector, a sound …
PATNA: The Patna high court on Wednesday ordered the state government to submit within four weeks its plan and time frame to make the 4,095 non-functional tubewells for irrigation purposes operational in the state. During the hearing of a PIL filed by social worker Vikash Chandra alias Guddu Baba in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Department of Public Health Engineering - Govt. of West Bengal Vs Society for Direct Initiative for Social & Health Action (DISHA) dated 31/05/2017 regarding digging of tube wells falling within CRZ area, Mouza Dadanpatra, District Purba …
