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 …
Congress terms new bill as anti-farmer, plans statewide agitation The Gujarat Irrigation and Drainage Bill, 2013, which was passed in the state assembly on February 27, amidst opposition from the Congress, has got the assent from Governor Dr Kamla Beniwal, water resources minister Babu Bokhiria said on Thursday "I got …
GUJARAT BILL NO. OF 2013. A B I L L to provide for irrigation and drainage in the State of Gujarat. WHEREAS it is necessary to make provisions for the construction relating to irrigation in the State of Gujarat and for the matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. It is …
Keeping in sight the pivotal role of water and power in an election year, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit presenting the Delhi budget in the State Assembly on Wednesday promised an augmented power and water supply. She announced that her government will pursue the release of the additional 80 MGD of …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to inform the court about the steps being taken by it to solve the acute drinking water scarcity in the State. The Bench comprising Justice K.M. Joseph and Justice K. Ramakrishnan also asked the government to …
At a time when neighbouring Maharashtra is facing the worst drought in 40 years, Gujarat is gearing up to conserve water on a war-footing: About five lakh people will gather in Rajkot district on May 5 to participate in a massive “yagna” at the end of a month-long save-water campaign …
Eight years ago, when an opposition member in the Assam assembly wanted to know how many districts had reported arsenic contamination in groundwater, public health minister Dinesh Prasad Goala's reply was five. Last week, when the same question was raised again, present minister Gautam Roy's reply showed how far the …
The Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) has asked the ministry of environment to investigate into the Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) plant illegally drawing groundwater for its upcoming power plant in Angul district. JSP is building a 12-million tonne steel plant with a captive power plant of 135 MW. Khirod …
More than 110 of the 138 water blocks in Punjab have shown a steep fall in the water table, ringing the alarm bells. Thirty-eight of these blocks in Sangrur, Ludhiana, Barnala, Moga and Fatehgarh Sahib districts have been issued notices under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. The Central Ground Water …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced relief for agriculturists using tubewells in Bhiwani district. Hooda was addressing representatives of the Bhartiya Kisan Union and farmers of the area who had called upon him at his residence here today. Hooda said the consumers having motors with capacity between 12.5 …
The Gujarat government on Tuesday tabled an irrigation Bill in the Assembly which seeks to make it compulsory for farmers to get a licence to draw water from canal or ground well beyond a certain limit and prescribes penal action, including imprisonment, against the errant farmers. The Bill also seeks …
Government has made half-baked efforts to promote solar pumps, a cost-effective irrigation tool “Peter takes away all our money,” say farmers in Bihar, bristling with anger. They want to get rid of Peter but can’t. Peter is the diesel pump used widely in the state for irrigation due to power …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched forty-nine projects including across the province for uplift of the agriculture sector. According to radio Pakistan quoting official sources, two billion rupees have been allocated under the Annual Development Programme of the current fiscal year for development of agriculture sector. Similarly, 550 tube-wells and …
In early 2012, journalist Suhit Kelkar, on behalf of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, set out to collect case studies on work relating to water scarcity amelioration in rural Gujarat. He was accompanied by the trusts’ teams on the trip to focus regions in …
With the panchayat polls round the corner, the state government in collaboration with the Israel experts will set up two drinking water projects in South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore, where the ruling party heads the zilla parishads. A six member team of experts and technocrats from Israel today, held …
Farmers, whose lands have been acquired for the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad, have sought hiked compensation for their lands. A group of farmers that has been continuing its agitation despite having accepted compensation cheques from the government, today met the Deputy Commissioner ML Kaushik and demanded …
The monsoon was almost missing during June-July, the two crucial months of paddy transplantation, but Punjab is looking once again at reaping a record harvest. Since the green revolution of the 1960s, the area under paddy has touched nearly 28 lakh hectares and Punjab contributes about 135 lakh tonnes of …
Chandigarh: A report on the community needs of nine villages in Fatehgarh Sahib was released here on Sunday. The report on the Bassi Pathana Community Collaborative Development Project highlights the work undertaken by the Mehar Baba Charitable Trust (MBCT), the University of Utah and the School of Public Health, PGIMER. …
This highlight compares data on wells and tube wells, diesel and electric pumps from four sources, namely, Minor Irrigation Census (MIC), Agricultural Census (Ag), Input Survey (InS) and statistics from State Electricity Boards (SEBs) and/ or the State Statistical Bureaus for four time periods representing mid-1980s, 1990s, early 2000s and …
Basic Services Already Stretched, Master Plan Must Consider Population Growth: Experts New Delhi: Even as Union urban development minister Kamal Nath continues to push for vertical growth in Delhi, urban planners and experts say the city’s most basic infrastructure — power, water and parking — is already stretched, and could …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government has decided to sink over 32,000 tube-wells near anganwadi centres (AWCs) in its bid to provide drinking water to all these ICDS utilities. Following a direction from the Orissa High Court to ensure drinking water provision to AWCs, the Government has decided that the year’s entire …
