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 …
Chandigarh: With a deficient monsoon jacking up input costs, farmers in Punjab are staring at a crisis. In view of the use of diesel for irrigation, input costs are likely to go up to Rs 8,000 an acre, prompting the state government to urge the Centre to grant a Rs …
Bathinda: Low to very high traces of uranium were detected in water samples taken from tubewells in 43 villages in Bhagta Bhai Ke, Mour, Nathana, Phul and Rampura blocks of the district. The samples, taken by a government lab, were analysed by the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. High …
Fatehabad: Women wielding lathis stood guard throughout the day on their land as the district authorities initiated a survey of crops, trees, tubewells and other structures on the land acquired for nuclear power plant in Gorakhpur today. Hans Raj Siwach, president of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, was also present with …
In an effort to provide non-stop supply of potable water to the residents, more than 2,000 tubewells will be operated through solar energy by the Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan Department if everything goes well according to the plan. The Department officials informed that the decision was taken following the erratic power …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s directive to Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), stating that “builders should not be issued licenses for housing projects in Gurgaon if they don’t give an undertaking stating that they will not use groundwater for construction”, has evoked a mixed response from residents and authorities. …
A total 965 arsenicsis patients have so far been detected in four upazilas of the district, including four Pourashavas. Sofar water of 72,548 hand pump tubewells out of 80,548 in the district was tested, of which, contamination of arsenic were found in the water of 27,317 tubewells. of the total …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan was felicitated at Kisan Mahapanchayat convened to make available loans to farmers of Madhya Pradesh at zero percent interest rate here today. Lakhs of farmers attended the historic Kisan Mahapanchayat at Jamboree Maidan where demand was raised the Union Government should withdraw hike …
KOLKATA, 5 JULY : As the mercury soars is the water going down your throat sans any contamination or traces of arsenic ? A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court today expressed its concern and directed filing of affidavits by civic officials and an environmental activist on this matter. …
The Irrigation department has decided to install stabilisers at 2,500 tubewells across the state to overcome the big fluctuations in the voltage of power supplied to rural areas. The decision was taken on Wednesday after the power corporation expressed its inability to check low voltage that is causing serious problems …
Chandigarh: A total of 11 patients, including five children, suffering from diarrhoea were referred to hospitals in the city on Tuesday. As many as 269 patients were examined today by a team of doctors. A team from the Municipal Corporation conducted a house-to-house check of the water supply in Mauli …
Fazilka: Expressing disappointment at the decrease in forest cover in Punjab to around 7 per cent (as opposed to the 33 per cent set as the norm by the Government of India) due to deforestation, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said that the state government will ensure that …
KOLKATA, 29 JUNE: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) today took up a scheme worth Rs 210 crore to the resolve drinking water crisis in the city. The decision was taken following a meeting with the members, mayor-in-council at the KMC headquarters. The matter will be placed before the councillors for …
The government has approved 87 projects involving over Tk 1025 crore to combat climate change impacts. The under-implementation projects include building cyclone-tolerant houses, setting up of deep tube-wells for pure drinking water, construction of dams in coastal belts, building cross dams for land reclamation, creation of green belts along the …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said despite her government's initiative and the money spent, rain water harvesting in the Capital has not had satisfactory results. Ms. Dikshit advocated simplifying the procedures of providing policy support, financial assistance and technical guidance to the citizens and residents' welfare associations to ensure …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board will tap into the city’s massive network of dry tubewells to increase its groundwater levels. It is considering a proposal by the NGO FORCE to study the effectiveness of such tubewells for rainwater harvesting and will use them as demonstration units for the development of …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday approved Rs 184.60-crore Annual Plan of Operations for Compensatory Afforestation Fund Managament and Planning Authority (CAMPA) for the financial year 2012-13. The approval came at a high-level review meeting presided over by chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik at the State Secretariat here. A target …
Considering the intense heatwave conditions for more than a week and reports of drinking water crisis trickling in from different parts of the State, the Government has instructed district collectors to deploy special teams for restoration of defunct tube-wells and rural pipe water systems. According to district reports, 678 mobile …
The federal government has planned to spend Rs 41.2 billion on water resource development including small and medium dams as well as canal channels to enhance irrigation income. The water sector’s share out of the total development budget remained between 16 to 20 percent during the last five years whereas …
LUCKNOW: The high day time temperature is not only leaving people high and dry, but has also shrunken the ground water level in some parts of the state capital alarmingly. The Lucknow Jal Sansthan has detected a sharp plunge in the ground water level by six to eight feet in …
The Federal capital is facing an acute shortage of some 98 million gallons of water per day. Its daily requirement is 180 million gallons. Some of the city’s sectors have lost complete access to drinking water – clean or otherwise! CDA sources told Daily Times that the total requirement of …
