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 Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been supplying arsenic-free drinking water among people in some parts of the dried tract for the last couple of years. Sources said the BMDA has a target to construct 620 more installations to supply the safe drinking water through pipeline by the forthcoming …
Despite new lakes being announced every year in its budget, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been found wanting when it comes to their upkeep. Mid-way through the summer, some of the major lakes in the city have already dried or are close to drying up. The water levels have …
Two decisions taken by the Government of West Bengal, one, to facilitate easier extraction of groundwater, and the other, the application of a fi xed connection fee for an electricity connection to farmers could well lead to a quantum leap in agricultural production.
New Delhi: After a delay of some years, the controversial groundwater Bill is finally ready to be presented to the Delhi cabinet. Government sources say the draft is likely to be tabled in the monsoon session of the Delhi assembly and, if passed, will make groundwater a chargeable asset in …
The project, to be launched in the second week of May, has been named after socialist icon Dr Ram Manohar Lohia as he had always raised the issues of farmers, according to PWD and Irrigation Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav. Giving details of the project to expand irrigation facilities across the …
Shillong, April 12: Twenty-first century Meghalaya still faces problems of open defecation, accessibility to sources of lighting and potable water, although the scenario has marginally improved compared to a decade ago, especially in the field of communication. In the 2011 census, the population was recorded at 29,64,007 (14,92,668 males and …
The government on Thursday signed a $75 million financing agreement with the World Bank to provide safe water for around 1.6 million people. The Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project, modelled on private-public partnership, targets residents living in 380 unions of 20 districts with high arsenic or saline infiltration. …
Most political parties and media have passionately supported the Supreme Court ruling in the 2G spectrum case, that the government should auction natural resources and not allot them or allow unregulated extraction (as in iron ore mining). The Comptroller and Auditor General has fuelled this public passion by estimating huge …
BALANGIR: Infamous for starvation deaths, migration and poverty, Bangomunda block in Balangir district is reeling under water crisis. The scorching heat and drying water bodies are not only taking a toll on the humans, but have impacted the animals as well. The Undeer, Arjuni and Bhuasenjoar Nullah hardly have water …
PARADIP: With wells running dry and water tables depleting throughout the State, this is feared to be a dry summer. The impact is already being felt in Jagatsinghpur district. Many villages here are facing acute water shortage. To address the issue, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had laid foundation stone for …
Residents living across the capital city are facing the brunt of the department due to non-functioning tubewells which has affected supply of potable water. According to department sources, those living in remote areas are among the worst affected due to disrupted potable water supply. Sources said that inferior quality valves …
Tubewells in seven wards of Chittagong City Corporation are pumping water with arsenic contamination 10 times higher than the safe level. The wards' low-income group people are especially exposed to arsenic related diseases as they drink and use water from those tubewells to meet daily necessities. CCC and other authorities …
SONEPUR: This is only the beginning of summer and water bodies here have already started drying up. While the situation is better in urban areas where civic bodies are managing to supply drinking water to some extent, many tube-wells in rural areas have gone defunct due to groundwater depletion. The …
The Indus Water Treaty has now become ineffective as India is continuously violating all clauses of the treaty and Pakistan is not challenging them at any international forum by tacit approbation. International Water Expert Engr Bashir Malik, who has served United Nations and World Bank as chief technical adviser on …
Bathinda: A nuclear physicist, Hardev Singh Vir, would be conducting an independent study on the source of uranium and to ascertain whether it is to blame for the high incidence of cancer cases in the area. For the study, Dr Virk has collected drinking water samples from several villages, including …
This study of the operation of the Accredited Social Health Activist programme of the National Rural Health Mission in one of the tribal blocks of Thane district in Maharashtra fi nds that incentives given to ASHAs generate a bias in their work activities and shift the attention of these community …
GUWAHATI, March 7 – The total cultivable area of the State extends to 30,15,392 hectares, and as per the 2005-06 agri census, the State has a total of 27,50,114 farmer families. The break-up of the agricultural families includes 23,44,420 families of small and marginal agriculturalists and 4,902 families of big …
BALASORE: The summer is likely to pinch the Balasore farmers hard this time. With no measures taken yet to repair the defunct lift irrigation projects (LIPs) the farmers are apprehensive of bad crop. As many as 1,043 lift irrigation projects out of 2,147 have gone defunct. The State Government has …
Refusing to accept the latest affidavit filed by the state government in response to its decision on a PIL pertaining to the dal scam in the state, the Odisha High Court has asked the government to file a fresh affidavit with details about drinking water facilities made available to anganwadi …
This article looks into the instances of growing waterlogging, which is a negative externality of the developmental process (canal irrigation) that has affected the marginalised sections to a greater extent, who mostly depend on land for livelihood and self-sustenance. Land-use pattern has undergone a tremendous transformation due to irrigation development …
