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 objective of this document is to narrow down the existing knowledge gaps amongst the common groundwater users. The document has been prepared in a simple question and answer format as Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). In order to keep the subject easy to comprehend, many technical concepts have been explained …
Panic gripped the villagers of Jayrampur under Bhograi block following detection of high fluoride content in drinking water. The amount of fluoride in the water samples collected from the tube-wells in the area was as high as 5.8 mg per litre against the maximum permissible limit of 1.5 mg, according …
On the raging issue of contaminated water supply in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today said it had conducted a joint survey with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials and had informed department concerned about the unfit water samples. Arya said out of the 4,816 samples taken by …
The office of the Comilla civil surgeon informed that it had recently detected more than 6,500 patients with arsenic contamination at 14 upazilas in Comilla. According to them, the biggest chunk of patients came from three upazilas, namely Monoharganj, Laksam and Muradnagar. Over 4,500 patients were diagnosed with arsenic in …
This report is about sustainable land management, the development of water buffers and the business case underneath it. It is part of the discussion on the green economy: investment in natural resource management makes business sense. This also applies for investment in land, water and vegetative cover. Some of the …
To save 115.5 GWh of electricity per year, USAID has decided to replace 11,000 highly inefficient irrigation tubewells with more energy efficient motor-pump that will reduce the electricity consumption by 45 W, said John Morgan, Programme Officer of USAID. He said that the Tube well Efficiency Improvement Programme (TWEIP) is …
Faulty tube-wells coupled with poor water storage capacity seems to have adversely affected the city's drinking water needs, of late. More so, as the local Gola river is the main source of water supply, the problem of choking of the main water filter system as well as supply lines by …
The objective was to determine whether the installation of deep tube wells to reduce exposure to groundwater arsenic in rural Bangladesh had an effect on the incidence of childhood diarrhoeal disease.
Ggrowth in crop production in the country primarily depends on the irrigation development. Due to absence of adequate surface water in the dry season, irrigation is heavily dependent on groundwater. With the increased in groundwater use and expansion of irrigated area inefficient water distribution and inadequate supply limit crop growth …
Agriculture currently produces only 30% of total income in the Telangana region, but it remains the basis for survival of nearly 78% of the population. During the 53-year period, 1956-2009, Telangana lost 2.92 lakh hectares of tank irrigation. Meanwhile, despite the high cost of irrigation – both in capital and …
KOLKATA, 23 JUNE: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will sink 1,600 new tubewells in the city, member, mayor-in-council (mini and deep tube well), Mr Tarak Singh, said today. He said the KMC has asked all the councillors to provide details of requirement of sinking tube wells in their respective wards …
People of Khulna city are suffering from acute crisis of water as Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) can meet only one-third of the water requirement of about 15 lakh people in 31 wards of the metropolitan city. Struggle for water has become a common feature as supply lines have …
Adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to the overall public health especially relating to water and sanitation in the region including the vast barind tract. To face the natural catastrophe, substantial and sustainable promotion of water and sanitation related modern technologies have become an urgent …
Ground water extracted from tube wells in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC)area is polluted and not fit for drinking or cooking purposes, CMC Chief Medical Officer Dr Pradeep Kariyawasam told the Daily News yesterday. He said all hotel, restaurant, motel, lodging house and food service establishment operators are advised not …
The Bist Doab canal, which has the capacity of irrigating over 4.50 lakh acres of agricultural land of Doaba region, is being under-utilised by nearly one-sixth of its capacity forcing the farmers to increasingly depend on underground water. The canal and its distributaries have got choked due to poor maintenance …
While only 72,000 acres is being irrigated in Doaba region but the department has been charging water user charges for 4.5 lakhs acres from the shareholders. The charges to irrigate one acre with canal water are just Rs 75 for one crop but here farmers, who are using canal water, …
The occasion will be the groundwater Day on Friday, when authorities would settle down to express their concern on the plunging groundwater level in the state. But ironically, their discussions would be centered largely on a data, which is stale and has hardly any relevance in the present day scenario. …
Residents of New Town Rajarhat will organise a convention on 2 July to protest against unplanned planning of Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) that has led to acute drinking water crisis in the area. Most of the tube-wells in vast areas surrounding the New Town, including Baguiati, Raghunathpur and …
