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 …
Arsenic contamination in groundwater has become alarming in Bagerhat and adjacent areas in recent times. Arsenic related diseases since 2006 claimed 20 lives and affected over a thousand people, a local non-governmental organisation sources said as a survey they conducted since 2006. Bagerhat Civil Surgeon Tapan Kumar Shil said they …
KOLKATA, 27, JULY: Ramakrishna Mission has sunk six tubewells in the Aila-affected areas in South 24 Parganas using the Statesman Calamity Relief Fund. Three tubewells have been sunk in Chotomollakhali, Bazarpara, two in Kumirmari and one in Amtali in South 24 Parganas under the Aila cyclone relief project taken up …
Soon, dried-up lake in Ghata village will give way to Sec 58 a residential colony in Gurgaon. Work has already started Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN What was once a sprawling waterbody will now be a concrete jungle. Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is developing a lake in Ghata village
An institution of shared well irrigation has existed for long in Punjab since the days of the Persian wheel about which there is little information available. This institution which is based on the intertwined relations of social structure and physical aspects of irrigation continues to be a significant part of …
KOLKATA, 24 JUNE: The Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) will lift water from the river Hooghly and take it to Rajarhat for purification and supply to action areas I and II on a trial basis from 15 July. If the trial run is successful, then the residents of New …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to dig 5,000 deep borewells in the drought prone areas for the proper utilisation of ground water resources for irrigation purposes. A decision to this effect was taken at a high level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here …
New Delhi: The groundwater levels in the city are plunging to such an extent that many parts of Delhi have already gone dry. Largescale exploitation of groundwater has led to a colossal problem of water availability in the city. The only viable way to preserve it, or at least replenish …
MUMBAI: Water-starved Mumbai is seeing a rush for borewells as well as water tankers. The BMC has built 511 new borewells in just two months. Meanwhile, the demand for tankers in a city burdened by a 15% water cut has seen around 100 new tankers added to the fleet of …
Increasing depletion of groundwater has turned Agra into a desert. The groundwater table has gone down to 45 metres while the soil has lost its moisture and turned to coarse sand at places.
NAYAGARH: Even as rains have brought down the temperature, there is no respite from water scarcity for Madhaberani village in Khandapada block. With tubewells lying defunct and water sources dried up, womenfolk have to walk down to Mahanadi river to fetch drinking water. Similar is the situation in several villages …
Effect of long-term irrigation with treated sewage water was studied on changes in soil pH, electrical conductivity, cation exchange capacity, organic carbon, available macro and micro nutrients and the contents of toxic heavy metals. The soils receiving treated sewage water for irrigation had lower pH than the adjacent control soils …
Groundwater survey in Ghazipur, Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in Middle Ganga Plain shows that people in these areas are drinking arsenic-contaminated groundwater. Moreover, 60% of tubewells have arsenic concentration above the WHO guideline value of 10 ?g/l and 20% is above 50 ?g/l, the Indian standards …
Ranchi, May 20: For a change, toll-free complaint numbers floated by government departments are not just functioning, but also delivering. The drinking water and sanitation department, which started a 18003456502 helpline, claims to have received 856 calls from across Jharkhand. Similarly, the social welfare department (18003456526) has received 263. On …
Offers 50 pc subsidy to domestic users Ludhiana : The Centre has asked the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) to switch over the Parliament House on solar energy for which the surveys have already been conducted. Besides, PEDA will start work on putting Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, on solar system from …
Lehra Gaga (Sangrur): With mercury continuing to rise every passing day, residents of Lehra Gaga in Sangrur district are grappling with water shortage.Locals say not only are they face water shortage every 2-3 months, especially during summer, but even when the water is supplied, it is laden with high fluoride …
Sewerage Board Chairman Dr Baldev Raj Chawla today said the situation in terms of groundwater level had worsened in the state, with as many as 105 out of the total 137 blocks in Punjab having become
New Delhi: In ordering stoppage of work at the Maheshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh, the ministry of environment overlooked the report of a committee set up by the Centre which noted that though incomplete, rehabilitation of oustees had picked up speed and was progressing well. The committee, which visited the …
