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 …
RE-EXCAVATION of derelict ponds and canals will bring economic and health benefits to the people making way for the utilisation of old wisdom and indigenous knowledge and technologies on water management. A recent study on the potentials of the water bodies in the Barind area of the country called for …
Excessive use of underground water of the capital through deep tube wells, and filling up of low-lying land, canals and water bodies are causing the underground water level to drop alarmingly. Experts say that this could put the city dwellers in severe water crisis in future and also cause land …
Excessive use of underground water of the capital through deep tube wells, and filling up of low-lying land, canals and water bodies are causing the underground water level to drop alarmingly. Experts say that this could put the city dwellers in severe water crisis in future and also cause land …
Managing Director, Wasa, Dr Javed Iqbal has directed FWO, Wasa Engineering Wing and KSB to complete work for installation of 69 tubewell in the city as soon as possible. Presiding a meeting here on Friday, he said installation work of these tubewells be completed without any delay so that people …
Every day more than 700 diarrhoea patients from different parts of the capital flock for treatment at ICDDR,B as the government is yet to take effective measures for clean water supply. About half of the patients are infants and children. The hospital sources said the number of patients is shockingly …
Villagers in Barind Tract area in Godagari upazila are always after water as the underground water table is going down by 1 to 2 feet every year. There were 13 semi-deep tube-wells for providing drinking water to some 130 families at Somaspur. All but four tube-wells were abandoned in the …
A two-day conference of the state unit of the All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) concluded here yesterday. It was attended by over 200 delegates from various districts of the state. According to a release issued by the AIKS, 22 delegates took part in a discussion on the report of the past …
New Delhi: Reacting to TOI reports about the depleting water table in Faridabad and the consequent drying up of lakes, the Pali Mohabbatabad Stone Crusher Owners
LUCKNOW: What Arjun did to provide water to a thirsty Bhishma in Mahabharata, is being recapitulated by a group of scientists in Bundelkhand these days to quench the thirst of parched denizens. In their unique initiative, scientists have blown up sub-surface hard rocks with the help of dynamites, to create …
AS appeared recently in the media, sharp fall in underground water level will make about three lakh shallow tubewells inoperative during the Boro season hampering cultivation on eight lakh hectares of land, which is 16 per cent of total arable land. BADC sources have reportedly said this problem would ultimately …
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan on Thursday demanded that the Lieutenant-Governor cancel the order banning withdrawal of groundwater and said ideally the decision on this issue should have been taken after the formation of the new Government in Delhi. Stating that this order would lead to both mental …
Sharp fall in underground water level will make about 3 lakh shallow tube wells inoperative during the peak boro season hampering its cultivation on 8 lakh hectares, which is about 16 per cent of total arable land. Sources of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation said on Monday that this problem …
The level of arsenic in water of some tube-wells in the port city has increased to an alarming rate of 0.4 microgram per litre as against the permissible limit of 0.05 in Bangladesh. This was revealed in a study in 13 out of 41 wards of the city, jointly conducted …
In a move fraught with serious repercussions for the already critical ground water levels in the south and southwest districts in Delhi, Faridabad and Gurgaon, the Central Ground Water Authority has decided to permit boring of new tubewells for domestic purposes in these regions on the condition that the area …
Haryana has the potential to save 25 to 30 per cent of the energy used in the agriculture sector by making the existing tubewell system energy efficient. This was said on Sunday by Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam MD Vijayendra Kumar, who added that 170 lakh units of electricity can …
The objective of this study was to investigate extent of contamination of groundwater (potable and irrigation) of Aligarh district by pesticides and heavy metals during last 11 years (1996-2006)
