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 …
Delhi’s excessive reliance on groundwater and its rampant, often illegal, extraction through tubewells and borewells have left eight districts in the city “over exploited”. As per the data collected by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and based on surveys conducted in 2009, Delhi is among the four States that …
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Embassy of the United States in Kathmandu and the Armed Police Force today to construct deep tube wells near designated open spaces in the Kathmandu Valley. A press statement issued by the US Embassy said these wells will allow the APF to …
Uttar Pradesh has fared badly in utilising the financial assistance received under the Bundelkhand Package managing to spend only 43.89 per cent of the money allocated to it as Additional Central Assistance (ACA) by the Planning Commission. Of the Rs 1,695.76 crore allocated to it as ACA for seven districts …
To overcome the water shortages, the government has plans to reach about 140 million acre feet (MAF), which would include surface water supplies through canal withdrawals, canal lining and remodeling, irrigation system rehabilitation and improvement programme, construction of small and medium dams, check dams and retention weirs. About 50.21 MAF …
With the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) failing to give a clear picture regarding the number of tubewells in the capital, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the DJB CEO to appear before it. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar passed the order after it found …
Eleven children of a Chhapra school were admitted to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) after drinking water from the school tubewell. They are being treated and are stable. Six children were also taken ill after drinking tubewell water in Kuchaikot school (Gopalganj). They are also stated to be out …
Fecal bacteria are frequently found at much greater distances than would be predicted by laboratory studies, indicating that improved models that incorporate more complexity might be needed to explain the widespread contamination of many shallow aquifers. In this study, laboratory measurements of breakthrough and retained bacteria in columns of intact …
The Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) has established a Rainwater Resource Centre on the premises of Nepal-Japan Children’s Library in Lainchaur. The centre, which has received funds from the UNDP and Nepal Coca Cola Company, wants to present rainwater harvesting and recharge as a viable technology to tackle water …
City Reels Under Shortage; UP Groundwater Bill Still Stuck In The Pipeline Lucknow: Pending for almost eight years now, the state’s groundwater conservation bill is still dragging its feet in government corridors for enactment. Even as UP’s groundwater table is constantly declining at an alarming rate, the government seems to …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has sanctioned Rs 9 crore for drinking water projects and sewerage facilities at Sirhind. The amount was handed over to the Water Supply and Sewerage Board. Of this, Rs 7 crore will be spent on laying of water pipes and construction of five new tube …
Provincial Minister for Agriculture Dr Farrukh Javed has said the Punjab government will give 80 per cent subsidy on the installation cost of tube wells run on solar energy. He said this while presiding over a high-level meeting on Sunday that was also attended by Agriculture Secretary Dr Ejaz Munir, …
Blame it on the deficient rains last year or its overexploitation by farmers, the groundwater level has fallen alarmingly in Sangrur district. Compared to the past 10 years when the annual decline used to be below 1 metre, the water level has depleted by 1.5 metres in the past one …
Water was sourced from borewells in a jhuggi-jhonpri cluster in Rajokri A 36-year-old man was killed and about a dozen people reportedly took ill after drinking contaminated water sourced from borewells in a jhuggi-jhonpri cluster near the BSF camp at Rajokri in South-West Delhi. The incident comes close on the …
Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) which acquired Miniratna in 2007 from Jharkhand in 2007, has decided to spend 90 per cent of its allocated funds from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on drinking water in 250 villages in the command areas of CCL during current financial year (2012-13). CCL chairman & managing …
Based on data from the four minor irrigation censuses conducted by the Ministry of Water Resources between 1986-87 and 2006-07, this paper points out that India's groundwater sector has slowed down since 2000-01, most markedly in eastern India. It examines the reasons for this and also looks into how farmers …
Liabilities of tank drivers piling up for 4 years KATHUA: The PHE Department’s failure to release the payment of private water tankers amounting to Rs 1 crore in Kathua district who in turn have stopped the supply of pottable water on credit basis coupled with breaking down of over 25 …
Water taken out from 65 percent of tube wells in the district is not potable, a study carried out by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Sub-Division Office (DWSSDO), Rupandehi, has revealed. Chief of the DWSSDO Nandalal Banjade said harmful bacteria and traces of faeces and other waste were found in …
Three years after Sirsa witnessed one of the worst floods, the authorities here seem ill-prepared to deal with any eventuality, even as the monsoon has started creating havoc in several parts of North India. Several plans by the authorities to prevent floods seem to have gone astray, as a trip …
General category would be allotted 15,000 connections (60 per cent), priority categories 7,500 (30 per cent), besides 2,500 (10 per cent) to the miscellaneous category In what might bring relief to farmers and further strengthen irrigation in the state, Punjab has decided to release 25,000 tube well connections in the …
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal today accorded sanction to 280 tube wells at a cost of Rs 108 crore for the kandi region to overcome paucity of irrigation water. Presiding over a meeting of the Irrigation Department, the Deputy CM said the SAD-BJP Government was committed to develop agriculture and …
