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 …
In an effort to spread awareness about conserving groundwater level and proper utilization of rainwater for storage, the groundwater department has chalked out a fresh strategy inducting educational institutes and a mass awareness campaign to spread the message of water conservation from second week of July. Claiming that residents of …
NANDIAD: Can you irrigate a farmland using a locally dug groundwater recharge well? Scientists at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) have developed a technology where groundwater can be used for harnessing irrigation water for farmlands. The specially designed recharge wells along with drip irrigation technique have now come handy …
A water recycling project that was inaugurated on Monday in Vasant Kunj aims to keep colony parks green without using up fresh ground water. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the pilot project to facilitate re-use of kitchen-waste water for horticulture purposes in the colony. The project has been initiated …
In forty six wells >150 m deep, from across the arsenic-polluted area of south-central Bangladesh, groundwater composition remained unchanged between 1998 and 2011. No evidence of deteriorating water quality was found in terms of arsenic, iron, manganese, boron, barium or salinity over this period of 13 years. These deep tubewells …
Central to the concept of Participatory Groundwater Management is community ownership and treatment of groundwater as a common property resource. The core principle is demystification of hydrological science for the benefit of rural communities, enabling them to blend their local hydrological knowledge for sustainable management of their groundwater resources. Great …
KANPUR: The drinking water supply situation in Kanpur south and other parts of the city is worsening. A number of local residents came out on streets to lodge protest against water scarcity in Kanpur south. Congress workers on Thursday staged a 'dharna' and gheraoed the general manager of Jal Sansthan. …
New Delhi: In the absence of additional water from the Munak canal, Delhi Jal Board has put in place several measures to ensure that water distribution is not affected this summer when demand is expected to rise. The water utility will try and ensure an average production of 835 million …
The municipal corporation (MC) has mooted a Rs 290 crore project under the centrally-funded Jawahar Lal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) to augment water supply network in the city, which will not only provide water supply to outer areas on the periphery, but will also benefit residents in the old …
The state government plans to irrigate more than 14 lakh hectare arable land by sinking deep tube-wells and setting up lift irrigation (LI) projects. This was revealed during a review meeting by chief minister Naveen Patnaik here on Friday. To provide better irrigation facilities to farmers, the state government began …
In March 2011, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation as part of its mandate to provide technical assistance to states released the Operation and Maintenance Manual to help states to operate, maintain drinking water supply scheme. This updated Operation and Maintenance Manual provides further technical and managerial information on …
The Patna high court on Wednesday directed the state government and Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) to make clear the policy for supplying pure drinking water in the state capital. A division bench comprising Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Shivaji Pandey took a serious view of the PMC and the state …
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who reviewed the drinking water facilities in different parts of the State at a meeting on Tuesday, directed the officials of the Rural Development department to take expeditious steps for providing pipe water facilities in these areas which are mostly tribal inhabited. Besides, the Chief Minister …
The sudden drying up of one of the underground water source in Mawlai Mawdatbaki has raised serious questions on the overuse of ground water resources by way of drilling of deep tubes in residential premises by few rich individuals without bothering to take necessary permission from the concerned Government departments. …
SHILLONG: The unhindered drilling of groundwater in Shillong city is posing a great risk to the water levels. With the growth in city’s population and unregulated construction of buildings it has been observed that residents go for drilling of deep tube within their residential compound. As of now, the building …
BERHAMPUR: The government has decided to sink at least 45 tube-wells in the town and press more tankers into service to mitigate the drinking water problem this summer. Executive engineer of urban water supply (Berhampur) P K Mohapatra on Monday sought suggestions from the Berhampur Municipal Corporation to select water-starved …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government has decided to increase water supply through the Narmada canal-based pipelines, from 80-crorelitres to 120-crorelitres per day, in the wake of water scarcity in Saurashtra and Kutch. This was decided by the state cabinet at its meeting on Wednesday which was chaired by chief minister Narendra Modi. …
The Gurgaon administration on Monday requested the Punjab and Haryana High Court to allow installation of new tubewells for drinking and domestic purpose. An affidavit was filed on Monday by P C Meena, Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon during a hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting scarcity of drinking water …
The Twelfth Plan proposals for a new approach to the water resources management as put forward in the article by Mihir Shah (EPW, 19 January 2013) are a bold recognition of the serious problems in the area. But some of the author’s ideas are less than convincing and the entire …
About 1500 houses were electrified under the provincial government solar energy project Besides An MoU has been inked between the Balochistan government and Korea company for installing of 300 MW solar power plant near the provincial capital. Talking to APP Balochistan Secretary Energy Fawad Hashim Rabbani said that provincial government …
With Governor Kamla Beniwal giving her approval, the decks have been cleared for a controversial Gujarat law that makes possession of licence mandatory for sinking a tubewell, borewell or artesian well on any agricultural land and also has a provision for imprisonment. The BJP government steamrollered the Gujarat Irrigation and …
