Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Underground water level average recorded at 550 feet The underground water levels have reached record lows, raising fears of a severe water crisis in the district. One of the major causes for the depletion in underground water, according to officials, is the reduction in annual rainfall and exploitation of water …
With water crisis worsening in the city, the Delhi Government has been directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to assess possibility of harvesting rain water on some of the flyovers across the city. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar directed the Delhi Government and the Central Ground …
The National Green Tribunal has slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre after a special team constituted by it found that the rainwater harvesting systems were non-functional. Noting that installing rainwater systems was their corporate social …
With Arvind Kejriwal set to become the Chief Minister of Delhi, environmental activists have written to him to remove the Delhi Transport Corporation bus depot from the Yamuna floodplains. Manoj Misra of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan wrote to Mr. Kejriwal on Wednesday saying the DTC is yet to honour the …
Even as government agencies build stormwater drains across the city, SWARAN, a citizens’ network, is teaming up with voluntary organisations to oppose the move. The group claims that such structures do not provide a sustainable solution to flooding. Pointing out the problems caused by road digging in Indira Nagar, Adyar, …
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Swan river project has failed to assess the effect of canalisation of the river on wetlands, water recharging and fauna of the Una district. The Swan river that originates in Shivalik hills of the Daulatpur region is lifeline of Una district. The river …
To make the Kosi river, lifeline of Almora town, perennial and clean, a group of volunteers from Almora town today reached Kantli, Tyunsal and Someshwar villages in the Takula block and made the villagers aware of the receding water level of the river and its consequences on the life of …
When the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, had in 2012, sanctioned a pilot project for the Kaithal block to improve its “overexploited” groundwater, all 62 villages in the block hoped good days ahead. But villagers’ hope is fading fast, as the Public Health Department has not completed the …
CHENNAI: After the success of rainwater harvesting technique, Tamil Nadu government is planning to put to use the excess rain water let out in the storm water drains by linking it to water bodies. Chennai Corporation sources told Express that a consultant is now preparing a detailed project report so …
NEW DELHI: A high-level panel has recommended environment clearance, with some riders, for the expansion of mining project of CIL's arm, Western Coalfields Ltd, in Maharashtra. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) "after detailed deliberations, recommended for granting EC (Environment Clearance) with...specific conditions", according to an official document. The conditions are …
Climate change likely to impact rainfall patterns leading to higher uncertainty and difficulties in management of both water scarcity and flood events. Temporal trends of rainfall and its variability of Karnal district, representing fresh groundwater zones of Haryana, were analysed by non-parametric zones of Mann-Kendall (MK) test and Sen's slope …
As Dwarka sub-city continues to battle chronic water shortage, there are two things that the residents can certainly be proud of – the two revived water bodies at Sector 20 and Sector 23. The two water bodies have been brought to life by the concerted efforts of Environmentalist Diwan Singh, …
Deficient rainfall in the state has led to a sharp decline in the water table. It may take years to make up for the loss by way of natural recharging, even if the monsoon is normal next year. In Punjab, 71 per cent of cultivated land is irrigated by tube …
Groundwater has played a key role in success of Green Revolution in India especially in original Green Revolution states comprising Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh (UP). Data from minor irrigation census 2011 shows that the three states (Punjab, Haryana and UP) account for 55 percent of the tube wells …
Underground parking projects in Noida have come under National Green Tribunal’s scanner. On Wednesday, the tribunal bench led by Justice Swatanter Kumar heard a plea by one Vikrant Tongad, challenging such projects being built underneath public parks, but refused to stay them. However, it sought further details of parking projects …
GURGAON: The Millenium City is staring at a dry future, with groundwater level depleting at an alarming rate - more than one metre every year - a development which may grate on the sensibilities of potential home buyers and scare future investors. In fact, the level of the city's groundwater …
The Haryana government extended “undue favours’’ to the contractor who constructed the Kaushalya dam, which failed to serve its main purpose of providing drinking water to Panchkula despite a four-fold increase in cost, according to an audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. “The objective of providing …
Sixty people died in a building collapse in Chennai earlier this month. There is much more than the municipal incompetence that needs to be fixed to avoid such tragic incidents. This building was located on the Porur lake, a water body that provides services, such as groundwater recharge and flood …
Union Min To Gauge Level Of Pollution In River Gomti which supplies around 300 MLD of raw water to Aishbagh and about 120 MLD to Balaganj waterworks daily fulfilling water needs of more than half of Lucknow’s population is polluted to a dangerous extent by continuous sewage discharge. On recommendations …
