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 …
Another groundwater recharge zone will be lost. A project to cover a huge stormwater drain in Chirag Dilli for conversion into a parking lot has angered environmentalists. The drain that starts in Pushp Vihar and passes through Sheikh Sarai and Panchsheel Enclave travelling right up to Ring Road is 5km …
The seasonal wetland which once used to attract a large number of birds from Europe, Siberia and Central Asia has seen a decline, says a study Rapid urbanisation, impetuous management and extensive land-use changes in its catchment area over the past two decades seem to have taken a serious toll …
Though Osmansagar and Himayatsagar are on the verge of drying up due to poor inflows, there is some good news too. Groundwater levels in most of the localities in the city have risen. Groundwater, which was available at an average of 7.45 metres in Hyderabad in August last year, has …
Noting that groundwater extraction had led to severe depletion in the water table, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday tasked an inter-governmental committee with forming a plan to fix meters and charge for extracting groundwater in the capital. Responding to its own counsel’s application that lakhs of unauthorised tubewells are …
Clean drinking water is out of reach for 4.64 crore people in rural areas in the country, says a report tabled by the Union water resources ministry in Parliament last week. In Rajasthan, 25,500 habitations or 1.09 crore people get water with chemical or bacterial contamination. Assam comes next with …
Water is available in the traditional water spouts, wells and ponds in Lalitpur area following extensive implementation of rainwater collection and ground water recharge projects at different places of the district. Water has started coming from the traditional water spouts and the wells and ponds have been recharged at Nirmal …
Local bodies begin work on groundwater recharge Local bodies in the district have been urged to initiate steps to implement projects aimed at long-term groundwater recharge in the district. Addressing a meeting on the ‘Amrithavarshini' project conceived for turning Kannur into a water resource-rich district, District Collector Rathan Kelkar said …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday reinforced a UP government order on the Ghaziabad Development Authority and Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation restraining the authorities from rampantly concretizing green areas within parks. The order, issued by the UP chief secretary in April 2001, had asked municipal authorities not to concretize more than …
There is a need to identify crop-specific areas where processing and marketing facilities could be provided to farmers to improve the latter's financial condition, said Dr Gurbachan Singh, Chairman, Agriculture Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB). He was in town today to address the "Young Farmers Conclave" organised by the Rashtriya Kisan …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs NCT of Delhi & Others dated 03/09/2013 regarding groundwater levels in Delhi and the operation of unauthorized and illegal tubewells.
Careless Agencies Worsening Damage Instead Of Undoing It, Say Experts Relieving trees of the concrete noose can be very tricky and requires great skill. Once the roots of a tree are covered in concrete, it’s weakened severely and use of force can topple it. Little wonder that two large peepal …
Moga district was once declared dark zone of state Heavy rainfall and late sowing of paddy for the past five years has helped reduce the rapid depletion of groundwater in Moga district that was once declared as a dark zone of Punjab by the Central Ground Water Board. From 2001 …
S. Sivakumar (35), a farmer at Manupatty in Udumalpet revenue division, has come out with an innovation in the water conservation front by developing a device to recharge borewells, utilising the impounded runoff rain/storm water in a better manner. He has developed the cost-effective new gadget using perforated plastic barrels …
Rupees 3 crore is being spent in this district during the current financial year on water preservation and afforestation programmes under Mid-Himalaya Watersed Development Project. This was said by Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Forests and Fisheries, Rajesh Dharmani while presiding over a watershed programme of the project at Amarpur, 40 km …
21,964 Properties Yet To Fix It If you’re a Bangalorean staying on a site area of 2,400 sqft or more and haven’t yet installed a rainwater harvesting (RWH) system, this is a good time to do it. Else, you may receive a notice anytime asking why you haven’t abided by …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday issued notices to the Union urban development ministry, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation taking cognizance of mindless concretization in urban areas which is significantly reducing the green cover in the city. The notices were issued following an application filed with …
Under a Central programme, sustainability works are being taken up on priority in over-exploited rural areas The Karnataka government is drawing up a new project to recharge borewells in the backdrop of over-exploitation of ground water, drying up of 50,000 handpumps and "life-less" position of 12,000 tanks in the state, …
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 …
13 tanks declared abandoned are puddles of stagnant water where garbage is dumped daily Scroll down the Facebook page “Namma Madurai” and you will see it is filled with posts and pictures from its 10,000-odd members highlighting what the city has to offer. While some members have uploaded pictures of …
“Houses in rural pockets should also implement rainwater harvest to improve ground water level”, Collector D. Jagannathan said. Addressing Panchayat presidents in an awareness programme on rainwater harvest held here on Tuesday, the Collector said that rural villages are no exemption to depletion of the underground water table. He felt …
