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 …
Several days of rain have resulted in an increase in the groundwater levels, according to the groundwater department. The groundwater department has been getting reports of dry and even redundant borewells metamorphosing into active ones in different parts of the state. Even places like Koti and Mehdipatnam in the city …
The sensitivity of groundwater recharge to different climate conditions was simulated using the approach of climatic analogue stations, i.e. stations presently experiencing climatic conditions corresponding to a possible future climate state. The study was conducted in the context of a safety assessment of a future near-surface disposal facility for low …
Groundwater and Global Change calls attention to groundwater, a resource poorly understood by the general public and most water opinion-leaders and decision-makers. It aims to enhance awareness of this resource and increase knowledge on how to better use and protect it, including taking optimal advantage of groundwater’s unique buffer capacity, …
- Recharge pits spring hope for parched capital, MP funds to sprout vegetable bowl in steel hub Going beyond lip service and good intentions doing the rounds in Ranchi to recharge its groundwater, here is an experiment that might just avert a thirsty urban disaster over the years. The Jharkhand …
From a steel city to a vegetable bowl, Jamshedpur is ready for a paradigm shift in its identity with ponds, check dams and groundwater recharge models in the pipeline to end irrigation woes. A brainchild of local MP Ajoy Kumar, the project details for the city and its adjoining areas …
KOLKATA, 25 JULY: The state water resources investigation and development department today formed a seven-member committee to assess the situation with the state's groundwater ahead of preparing the state’s water policy. Headed by the secretary of the department, the committee includes environmentalists and scientists. Mr Saumen Mahapatra, water resources investigation …
The district administration has now made it mandatory for houses with more than 100 square metres covered area to have a rainwater harvesting system in place. Twenty teams have been constituted to grant permission to install the systems and ensure their functioning. The orders come in the wake of a …
The temperature in the city is rising and the matter is of grave concern. If not attended to now, it will lead to some irreversible damage and leave us with no natural resources for the next generation. According to a study by the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, …
It is now a well established fact that real estate development contributes immensely to the growth and development of the nation through the numerous forward and backward linkages with the economy. It also a business which provides employment to construction workers who are mostly from the rural areas. The sector …
LUCKNOW: About 97% of the available water on the earth is saline. Only 3% is fresh water out of which only 1% is ground water which is consumed for various purposes. Around 70% of the consumable water is being used for irrigation, whereas 95% of the population is able to …
Though the construction of rainwater harvesting tanks is prescribed for houses in the building bylaws of the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA), most building owners in the city are openly flouting the provision with impunity, providing for these provisions only on paper. Housing societies and residential complexes, which have sprung …
The Planning Commission on Monday approved a Rs.8,200-crore Annual Plan for Uttarakhand for 2012-13 which is Rs.400 crore more than last year. “The Commission is fully aware of the infrastructure deficit in the State and its constraint in meeting the cost of infrastructure development…We will try to give Uttarakhand all …
DRDA Project Director holds special consultative meeting Local bodies should achieve cent per cent in construction of rainwater harvesting structures and drainage water collection pits in every house to improve groundwater table and keep surroundings at villages clean. The panchayats should complete all development works that were undertaken during 2011-12 …
PANJIM: After initiating the project at the Verna Industrial Estate, the State government has now proposed to initiate rain water harvesting and ground water recharging in two more industrial estates, the planning and execution of which will begin this year. According to a knowledge paper released during the Investor’s Forum, …
No supervision of work by government staff, they claim The desilting of Tirupananthaal Lake, one of the last surviving water bodies in Pammal Municipality near Tambaram, has begun as part of the local body’s efforts to carry out improvement works in the lake. However, a section of residents living around …
New borewells will not be allowed in the City without permission from the Karnataka Groundwater Authority and a mandatory registration with fees, once a notification to this effect is issued in a week’s time. To arrest indiscriminate digging of borewells and commercial over-exploitation of Bangalore’s depleting ground water, the State …
Waterlogging and secondary salinisation have become serious problems in canal irrigated areas of arid and semi-arid regions. This study examined hydrology and estimated the seasonal net groundwater recharge of an irrigated semi-arid region located in the Haryana State of India where about 500 000 ha area are waterlogged and unproductive, …
This paper reviews the drivers and consequences of India’s groundwater crisis. Groundwater is fundamental to the nation’s water security and the degradation of this resource is a threat to economic and social development. Prominent drivers of over-extraction include: inefficient usage, energy subsidies in agriculture, pollution, and population growth. The public …
A new survey of water bodies in just one district of the Capital has thrown up alarming results -- encroachment, neglect and even disappearance. This, when the Delhi High Court has instructed the Government to step up efforts for water body preservation and restoration. Also, government agencies that are mandated …
