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 …
The Advisor to Government of India's Department of Science and Technology, G. J. Samathanam, has praised Tamil Nadu for giving a good rainwater harvesting model to rest of the country. “Today, other States are emulating it. Tamil Nadu was the first State to create a Rain Water Harvesting model by …
GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – Guwahati and its adjoining areas are likely to suffer a crisis in the form of groundwater depletion, if efforts are not made to optimise the use of the resources. Both State Government and citizens must take steps that would help recharge groundwater, which has been exploited …
Excessive use of concrete, widespread construction and clogged drains led to the flooding of the streets after heavy rainfall and storm that was experienced on Thursday. The unprecedented rainfall in the city, apart from throwing life out of gear, highlighted the problems that have crept into the drainage system in …
After its intensive campaign to popularise rainwater harvesting, Rain Centre is now promoting recycling of grey water in residential complexes using a natural and economical method. For the past eight months, the voluntary organisation has been helping residents across the city recycle the water used for washing and bathing purposes …
This research paper discusses the importance of managing rainwater in order to recharge groundwater sources. It indicates the potential of rainwater harvesting, when properly managed, as a tool to counter depleting water sources and ever-increasing demand for water.
The objective of this document is to narrow down the existing knowledge gaps amongst the common groundwater users. The document has been prepared in a simple question and answer format as Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). In order to keep the subject easy to comprehend, many technical concepts have been explained …
This report deals with environmental assessment and environmental management framework for the World Bank supported Jalanidhi-2 programme of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (KRWSA), an important player in rural water supply and sanitation sector of the state. The agency was constituted to implement “Jalanidhi” Project and has …
KOCHI: An ambitious plan to protect the ponds and other water sources has been taken up by the district panchayat against the backdrop of widespread reclamation of paddy fields and mangrove swamps taking place in the district. Christened ‘Lotus and Water Lily’, the project is seen as a big step …
With the growing demand for water putting pressure on a limited resource, beverage majors are tracking their water footprints. Be it soft drink ones such as Coca-Cola, beer maker SABMiller or packaged water firm Bisleri, they are all measuring the water consumed for bottling every litre of their retailed drinks, …
MUDA has released Rs 48 lakh for green drive Students involved in green drive that was launched in Mysore on Monday. In a bid to improve the green cover in the new and upcoming layouts and recharge the ground water, the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on Monday launched the …
It can't be any more ironical. Punjab, a state which boasts of an economy that is mostly based on agriculture, may soon turn arid. Reason: More than 65 per cent of rain water that the state gets, goes down the drain. Despite witnessing good monsoon for the past couple of …
Andhra Pradesh has experienced a well explosion. In the last three decades, the number of wells in the state has gone up by four times — from eight lakh to 24 lakh. And, hold your breath, the well population in AP is increasing at the rate of 50,000 a year! …
The CAG’s report on the CWG that is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Friday, has blamed the DDA for not abiding with the conditions set forth by the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) before granting conditional clearance for constructing the Games Village on the banks of Yamuna. …
GANDHINAGAR: Despite huge claims of rise in water tables across Gujarat and simultaneous improvement in groundwater levels because of tens of thousands of watershed projects, checkdams, village ponds and other recharge structures, an authoritative report suggests there is, if at all, marginal improvement. In fact, even in North Gujarat, where …
The government will amend the Building Construction Rules 2008 to incorporate the system of rainwater harvesting, making it mandatory for all new houses in Dhaka Metropolitan area. ‘Amendment to the existing building construction rules would incorporate the provision for rainwater harvesting and ground water recharge,’ Engineer Sheikh Abdul Mannan, member …
This monsoon, top hotels such as The Leela, Taj and ITC Maratha are using their roof-tops for a different purpose – for rain-water harvesting. The project to use roof-tops to collect rain-water has been implemented in Leela's hotels across Mumbai, Kovalam, Bangalore, Goa, Udaipur and Chennai, said Mr Ravindra Kumar …
The district administration has urged beneficiaries of the Scheme for Artificial Recharge of Groundwater through dug wells in the district to establish rain water harvesting structures near their wells immediately and report compliance to the VAO. Failure to establish the structures would lead to recovery of financial assistance given to …
A bill to regulate the development and management of ground water and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This Act may be called the Orissa Ground Water (Regulation, Development and Management) Act, 2011.
Construction of all rainwater harvesting structures should be completed by September-end, said Collector K. Nagarajan. Presiding over a special meeting convened in this connection at the Collectorate here on Frida, he said that check dams, percolation ponds, tanks, lakes, rural tanks, supply channels and rivers under the control of Departments …
Says tough policy decisions hold the key; cautions against raising unrealistic expectations Montek Singh AhluwaliaAt a time when there is pressure on growth due to interest rate increases by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to curb inflation, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said India is in …
