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 …
Gandhinagar: The Nano-land Sanand and Gandhinagar have over exploited their ground water resources. The state government has classified 40 talukas as overexploited, including Daskroi and Sanand in Ahmedabad district. At least seven talukas in the state have total salinity issues, while another 10 have been declared as dark zones. This …
Sinking borewells may not be an easy task henceforth, if the State government has its way. The Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Bill, 2011, tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, seeks to put restrictions on the reckless exploitation of groundwater. The Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation …
With summer just round the corner, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday came up with an order that could ease the drinking water situation in the Capital. Underlining the significance of groundwater recharge amid the twin problem of paucity of groundwater and illegal extraction, the court has asked the State …
Thousands of hectares of land that had been lying idle for years in Tamil Nadu have been made cultivable through major interventions under watershed development project of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Being implemented in Tamil Nadu since 2001, around 160 watershed development projects are under way …
This report by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), is based on a survey of the lakes dating back to the 9th century AD in Mahadevpura constituency of Bengaluru. The lakes are now faced with the impacts of rapid urbanization and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike …
An Act further to amend the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964. This Act may be called the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Act, 2011.
The paper shows that the assessment of groundwater over-exploitation based on simplistic considerations of aggregate abstraction and recharge provide highly misleading outcomes. The gravity of the problems can be gauged from the extent of well failures, sharp decline in average area irrigated by wells, and increase in energy consumption for …
Call it the fallout of rapid urbanisation or plain negligence of the authorities, groundwater in Dhaka is sinking at an alarming rate. According to a study by the Institute of Water Modelling in Dhaka in 2009, groundwater in the city is going down three metres every year. It has sunk …
Call it the fallout of rapid urbanisation or plain negligence of the authorities, groundwater in Dhaka is sinking at an alarming rate. According to a study by the Institute of Water Modelling in Dhaka in 2009, groundwater in the city is going down three metres every year. It has sunk …
Several percolation ponds have filled up; rise in water table of irrigation wells VELLORE: The efforts of the Forest Department to create water-holding structures in six hill ranges around Vellore to facilitate regeneration of forests in association with the Indian Green Service (IGS), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has started paying …
Quantification of natural groundwater recharge is a basic prerequisite for efficient groundwater resource management and is particularly vital in an area where shallow groundwater is mostly polluted with highly toxic elements. It is especially critical where large and concentrated demand for groundwater supplies exist such as in urban areas, industrial …
This paper analyses water availability and use within and between the Challenge Program on Water and Food basins. It describes the main features of water demand and supply in the basins and indicates where there are deficits and opportunities for development of water resources. A typology of basin water resources …
In many developing countries, groundwater is a common pool resource which is potentially subject to the tragedy of the commons if water extraction is not adequately regulated. However, in these countries, the regulatory infrastructure is often too weak to allow detailed monitoring of individual groundwater extraction. For this reason, classical …
This article will present basic facts on limitations and efficacy of large water storage versus small dams & popularly known as rain water harvesting structures (rwhs) for recharging ground water and suggests serious examination of mother statements about relation of forests and hydrologic elements.
India has a long tradition of irrigation, but in the past 40 years a new trend has emerged. As the infrastructure and management of large-scale irrigation schemes have deteriorated, farmers have begun taking water supply into their own hands by extracting groundwater, which has become the mainstay of agriculture in …
GROUNDWATER is becoming important to sustain agriculture, industry and drinking water. But as we exploit aquifers, more water becomes part of the hydrological cycle. A recent study shows evaporation and precipitation of groundwater is responsible for a fourth of the annual sea level rise of 3.1 mm. The study, to …
An estimated 800 million urban dwellers lack access to safe and adequate drinking water. Most of those people live in unplanned, low-income areas and slums. The vital role of groundwater for this group remains largely unexplored despite that some 50 per cent of all urban water use worldwide is attributed …
Good monsoon this year has ensured that the Yamuna is finally full in the Delhi stretch after a gap of 30 years. Taking note of this, the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has written to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit
