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 …
Utkarsh Anand As groundwater depletes in the Capital at an alarming rate, Delhi is all set to have its own regulatory body to combat the twin problem of paucity of water and illegal extraction of groundwater. The new policy will be notified next week. A Delhi government affidavit, submitted in …
First Unit To Achieve Positive Water Balance By Replenishing More Water Than Used Ratna Bhushan NEW DELHI THE Indian arm of PepsiCo has become the first of its global units to put more water back into the environment than it consumes, the company said. The beverage giant has achieved
Rajahmundy, May 25: Laila cyclone brought relief to East Godavari in the form of developing water sources, both surface and ground water. Studies reveal that the district, which was otherwise reeling under severe water shortage, benefited from the rains due to the cyclone immensely. According to sources, the district received …
TIRUNELVELI: Organisations or individuals, who have designed and executed effective mechanism to harvest rainwater to improve groundwater table can apply for two prestigious awards, both instituted by the Centre. According to Collector M. Jayaraman, the Union Ministry of Water Resources, with the objective of encouraging groundwater recharge activities across the …
A bill to provide for the management, control and regulation of the conservation, protection and development of groundwater in the State and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Groundwater Conservation, Protection and Development (Management, Control and Regulation) Act, 2010. It extends …
Warangal, May 15: With monsoon not very far away, the irrigation minister, Mr Ponnala Lakshamaiah, highlighted the importance of rainwater harvesting, whose potential is not being tapped. Speaking on the sidelines of Praja Patham Patham rededication day, he said that due to lack of proper steps, groundwater levels in mandals …
R Krishna Das / Kolkata/ Raipur May 15, 2010, 0:14 IST Chhattisgarh government has decided to discourage the cultivation of summer paddy to save water in the state that is also known as rice bowl of the country. The move to discourage summer paddy cultivation is aimed at improving the …
NEW DELHI: The environmental clearance for the Rs.15,000-crore Vedanta University project has been put on hold by the Central government to re-examine allegations of illegal activities by the promoters. On April 16, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests had issued an environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance to …
Debabrata mohanty Bhubaneswar: The controversial Vedanta University project, proposed to built on Puri-Konark marine drive, has been pushed into limbo after the environment and forests ministry on Tuesday decided to keep the conditional environmental and coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance in abeyance over allegations of irregularities, illegal and unlawful deeds …
Rahul Wadke The Maharashtra Government's ambitious project of setting up one lakh farm ponds across the State this year has received good response. More than 50,000 ponds will be constructed before the onset of this monsoon. Of the budgeted outlay of Rs 300 crore, about Rs 160 crore has already …
This report by ACWADAM is a synopsis of the hydrogeological study carried out for Bird-K in Pavagada, Sira and Bagepalli areas, Tumkur District, Karnataka. The study aimed at an impact analysis of recharge through borewells as well as suggesting new sites for the same. The principle objectives of the study …
Bhakti V Hegde Mangalore, April 26, DHNS Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat is thinking on innovative lines. With its water recharge project initiated at Munnur and Kolnad Gram Panchayats becoming a success, it is all set to extend the project to 13 other villages which have acute shortage of drinking water …
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has adopted a two-pronged strategy to increase water table in the state. While one aspect of the plan involves a slew of quick-fire measures across the rural-urban divide aimed at harvesting and recharging this precious but drying up resource; the other revolves around a massive campaign …
April 21: MPs cutting across party lines expressed concern on the depleting ground water levels in the country and asked the government to take immediate steps to boost reservoirs. Dhananjay Singh of the BSP in his supplementary asked water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal if there were statistics to show …
The Jalabhishek Abhiyan bas been specially focused this year on recharging of dried up rivers, nullahs and reservoirs. On this these, jal yatras will be taken out throughout the state for recharging of dried up water sources. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will launch the statewide campaign at Ratlam by …
"The Real Green Revolution is about rainwater harvesting. Let us catch water where it falls. Let it transform human lives. Let it change social existence. If this happens, the world will be transformed. The world will merely be Green by rainwater harvesting-democracies." Looking to the summer ahead Many MP cities …
Bill To Be Tabled In Next Assembly Session New Delhi: Using grounwater without any care in the world? Your happiness may be short-lived. After much resistance from the opposition, the Sheila Dikshit government is determined to push the groundwater Bill that will make extraction of the precious resource chargeable. Speaking …
Radiogenic isotopes (3H and 14C) and stable isotope (18O) together with TDS, EC and salinity of water were used to discriminate qualitative and quantitative groundwater age, probable recharge time, flow respectively in groundwater of Challaghatta valley, Bangalore. The variations between TDS and EC values of sewage, corporation water, bore and …
The revised National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) Guidelines 2009-2012 issued by Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, Department of Drinking Water Supply has shifted the focus from source development and installation of water supply system for providing drinking water supply to rural household to focus on development of village …
