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 …
Climate change fund to support constructing recharge structures to prevent floodwater from entering sea Aiming at boosting groundwater recharge and preventing floodwater from draining into the sea, the Water Resources Department (WRD) has proposed a project to construct different types of artificial recharge structures across various river basins in the …
LUCKNOW: Forming 'paani-panchayat' and 'bhujal-sena' comprising villagers is state government's attempt to check alarming groundwater depletion. Sensitization of locals and community-led awareness programmes would be taken up to tell people how to use groundwater judiciously while remaining alert to prevent its pollution. At least 30% of the development blocks in …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) to inspect two government buildings in Noida after a plea alleged that their rain water harvesting systems were non-functional and designed in a faulty manner. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim directed CGWA to inspect rain water …
According to the Andhra Pradesh Water Land and Trees Act, 2002 when groundwater level is below 20 metres, digging of borewells is banned. Hyderabad: There is a Bikaner in the making in Andhra Pradesh. Bikaner in Rajasthan, near the Pakistan border, is surrounded by the Thar Desert and has the …
HYDERABAD: After Bengaluru's Bellandur and Varthur lakes gained notoriety for spewing toxic foam, Hyderabad's Ramakrishnapuram Lake (RK Puram lake) near Neredmet too seems to be choking with pollution. On Monday afternoon, the lake's weir furiously frothed over with clouds of noxious foam as alarmed residents looked on in horror. What …
GURUGRAM: The state government may be reluctant in declaring the Aravalis a forest, but a study by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has revealed how important the Aravali aquifers are to the city's sustainability as its major source of groundwater rechargen. In the first-of-its-kind study, CGWB carried out a …
NEW DELHI: With temperatures soaring, the city is ever so eager in its wait for the monsoon. However, areas that have "over-exploited" groundwater are hardly prepared to catch the rainwater, except the New Delhi district. According to a recent research study by DU, New Delhi's groundwater table rose from "over-exploited" …
Using groundwater for agricultural production has the potential to build resilience in food insecure regions of the world. Use of groundwater can boost agricultural production, improve rural incomes and strengthen farmers' ability to withstand climate shocks and water variability. However, for groundwater to contribute to sustainable intensification of agriculture, it …
Ground Water Year Book is prepared annually by CGWB depicting changes in ground water regime of the country through different seasons. It is an effort to obtain information on ground water levels through representative monitoring wells. The important attributes of ground water regime monitoring are ground water level.
Recycled water pumped into underground aquifers as part of plan to make Perth’s water supply ‘climate independent’ by 2022 Perth is pumping recycled water into the underground aquifers that provide its drinking water supply as part of a strategy to drought-proof the city against climate change. The Environmental Protection Authority …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has started a 'Krishi Jal' campaign for water conservation and water resource mapping in 1,000 villages of Pithoragarh and Champawat districts. A two-day workshop organised for 'jal doots' (volunteers) with the help of an NGO, Nidhi, on methodology to collect data and …
Dehradun: Pheti Kimoda village of Jaunpur area in Tehri has been selected for running a pilot project for strengthening climate resilience of forest-based communities. The village was one of the top ranking sites featured in the vulnerability-risk assessment of the climate change wing of the forest depts. The villagers were …
This research report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins of the concept and the methodological developments, its operationalization through applied research, and some lessons learned over the …
Water is a crosscutting issue across many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, there is one goal that is focused explicitly on water - Goal 6. Sustainable management of water implies that, as part of water resources management activities, sufficient water is left for ecosystems so that they can …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water Level in Major Reservoirs, 09/02/2017. Central Water Commission (CWC) monitors live storage status of 91 reservoirs of the country on weekly basis and issues weekly bulletin on every Thursday. Out of these reservoirs, 10 reservoirs are in Gujarat. Water availability of the 91 …
This working paper was based on the study on multiple uses of small reservoirs in the Volta River Basin of Burkina Faso. The study was conducted in communities using five small reservoirs in Yatenga Province. The aim of the study was to document the multiple uses of small reservoirs in …
The overall deteriorating water situation in Noida both in terms of quantity and quality highlights the need for immediate interventions by way of using local water resources. If rainwater is utilized as a resource and managed properly, it has great potential to increase water supply, meet the water requirements of …
Welcoming the debate on the assumptions underpinning water resource monitoring in India triggered by the Mihir Shah Committee report, the authors suggest that the proposed National Water Commission should focus on providing integrated data and science to help water managers and policymakers, avoiding getting directly involved in planning or regulation.
Sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the Ethiopian government to restore natural resources and agricultural productivity across the country. This comparative study between six watershed programs shows that this approach increases farmers’ food security and incomes (around 50% on average), as well as their resilience to drought …
The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2016-2017) present the Eleventh Report on the Action Taken by Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Fifth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Water Resources on the subject “Review of Ground Water Scenario, need for a comprehensive policy …
