The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
Illegal drilling for water is increasing in the capital due to negligence of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). The water crisis has given rise to the illegal boring of wells in certain localities of Islamabad. Scarcity of water is a continuous problem for the residents of the city and it …
Water is available in the traditional water spouts, wells and ponds in Lalitpur area following extensive implementation of rainwater collection and ground water recharge projects at different places of the district. Water has started coming from the traditional water spouts and the wells and ponds have been recharged at Nirmal …
The National Green Tribunal today set up a committee to formulate a plan for preventing illegal and unauthorised use of ground water in the city. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar noted that since no charge is levied on those using ground water, it has become an …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs NCT of Delhi & Others dated 03/09/2013 regarding groundwater levels in Delhi and the operation of unauthorized and illegal tubewells.
Delhi’s excessive reliance on groundwater and its rampant, often illegal, extraction through tubewells and borewells have left eight districts in the city “over exploited”. As per the data collected by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and based on surveys conducted in 2009, Delhi is among the four States that …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday issued show-cause notices to the CEO of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway authorities and the Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate to explain their failure in curbing extraction of groundwater by developers despite a ban enforced in the region since January 2013. The authorities …
There has been a decline in the water levels in eight districts of Delhi, according to findings of a pre-monsoon monitoring carried out by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). The fall has been as high as 62 per cent in some districts. But at the same time, the water …
Based on data from the four minor irrigation censuses conducted by the Ministry of Water Resources between 1986-87 and 2006-07, this paper points out that India's groundwater sector has slowed down since 2000-01, most markedly in eastern India. It examines the reasons for this and also looks into how farmers …
A team of scientists from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will carry out a comprehensive study of the status of the groundwater table in the area between Gomti and Sai rivers across six districts of the state, including Lucknow. The three-year study, sanctioned by the Union Ministry for Water Resources, will …
That many areas of the city get contaminated water even for drinking, is old hat. But a new survey in 92 areas in the city has thrown up startling revelations: in 52 of these 92 areas, the Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) level exceeds the permissible limit of 500 ppm of …
China has set up a preliminary groundwater monitoring network as part of the country's effort to preserve its groundwater resources, said an official with the Ministry of Water Resources on Friday. So far, 24,417 groundwater monitoring sites have been built, 10 percent of them capable of monitoring water quality, said …
ALLAHABAD: The district authorities have dispatched over 1,000 field testing kits and study materials to 20 blocks to check water quality in 1,425 villages. The district aims to check areas where ground water contains arsenic or fluoride substances. District Development Officer (DDO) RC Pandey told TOI "after dispatching water field …
The groundwater level in Nashik district has dipped by 1.37 metres below the average level for the last five years, ringing alarm bells among the authorities concerned. The Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA), which had already undertaken measures such as recharging of borewells and building bunds across nullahs, is …
The sudden drying up of one of the underground water source in Mawlai Mawdatbaki has raised serious questions on the overuse of ground water resources by way of drilling of deep tubes in residential premises by few rich individuals without bothering to take necessary permission from the concerned Government departments. …
Speakers at a farmers gathering in Rajshahi on Wednesday said the vast barind track has started facing water crises following depletion of both surface and groundwater resources, reports BSS. They viewed Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon, are at very high groundwater drought risks while some other adjacent areas are at moderate …
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 …
Chandigarh: The ground water level in most areas of Chandigarh, though not alarming, has been witnessing a continuous declining trend since more than a decade now. According to Anil Bhatia, the Regional Director of Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), North Western Region, “The reduction has been at the rate of …
PARADIP: Jagatsinghpur district has been witnessing a steep decline in groundwater level. The quality of water also deteriorated. Sources said groundwater level in the district has gone down to a great extent following unrestricted drawing of water by industries in the area. In the last few years hundreds of industries …
Due to the erratic monsoon in 2011 and rising summer heat, Maharashtra's water supply position has come down to 19 per cent of the total capacity of dams in the State. Last year, it was 32 per cent and in 2010, it was 21 per cent. In the water-surplus Konkan …
LUCKNOW: Taking a serious view of the receding groundwater resources in the state, Uttar Pradesh government has said it would suspend subsidies for digging new borewells in 108 development blocks. Making the announcement on Tuesday, state minor irrigation minister Paras Nath Yadav said the decision was made on the basis …
